ArtRage

To be honest I was expecting that ArtRage might need an iPad Pro to run, given that natural media simulation is a resources intensive task. Perhaps the developers should consider locking the binary to only Pro models in order to save themselves from off-putting comments such as mine. ArtRage is essentially a fine piece of software unfit however for the low-end mobile market. My comments pertain to the acrylics/oil/watercolors engine and not to fineliners/markers which work reliably (not sure why you’d buy ArtRage just for the markers though). Here are my observations: ArtRage has two limitations on the 2018 iPad: as you increase canvas resolution the maximum brush size doesn’t increase and soon you find yourself trying to fill a wall with a detail brush (I’m exaggerating slightly, but the problem is there). The second issue with bigger canvases is that it gets overall slower(laggy brushes), and strokes become more choppy to the point of no longer resembling physical media. if you want to work with watercolors you should absolutely stick to resolutions below 3072*2304px to have a marginally responsive brush and smooth stokes. However by this resolution the brush is already very small. Personally 2048*1536px was the biggest resolution that I found myself even remotely comfortable working with. 768*768px was a much better experience. Working with acrylics/oil is much worse: even though size-wise you can work at 1024*768px, the strokes are so choppy that it’s not recognizable. Eventually I resorted to working at 256*256px (2*2cm when printed!) canvases to feel that there is any semblance to acrylic/oil. While this may sound like a sarcastic joke, actually this is something you might want to do - you can record a “Script” while working on a 256*256px canvas and later on playback the recorder ArtRage Script file on the desktop version of the program at a much much much higher resolution, thus rebuilding the image at a much better resolution, somewhat like using proxy files with video editing! That is of course if you have the desktop version of ArtRage too, and don’t mind the lower accuracy that a pixelated document gives you. Still it is an option. What is more, I found very annoying trying to change the brush size since its position is conflicting with the iOS 12 iPhoneX-style gestures. I’m confident that this will be addressed in a future version of ArtRage. On the plus side, while the interface is not the best we’ve seen on the iPad, it’s still good enoug

Από τα τόσα και τόσα draw apps που έχω δοκιμάσει μπορώ να πω ότι είναι από τα χειρότερα. Κακό και παλιό UI και έχει αρκετό lag. Για την τιμή που το πουλάνε απαράδεκτο.

Slow compared to others

In my opinion, the only one of its kind is procreate, but I also think your interface and layout is pretty amazing. It’s sad to see this at 3.4 when it should be 5.0 As many others have said, this app has so much potential to be so much greater than Procreate… Chin up my friend I gave you five stars and hopes that you will update this app, and make it great again, drawing apps need some competition to make iPad. The preferred tablet for artists.

Just a few weeks ago I was able to turn the picture with my fingers but now I have to turn my whole iPad but other than that it’s an amazing app!!

By far the most traditional art app I’ve found . The controls are intuitive , but I would love to see color assignments “stick” to a tool (such as graphite grey for pencil, while brushes keep the color I was using on them). Another “easy” feature that’s missing is the ability to have a pallete sampler to easily pick some base colors and paint away. Another feature would be allowing to mix pallet colors to blend new shades to bring it even more in line with traditional painting)

This would be a great app if they updated it. Crashes a lot and if you don't SAVE...it's gone. They basically rugged and left the app in limbo

So my mom made me download for no reason and it was very weird. So I tried to draw lines but it wouldn’t let me and I made sure it was at 100 opacity and I made sure it was black color but it wouldn’t draw. Also when I zoom in I can’t zoom out for some reason and it keeps crashing. Pls upgrade it has a lot of potential. Also add more tools/brushes.

There is another, older version of this app, that holds many drawings of mine. It doesn’t work with iOS 14. Can it be refurbished for the new OS, at least enough for me to export my old doodles? It doesn’t need more functionality than an “export all” button.

I've been an Artrage user since v1 on desktop Mac, way, waaay back. After reluctantly retiring my beloved Wacom in favour of the iPad ecosystem; Artrage was a natural purchase. Sadly, comparing it to its peers, what once was cutting edge media simulation feels quaint, like so much CG from the nineties; there are stunning apps out there doing incredible real media simulation. What Artrage pioneered with innovative user interface that delivered an accessible digital painting experience (in the face of behemoths like Corel Painter), also feel old fashioned and even clumsy, again compared to other apps. Some of the tools or code appear ill matched to retina display; brushes strokes and other tools produc visibly pixelated results; as though it would probably look right on an old 72ppi monitor. But the real insult added to injury is that literally three days after my purchase, this app is obsoleted when the developers released a whole new, separate Artrage for iOS, rather than update this one. How very unlucky for me, and very sad that I just cannot recommend this version. That's coming from a longtime fan 😭