Homework 4

I found these four amazing software/applications that are available for free.

Using these tools, I decided to draw an apple without using a mouse/tablet pen. I chose to draw an apple on a photo I took before just because I thought the idea of an apple on Apple products was funny :P

A photo I took a while ago

1) The first one is available online. The following is its address: http://www.mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/

Pros
-A full color wheel available.
-Available for free
-Available on any computer device

Cons
-No undo/redo
-No eraser
-Cannot write on an image with different fonts and sizes
-Cannot upload/edit an image

An apple drawn on http://www.mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/ 

2)The second one is an application called "Whiteboard" which I downloaded on my iPhone.
Pros
-A full color wheel available.
-Available for free
-Can take/upload an image and draw on it
-Can share a created image by sending it in Email, posting it on Twitter and/or Facebook, etc. 
-If you erase, it erases everything even an image underneath the drawing/painting

Cons
-Can use only if downloaded
-Limited effects of brushstrokes
-Cannot write on an image with different fonts and sizes
-Can draw on an uploaded image but cannot edit the image itself

An apple drawn on "Whiteboard"

3)The third one is an application called "PicsArt" which I downloaded on my iPhone.
Pros
-A full color wheel available.
-Available for free
-Can take/upload an image and draw on it
-More effects (e.g. collaging different images, different effects on an image, different types of brushstrokes, different shapes, etc) available 
-Can write on an image with different fonts and sizes
-Can share a created image by sending it in Email, posting it on Twitter and/or Facebook, etc. 
-Can erase just a drawing/painting without any changes on the image underneath

Cons
-Can use only if downloaded

An apple drawn on "PicsArt"

4)The last one is an application called "Adobe Ideas" which I downloaded on my iPhone.
Pros
-A full color wheel available.
-Available for free
-Can take/upload an image and draw on it
-Can work with layers 
-Can erase just a drawing/painting without any changes on the image underneath
-Can share a created image by sending it in Email, posting it on Twitter and/or Facebook, etc. 

Cons
-Cannot write on an image with different fonts and sizes
-No effects (e.g. collaging different images, different effects on an image, different types of brushstrokes, different shapes, etc) 
-Can use only if downloaded

An apple drawn on "Adobe Ideas" with 2 layers

An apple drawn on "Adobe Ideas" with 1 layer
(Oops...I have marks which I didn't see when I worked with another layer)

If I were to teach art to students using one of these softwares, I would use the "Adobe Ideas." I think it would help students understand how to work with layers, and this would better prepare students for Photoshop which is more complicated software. One might argue "PicsArt" is better than "Adobe Ideas", but a student can add texts and/or effects (like those on "PicsArt") on his/her image if he/she wants by editing his/her image on a computer.

But, you know what? I am not a computer person... I found working with these devices very limiting, difficult, and even frustrating. The canvas was not big enough for me, and I could not do what I could do with traditional media.