This app replicates the feel, flow and texture of real oils and watercolours. ArtRage VitaeĪrtRage Vitae is an easy painting simulation software (Image credit: Ian Dean)ĪrtRage Vitae is the newest edition of one of iPad first and longest-running digital painting apps. You can export to a range of formats, including JPG, PNG, PDF and SVG, and there are over 100 brushes available, in styles including paints, pencils, inks, pastels and gouaches. In short, this is one of the few drawing apps for iPad that's squarely targeted at the professional market. We also loved the UI – find out more in our Affinity Designer for iPad review.Īffinity Designer supports both CMYK and RGB, and has a full Pantone library in the colour swatch panel, meaning it's ideal for creating both digital and printed art.

Our testing appreciated the fact it can support huge multi-artboard canvases with as many layers as you could possibly want, and you can zoom to over one million per cent.

Download Affinity Designer for $9.99/£9.99īuilt from the same back end as its award-winning desktop version, Affinity Designer for iPad is a vector drawing program that's fully optimised for iOS, including Touch controls and Apple Pencil support.

Photoshop for iPadĪffinity Designer is a powerful app for creating a range of art (Image credit: Future) But you can seamlessly transfer your work to and from your desktop app to your iPad app, which is a big positive. Unfortunately, the app is only available on a subscription model and it's not compatible below iOS 14. We've found that when you combine the Illustrator app with the new iPad Pro (M1, 2021) and the Apple Pencil 2, then you get a sleek, controlled and enhanced digital art experience (make sure you check out the iPad Pro deals and the Apple Pencil deals if you haven't got the devices already). And if you're still not convinced, then why not read more about it over on our Illustrator for iPad review?

The app takes the best features from the desktop app and pops it into this handy portable version of the app. While the app is free, it does require some in-app purchases, but with features like radial, grid and mirror repeat, its worth the money. Just like Procreate, Adobe Illustrator is incredibly popular in the digital art community. Download Illustrator for iPad, free, with in-app purchases.Illustrator on the iPad has plenty to offer artists (Image credit: Ben Brady)

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