PadGadget Creative Corner – iPad Artist Debbie Ridpath Ohi
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This installment of Creative Corner takes us North of the border to the beautiful city of Toronto. It’s there that you’ll find Debbie Ridpath Ohi busy writing novels, performing music, or creating illustrations on her iPad.
Ohi loves her iPad and enjoys being a digital artist saying “it’s far easier to carry around my iPad as a sketchbook rather than my laptop and Intuos Wacom Artpad.” Her app of choice is the hit iPad sketching app Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. Ohi tried all of the other popular drawing apps but prefers Autodesk Sketchbook Pro’s interface and layers support. Another feature that sold her on Sketchbook Pro is the the ability to select and manipulate different brushes by using quick finger swipe shortcuts.
Ohi is currently working on a series of illustrations for a picture book by author / actor Michael Ian Black, whose book is scheduled for publication by Simon & Schuster in 2012. When she’s not busy working on the book’s illustrations, you can find her creating comics which are featured on her website.
In her spare time, Ohi enjoys writing and performing music with her band. ”I just made plans to use my iPad for playing music with a small chamber music group next spring and will also be using it in concert when my own band performs in Columbus next month.” You can catch Ohi perform at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest this October, where her band is the guest of honor.
Although Apple’s iPad has only been on the market for six months, Ohi is already a self professed iPad addict. From illustrations to music, the iPad seems to be a perfect fit for a wide variety of her creative needs. “Anyone who says that the iPad is not for creative people is crazy. I use my iPad for drawing, planning and writing my books, songwriting, creative photography…the list goes on and on. I LOVE MY IPAD!”
Debbie Ridpath Ohi is a writer, illustrator and iPad addict. She tweets about iPads, digital publishing and e-books at http://www.twitter.com/ipadgirl.
If you’re an iPad artist or have done something creative with the iPad, send us the details and we might feature you in a future PadGadget Creative Corner.
