The iPad as a Digital Sketchbook: The Hunt for a Stylus


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Kalliopi MonoyiosKalliopi Monoyios is a scientific illustrator at the University of Chicago and the illustrator of two popular science books, Neil Shubin’s Your Inner Fish, and Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True. Her portfolio is at kalliopimonoyios.com. Follow her at @eyeforscience and with co-blogger Glendon Mellow at @symbiartic. Follow on Twitter @symbiartic.

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Ever since I downloaded the Brushes app onto my iPhone, I?ve been coveting a larger screen to sketch on. Now, at long last, I have an iPad in hand and am exploring the world of styluses. Ian McQue, one of my favorite concept artists, put out this great timelapse video of him sketching on an iPad and since then, I have been intrigued by the notion of sketching with a stylus. So, the search begins for the appropriate stylus. MacWorld put out a good video review of a whole host of styluses which I thought I?d share:

The Nomad brush looks most intriguing to me, but I think I may try one of the rubber or foam-tipped styluses as well. After a little more research, I may post a review of my final choice with some sketches?

Kalliopi MonoyiosAbout the Author: Kalliopi Monoyios is a scientific illustrator at the University of Chicago and the illustrator of two popular science books, Neil Shubin?s Your Inner Fish, and Jerry Coyne?s Why Evolution is True. Her portfolio is at kalliopimonoyios.com. Follow her at @eyeforscience and with co-blogger Glendon Mellow at @symbiartic. Follow on Twitter @symbiartic.

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