12 Apps for Creating Amazing Art

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    Geometric is the perfect art app for fans of minimalist design and geometric patterns. The app lets you create cool wallpaper designs by swiping your finger across the screen. Each design is completely unique so you can endlessly up with new motifs. When you’re done you can save your creations or email them to friends to use as wallpaper backgrounds. Geometric is available on iTunes for the iPhone or iPad. 
    $2.99
    iTunes 

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    Fotoffiti
    Street Art and graffiti have been gaining momentum in the art world, so it’s no surprise that the Fotoffiti app is so popular. Fotofitti allows you to convert any photo into a graffiti stencil without art skills or a confrontation with the law. Just pick a photo and a paint color then shake to spray. Fotofitti is available for the iPhone or iPad. 
    $0.99
    iTunes

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    Poly 
    Poly combines abstract geometric shapes with real images to create striking artwork. The iPad app lets you start with a photo to create artwork made up of triangular shapes and each point you add to the image adds depth to the piece. The final image can be as simple or as detailed as you choose, depending on how many points you add. 
    $0.99
    iTunes

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    iTag Graffiti
    British street artist Ame72 developed iTag Graffiti in order to let people experience the process of creating graffiti without having to paint on a wall. The app provides an decent level of realism with various spray sizes, paint drips, paint colors and backgrounds to choose from. The app is currently available for the iPhone and iPad with an Android version on the way.
    FREE
    iTunes
    SketchBook-Pro.jpgSketchBook Pro/Sketchbook Mobile
    SketchBook Pro is known mostly as a robust desktop art application, but Autodesk also makes great mobile versions. Ranging a bit in price and features, they offer a smartphone version and a tablet version for both Apple and Android devices. Unlike most of the apps on this list, the Sketchbook Pro and Sketchbook Mobile apps take a more traditional approach to creating art and require quite a bit more skill. 
    $1.99 – $5 

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    ArtRage
    ArtRage makes the transition from real mediums (paint, pencil, ink) to digital art a painless one. It replicates real life tools like oil brushes, palette knives, and inking pens. The app is ideal for advanced users with a strong artistic ability. ArtRage is available on iTunes for either the iPhone or iPad. 
    $1.99 – $6.99

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    Tim Jacobsen
    Tim Jacobsen
    Cool Material is a hobby-turned-profession for online publisher, Tim Jacobsen. After starting a top 300 Internet retailer and holding a couple of SVP positions, his passion for social media, online marketing, and entrepreneurship drove him to branch out on his own. Started in 2008, the men's lifestyle blog covers everything from entertainment and technology, to art and style. Cool Material reaches out to over 600,000 readers each month, but the site’s hip, of-the-moment content and honest reviews continues to grow that number daily. Outside of his Internet world, Tim enjoys bicycling, poker, and traveling with his family.

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    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406389414 Fakhra

      I installed the new IOS 5 in my ipnohe 4, before that my bupa2go was working perfectly, now it does everything even sent the quotation but it never reaches the mail where I send it, can you help me it was and incredible usefull app. for me to have on my phone but now is gone, I have to use my regular computer insted of have all the time with me. Thanks

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406384006 Jay

      Dani,Nice work, I’ve been pondering geinttg something like this for sketching.I currently have Sketchbook Pro on a tablet PC but have never caught onto using it much. I rely a lot on feeling the drag from the paper/surface so have not used my tablet pc much because the surface is so slick.A few questions:- Is the Ipad version of Sketchbook Pro any different feature-wise?- How is the Pogo in terms of feeling drag across the screen and pressure sensitivity?