New toy :)

So I seem to recall saying I was going to post some of my Zentangles this weekend. Well, sadly, I got distracted by a new toy. After a lot of shall-I shan't-I dithering, I caved in and ordered a Sensu from Jet Pens, and it arrived Saturday morning. So I've spent rather a lot of time playing with it. I also grabbed Procreate - a sketching/painting app for the iPad (with a name that makes me snigger, immature sod that I am), to join ArtRage and SketchBook Pro.

The stylus has a standard rubber tip when closed, and a rubberised grip and the brush when open. It looks like a reasonable collapsible watercolour brush in appearance, although feels more like the soft brushes designed for acrylics - this is a Good Thing, as it it was too soft, it wouldn't be as good to choose as a stylus brush.

The experience of using it largely depends on the app used. SketchBook Pro just doesn't have enough of a paint feel for there to be much difference using the brush or a normal stylus (although either beat my finger). It works a lot better with ArtRage, although it does feel a little odd using it with the pencil and some of the pen settings - I found I switched to a normal stylus for those! ArtRage can also be a little laggy, which makes controlling the strokes a bit difficult. With Procreate, as with ArtRage, I found myself swapping between brush and normal stylus depending on the tool used; and again, as with ArtRage, it worked very well with the brush and brush-type tools. One of the main advantages Procreate has over ArtRage is speed - I couldn't detect any lag on the strokes.

These two are some of what I've been playing with - absolutely nothing intended as a finished piece, just playing with apps and the stylus. The first is done in ArtRage, the second in Procreate.