Good stuff, Betty, thanks.

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:41 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Still waiting for that example of fine brush work on an iphone..
>>
>
> These are painting programs. Some fine results -
> http://www.flickr.com/groups/brushes/,
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhierro/
>
> For straight lines you calculate point locations and other geometric
> shapes--use equations not brushes, with vector drawing programs not painting
> programs. I used to do a lot of my drawings in Freehand by locating and
> connecting points, and indicating elevation by degrees, curves with
> equations or bezier curves.
>
> That's why I liked FreeHand and hated Illustrator. With FreeHand, I could
> use math for complicated technical drawings, or drawing tools to draw
> pictures 'freehand'. Much more difficult to get good results in Illustrator.
> Illustrator didn't even use common technical terms that had been used for
> years. They invented new names for common actions. FreeHand didn't, until it
> was ported to a less artistic environment and killed.
>
> Are there any good vector-based drawing--not painting--programs for the
> iPhone?  --Intaglio, Paintbook, ZeptoDraw, iPocket Draw?
>
> Otherwise, try pen and ink, paint, pencil, charcoal, paper, papyrus,
> canvas, XActo knife - the real stuff! [especially the knives]
>
>
>
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