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Why Simply Draw is the childhood art tool I wish I had

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When I was growing up I taught myself to draw from copying the comic panels in 2000AD. My tutors were Simon Bisley, Kevin O'Neill and Dave Gibbons. To this day I can hear my art teacher saying "he's good but he doesn't know what he's doing", and he had a point. Now, years later, I understand what the guy meant. Being able to draw and knowing how to draw are slightly different things, and an app like Simply Draw reveals the nuance.

Simply Draw is one of the best drawing apps for iPad I've tried. It manages to mix digital technology and traditional art skills to teach the fundamentals of drawing, from beginning with short video tutorials on using primitive shapes to build an illustration to shading and texture advice.

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Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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