This is an amazing painting experience
I have only had this one day and I am completely hooked. It is an incredible painting experience and, when paired with a Nomad brush I have on order, I suspect it will feel eerily like the real thing. The hot or cold pressed paper is amazing and the flow of the paint is quite incredible.
There are some things Id love to see improved with this masterpiece:
- as a watercolour artist, I often paint with only one brush and vary the pressure to achieve stroke thickness. Of course with an app, thats achieved by selecting the appropriate brush width which takes a little getting used to. I would appreciate seeing a small icon on the bottom of the screen indicating what brush style and size is currently active, much like the palette icon indicates what paint colour is active. Its a small thing, but it would help a lot with the feel of the app.
- I greatly miss not having a palette of active paints. Like any watercolourist, I mix up a pool of various paint colours so I can work quickly and consistently. The app requires you to "remix" (really select your colour from the colour wheel) each time you move to a new colour so if you are painting the petals of a flower and start with a soft yellow, move to a soft pink and then want to tackle the next petal, youve got to try and recreate that yellow all over again each time. With the timer indicating the paper is drying (a great feature), the pressure is on! Ideally, there should be a customizable mini palette of paints you mix up and dip into as needed.
- finally, I miss a masking capability. I cant lay down a soft wash in one colour, mask over parts of it to protect it from the next darker wash and then remove the mask to reveal the original soft wash intact. Maybe thats a feature I havent figured out yet, but "erase" doesnt really do it. It would make a huge difference to the realistic watercolour experience this app is going for.
This is well worth the price. Great job!
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Auryn Ink, v1.4.0