A few days ago I mentioned that I just got a new drawing tablet and with it came three software programs. I’ve only really had a chance to play around with one: Art Rage Pro. I’ll just give you a few of my quick impressions because if your interested, there’s an excellent review here. The software only costs $60 which frankly, I think is a great price for all that you get. The full program also comes in a version for the iPad and at $6.99, I think you won’t find a better digital painting program and that includes Sketchbook Pro. Ok, my quickie impressions are:
- it has the look of real painting and drawing mediums like oils, watercolors, markers, pencils, etc.
- the colors blend just like they would on a canvas (depending on which medium you’re using)
- you can change the look and feel of the (many) different canvases to suit your taste, from rough to smooth and dark to light
- you can work in layers
- you have the ability to import images for tracing (this will come in very handy for floor plans and elevations done in Revit or AutoCad)
- it has stencils to aid in drawing curves, straight lines, etc
Here’s a (major) tutorial to get you started.
Just a note of caution though, this tutorial is almost 3 hours long. However, if you like this guy’s style he offers a whole series of ten minute lessons that are definitely worth a look.
Here are a few pictures drawn using Art Rage Pro.
If you’re interested in seeing more fantastic paintings drawn on Art Rage Pro you should check out Susan Murtaugh’s gallery on Flickr.
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