Brushes

Brushes

$4.99

What It Has: When an iPhone app developer can say that their application has been used to create a cover for The New Yorker, they've without a doubt already piqued my interest. 

Brushes, by Steve Sprang, is a powerful painting application which is an absolute must for any iDevice owning aspiring artist. This beautiful app is chock full of features, with multiple realistic brushes, layers, a highly advanced color chooser, and highly powerful zoom ability. Brushes hosts an extremely simple, (only six main buttons) yet full-featured and deep user interface. The application is so easy to pick up and use, in fact, that even in the hands of an amateur, Brushes makes it easy to create beautiful pieces of art.

What It's Missing: Released when the App Store was still a budding market, Brushes has had quite a lot of time to fix whatever few errors it originally possessed. At the current time, at least for my use, Brushes is a near perfect application that does exactly what it claims to. One possible feature I would like to see is a 'smudge' tool, which the current version seems to be missing, but isn't necessary when taking into account the app's sheer wonder. 

All In All: Few applications in the App Store can truly be called masterpieces, but applications like Brushes are few and far between. I've used quite a few painting applications, but Brushes rises above the rest in that it's rich in features, and just done well. 

Rating: 5/5

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