Capture the Knight: Should You Use Photoshop for iPad?

In this blog, I'll talk about my experience with Photoshop for IPad and how I came to start selling my art with print on demand. I hope you find inspiration and learn if Photoshop for iPad is right for you.

I have always been an artist. In fact, the first contest I've ever won was an art contest in pre-k. Drawing is something I've always done sporadically throughout the years whenever inspiration would hit. Because of this, I had a book full of art that no one has seen.

Now, as a stay at home mom, one day I thought to myself, "I want to start a business from home." It hit me, I have all that artwork just sitting there and talent is meant to be shared with the world. I pulled out my sketchbook and found one of my favorite fashion designs which is half of what I drew most of the time. I took that sketch, put it into #PhotoshopforIPad and transformed this into this beautiful digital art painting.

Capture the Knight Painting

Photoshop for iPad Cons

This was my first time really delving into a complete drawing and painting digitally. It was quite the learning curb. The biggest learning curb being the major few second delay that came with every stroke of the pen. Trying to draw when the pen isn't naturally following your hand is a bit difficult because you can't tell if the stroke is correct. This made drawing much longer than it needed to be. After a little research, I found out that Photoshop was delayed because of the particular pen that I had and I needed an actual Apple pen for it to work correctly. The pen I used didn't matter on other apps. That's what I hated about the process of working on Photoshop for iPad, and also some effects weren't available because they still seem to be developing the app so I had to transfer it to the computer to finish and put the final touches on it.

Photoshop for iPad Pros

What I loved about Photoshop for iPad was all the layers I was able to use and most of the tools available on the desktop version were still available. It was simple to use as someone who was familiar with Photoshop and ultimately the finished product turned out beautiful and glossy. Moving forward however, I decided not to use Photoshop for iPad for my artwork. The delay is too substantial and didn't allow for my strokes to be easily precise. I couldn't even erase correctly.

As my first artwork that I completed for the world to see, Capture the Knight is the dearest to my heart. It started out as a dress design sketch inspired by The Evil Queen from Once Upon a Time and it became this wonderful piece of art of this Queen on her Castle Balcony. I built this world around her and used my daughter's skin tone as her skin color palette. As my first piece, it became the bases of my POD niche which is #BlackArt often with a whimsical, fairy tale flare or portaits of black women and positve, encouraging phrases and concepts. It's all about seeing us in a strong, elegant light with a hint of sass. I put these concepts in a collection called #BlackGirlMagic that I sell on #Zazzle and #Redbubble.

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You can find Capture the Knight on Redbubble in the form of wall art, phone cases and more.

Are you an artist? What applications do you use to draw your art? Do you share your art with the public? If no, why not? Do you use #printondemand? What's your experience with it?

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