Concepts for the iPad is a beautiful, unique and responsive gesture based drawing app that has just been released. One of the great things about the iPad 3 is that fact that artistic apps look fantastic on the high resolution display. The Concepts App from TopHatch is a perfect example.
This new app makes use of every pixel on the iPad allowing users to mockup unique and stunning creations directly on their device. The whole app is based around capturing the artistic nature that comes from freehand sketching and then combining it with the precision that comes with technical drafting. Most of the drawing apps offered for the iPad usually just offer a number of different pen types or brushes rather so Concepts really is unique and worth investing in.
This app has a very minimalistic toolbar that sits in a clean interface that has been designed to allow users to focus on what they are doing more so than being distracted by a clutter interface. It is also built around simple gestures that will allow users to hide or show the toolbar using simple swipes. The development team behind the Concepts app have done a great job in ensuring that all lines and strokes down are always smooth with vector based graphics and this makes everything you do look great even when you zoom right in.
As far as drawing apps go, Concepts comes with multiple pen types and sizes as well as a variety of ink colors. Users have the ability to create concept galleries that can be visualized in a side scrolling format. There is also an advanced eraser feature that makes it so easy to make changes. There is also a presentation based feature built in that allows galleries and concepts to be sent to an Apple TV on the same network using AirPlay technology.
Concepts is available from the App Store for iPads running iOS 5 or above and it is free of charge. There is also an option for an in-app to enable precision drawing mode which is available for $1.99.
