Monday, August 16, 2010
Muscle car & hot rod wallpaper for your iPad.
After recently skimming through some of my iPhoto albums from 2003, I came across some photos that I'd made at a local car show. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but during another session of
Mower Meditation, I came up with a use for those photos.
A majority of the photos that I'd taken at this car show were more abstract and detail-oriented in nature, so I had a feeling that they'd make for some interesting iPad wallpaper.
Taking another look at my library, I found more abstract, "artsy" photos that I'm not displaying publicly so this is shaping up to be an ongoing feature for my site. I'm also working on iPhone and other mobile wallpaper images as well, so stay tuned!
Posted on 08/16/10 at 06:14 AM - Categories:
Apple
Design
iPad Wallpaper
Photography
Friday, August 13, 2010
Grid Goodness for your iPad or iPhone
My earlier iPad sketchbook post got me thinking about what could be done to make my iPad sketching experience better than it already is. The answer, my friends, was hidden in a grid.
Here are two packs of grid “paper” background images (each with various grid colors and two grid sizes, 25px and 50px) that can be used on the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch. Certain sketching apps (Adobe Ideas and Brushes (iTunes links) are two of them) will let you pull in photos from your iDevice’s photo library letting you draw on it or add the photo as a layer. Simply add the grid photo to your drawing and you can then add a layer above it and sketch out your idea. Works great for logo ideations, layouts, and anything else you can dream up.
Update: 12/28/2011
I’ve made available a premium set of gridded templates for those that wish to focus their designs on mobile apps and the mobile web.
iPad Grid Sheets - 25px
iPad Grid “Sheets” - 50px
iPhone/iPodTouch Grid “Sheets” - 25px
iPhone/iPodTouch Grid “Sheets” - 50px
If you want it all…
Happy sketching!
