5 Great Android Apps for Artists
If you are an artist, you know it is all about fun and creativity. It is fun because you get to create the things you’re good at but it is equally difficult as you would either struggling or rich. In today’s technology-based era, technology has made the lives of artists much easier. There are many Android Apps that you can use create the image of your choice filling your canvas of imagination with colors. Here are the top 5 apps that can help you create images of your imagination better and easier.
1. ArtFlow
Price: Free / Up to $4.99
It is a drawing and painting app featuring about 70 types of brushes, various additional tools, and several other drawing tools. You can adjust the colors, paint on high-resolution canvas (up to 4096×4096), create up to 16 layers, and even pressure simulate to add a bit of realism. Once done, you can export your work to PNG, JPEG, or even PSD (Photoshop) if you want to continue your work on Photoshop for desktop. This is as good as apps like Adobe or Autodesk. It is equally good for older kids.
2. Adobe Apps
Price: Free / Up to $52.99 per month
Adobe offers a ton of apps for artists. When it comes to photography, you have a couple of different versions of Photoshop along with Adobe Lightroom. People who draw and sketch can pick up Illustrator Draw, Comp CC, and others. People who work in the video medium have an Adobe Premiere Clip and Adobe Premiere Rush (new in 2019). The list goes on and on. All these apps can be connected to their desktop counterparts for a full mobile-to-PC experience. The apps work on their own, but you can get more features and better cross-platform support if you pick up an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.
3. FL Studio Mobile
Price: $15.99 with additional in-app purchases
FL Studio Mobile is a music creation app. It is the mobile version of Fruity Loops with a plethora of features. It emphasizes on electronic music creation where you can add things like a MIDI controller, various audio effects, and a built-in piano roll editor to identify various chords. You can also share your data between the Android, iOS, and Windows versions of the app. Although it is a little expensive, it offers a fast learning curve.
4. Autodesk apps
Price: Free / Varies
Autodesk is there for quite some time now on Google Play. This is also having a large number of great apps for artists. These apps are in more detail and professional than any other app. You get SketchBook if you are fond of doodling and it is equipped with tons of tools that too free. Yet another app, Pixlr lets you slightly edit photos while AutoCAD 360 allows designing your pieces. The AutoCAD, which is cross-platform, is compatible with their desktop counterparts. So Autodesk app has a variety of apps and they’re good enough to use and enjoy.
5. LayerPaint HD
Price: $2.99-$6.99
LayerPaint HD is also a very effective drawing app. It will not be wrong if I say it is one of the best available. It is packed with a roster of features including support for Photoshop PSD files, various drawing, and editing tools, multiple layers, and various hotkeys like undo, redo, etc. Thus it gives the artists tons of tools and liberty to make all kinds of glorious artwork. You can also use this app on a tablet of some sort. It has a $2.99 version and a $6.99 version.
Synopsis
These are the most popular and widely used android apps that are very useful and makes the lives of artists and painters better and simpler due to their amazing features and usability.