Sketchable Artisan Spotlight: Connie Karleta Sales
As Zappa painted music, I write drawings based on my life experiences. I am an artist, poet, and advocate living with Neuromyelitis Optica, the rare autoimmune disease predominately effecting the optic nerves and spinal cord. Even though my disease changes how I work, my goals remain the same; only the mechanics and tools I use have changed. Through art and poetry, I educate and speak publicly on topics relating to art as vocation, rape/abuse/violence, adapting/disability advocacy, and the pr...
Shortcuts in a Modern Input World
One of the most ubiquitous words involved in technology today is “intuitive.” It is the guiding principle of modern hardware and software design, the creation of user-friendly technology. No feature or interaction illustrates the power of intuitiv...
Sketchable Artisan Spotlight: Johnathan Griswold
“Sketchable allows me to create ideas quicker and work more efficiently when creating pieces for clients.”
Johnathan Griswold, the man behind Grizzly River Art, is an artisan of many talents. A self-taught artist who first sold his artwork in the...
Sketchable 5.0
Sketchable, the best-selling sketching and drawing app on the Windows Store, released its latest update! Sketchable 5.0 comes with a bevy of new features, performance improvements, and a modernized UI experience. This is the fifth in a long line o...
Sketchable Artisans Spotlight: Mike Hearsey
“I use Sketchable for almost everything.”
A self-taught artist, influenced by family, Hearsey started his artistic journey with traditional pencil, painting, and pen and ink production before moving to the digital art world of Sketchable. Drawn t...
Sketchable Artisan Spotlight: Don Seegmiller
“Sketchable has given me the ideal program to sketch, take notes, and draw while on the move.” Don Seegmiller is an accomplished and prolific artist in both the traditional and digital mediums. His subject matter varies from high end gallery work ...
Adaptive Input and UI
The average computer used today is hundreds of thousands of times faster than the computer NASA used to explore the frontier of space in 1969. Processing power is more affordable than ever before. No longer is the main goal of technological innova...
Sketchable Artisan Spotlight: Dan Flores
“With Sketchable, I am able to concentrate on my favorite part of creating: the drawing and sketching.” Dan Flores, a full-time artist working in digital and traditional media, works on a wide range of art from private commissions for corporate il...
Designed for the GPU
Helping a friend or relative transition from a traditional phone to a smartphone can be a Herculean task. They must relearn already mastered tasks in the name of increased efficiency and ease. Instead of fumbling with a camera and then either deve...
Sketchable Artisan Spotlight: Lawrence Mann
“It’s invaluable. I need something that ‘just works’ and Sketchable is that app.” Lawrence Mann, a Freelance Digital Artist based in the UK, came to Sketchable early on, helping with the UI and even creating the Sketchable logo. With a career span...
Economy of Movement
Martial Arts legend, Bruce Lee, stated that “The successful warrior is an average man with laser-like focus.” Sketchable is deliberately designed to provide creatives with that focus through an economy of movement unique to sketching applications....
