Thursday, October 14, 2010

Odosketch - Free Online Drawing App

When I spotted the latest issue of Digital Artist Magazine, Odosketch was listed at the top of the cover. My first thought was "oh great another toy I cannot afford to buy and play with".

To my surprise, I found out that it was a free online drawing application much like TwitDraw or TwitPaint.

Odosketch website -- http://sketch.odopod.com

The color palette is soft and limited. You work from an antiquely toned off white back ground and have a selection of 24 colors strokes and 2 brush sizes (9 narrow and 15 broad), an eraser, and white stand alone brush.

The similarities with TwitDraw/TwitPaint are the simplified drawing features, ease to explore the artists works, and the ability to collaborate by building on other artists drawings. My favorite feature is the drawing stroke playback mode.


Thumb through the featured artists section, there are some inventive illustrations out there. It's amazing what one can do with a limited palette without shelling out big bucks for software. Another bonus is you don't have to upload the application (you only need an Adobe Flash plugin on your web browser so you are good to go).

Try it out and see what happens.....