Sketches: A drawing app

Version: 0.6

One of the cool things about a touch screen is that it has the potential to be used to draw stuff with your finger. Sketches takes that potential and turns it into a reality. It does it quite well too.

With Sketches you'll be able to draw with different size brushes and in different colors. You can even draw shapes. Another fun feature is that you can import a picture from your library and draw on top of it.(If your on an iPhone you can take a picture using the camera from the app and draw over it.) Its always fun to see how you would look with a mustache.

My favorite feature is that you can erase you drawing just like an etch-a-sketch. Give your iPod Touch or iPhone a little shake and... its gone.

If you don't like sketching on a touch screen but prefer the real deal, then this great travel etch-a-sketch is the perfect thing for making your inner artist shine.

Main Screen

This is the screen you'll see when you start up the Sketches app. (without my beautiful drawing, of course!)

The two icons on the top are for importing pictures. If your on an iphone, the one on the left will allow you to take a picture. The one on the right allows you to import a picture from your photo album.

Here is what the buttons along the bottom do.(from left to right)
The one on the bottom left is the "undo" button. The one beside it is for choosing the color and size of the brush. The next one is used for drawing shapes. The one beside that one is used to email your picture or to add it to your photo album and the button on the bottom right is used to erase your drawing.

Color and Size Screen

This is where you choose the size and color of the brush.

Shapes Screen

Here is where you choose a shape you want to draw. To draw a shape put two fingers on the screen and it will show up. If you keep your fingers on the screen you can move them around to adjust the size and shape of the shape.

Settings Screen

Here you can choose the background and change some other settings.

Backgrounds Screens

You can get rid of the top and bottom bars by tapping once on the screen.


The graph I drew shows you how many people love chocolate.


Overall its a pretty full featured app and is fun to use. I don't use it very often but when I do its always a pleasurable experience.

Good app!




- Scott

The Scott Zargold Report
http://www.zargold.com/

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