Last week, we were discussing writers as a tortured bunch, but maybe we jumped to conclusions. After all, isn't it the artists that are the tortured ones? No matter. As long as they've got the proper mediums to express themselves, the Internet will gladly receive any expression of their many, varied emotions. The tortured artist is nothing without his precious Macintosh. And here are a few applications (and a web app!) that will surely bring out that inner artist.
DrawBerry
Vector drawing is all the rage these days. Fortunately, DrawBerry is a free, open source vector drawing app that simplifies the vector drawing process without the complications of too many toolbars and presets, a la the pricier Adobe Illustrator. This software enables layers and includes a variety of digital illustration tools, as well as a ginormous workspace.
Digital Manga Project
We're going to cheat a little bit so that we can include this really cool web app on this list. It's the Digital Manga Project web application that's viewable through your iDevice's Safari browser. The site itself is primarily in Japanese, but a couple of the mangas are available in English. Regardless if you read manga or not, we really love checking out this amazing style of drawing and figure that it might even prove itself to be a bit inspirational.
Tip: the web app is two times more amazing on the iPad (and easier to read).
Bonus Tip: the link we provided is translated.
Colors! Lite
Colors is an amazing drawing application that will surely put that Pogo stylus pen you have laying around to very good use. You can change the brush sizes and add fade to each of them, as well as "playback" the methods of your drawing in chronological order (which is pretty awesome to look at, after the fact). Though this version is the free, "lite" version to its $4.99 counterpart, it definitely packs some impressive features for an iPhone drawing application.
