Though Android devices do not contain in-built
drawing applications, you can pursue your flair for art using various
downloadable applications in your Android phone or tablet. Whether you require
an application for basic sketching or doodling in your leisure time or demand
one to provide essential tools to enhance your business projects, you can
choose from a wide variety of drawing and painting applications as per your
need. Here are some of the best drawing applications that can be used in
Android devices
Best
Drawing Apps for Android
1. Adobe Illustrator Draw
A
marvelous application for vector creation, the Adobe Illustrator Draw (mobile
version) or the premium Adobe Illustrator is the Winner of Tabby Award for
Creation, Design, and Editing and has been in the “Editor’s Choice” list in
Google Play store for quite a long time. With over 5 million downloads, this is
a free application that has a downloadable size of 38 MB containing a versatile
range of drawing tools such as, 5 different pen tips with adaptable opacity,
size and colors, shape stencils, vector shapes from Capture, etc.
There are facilities to magnify the graphics up to
64 times for detailing and the user can add several layers in their artwork to
create the masterpiece the intend to. The only necessity is to create an Adobe
account, and the illustrations created can be directly stored in your Android
device. Furthermore, the user can avail cloud facilities to access their stored
images as well as high-resolution, royalty-free Adobe Stock photos, different
fonts, designs, canvas prints,
etc.
2. Adobe Photoshop Sketch
While
Adobe Illustrator Draw wears the crown in vector drawing, Adobe Photoshop
Sketch remained in the Play store “Editor’s Choice” column for impressive
sketching and painting. Comprising a wide selection of pencils, pens, markers,
erasers, pastels, acrylics, ink, and watercolor brushes, the application also
provides users with settings to adjust, size, color, opacity, texture, and
blending. The user is able to create their perfect masterpieces and send them
to Photoshop or Illustrator, and also use creative Adobe cloud services.
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| Adobe Photoshop Sketch |
3. SketchBook – Draw and Paint
Created
by Autodesk, Sketchbook is a renowned Android painting and sketching
application, freely downloadable and among the “Editor’s Choice” selection. The
users can use 13 brushes, markers, and pencils of various sizes, which support
multilayer detailing. The user has the option to zoom up to 2500% to build an
intricate painting. Moreover, a pro version with unlimited layers, full-color
library, blending modes, and access to over 100 different brushes is available.
With over 10 million downloads, Autodesk’s SketchBook provides both
desktop and mobile versions to allow the user to carry on his work at ease.
4. Sketch
With
a size of only 25 MB, Sony provides users with a free of cost application to
create beautiful sketches and paintings. Users have the luxury to select tools
from a varied library of colors, stickers, pens, pencils, brushes, rulers,
erasers, backgrounds, scales, smudge, bucket fills, fonts and designs. The app
assists the users to create excellent artwork with multiple layers and fine
detailing options. Moreover, the users can share their own creations, browse
the pictures created by other users in the gallery, collaborate with other
users to build a picture and import images to enhance. The user can also use
backup services so that his images are accessible through several devices. The
user can design his profile page according to his liking, interact with other
users, receive personalized feeds and notifications and purchase advanced tools
to improvise his work.
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| Sketch |
5. MediBang Paint
With great reviews and more than 10 million
downloads, this free drawing application provided by MediBang Inc. provides
every creative tool a user can ask for. This is a lightweight digital painting
application aimed especially at comic book artists. With a user interface
similar to Adobe applications, it is available for Android, Windows, Mac users.
It provides more than 100 free brushes, pastels, a great selection of pens (G
pen, Mapping pen, school pen, drawing pen, etc.), over 850 tones, textures,
backgrounds, and free text balloons to aid artist to perfect their work. There
are tools to adjust colors, magnify and edit objects, backgrounds, textures,
etc., import images and options to interact with other users and share your
work. The application introduces the user to cloud storage where the work
can be stored, managed and exported to online platforms.
6. ArtFlow: Paint Draw Sketchbook
Among
the “Editor’s Choice” applications under art and design section, with over a
million download and several great reviews, the ArtFlow: Paint Draw Sketchbook
designed by ArtFlow Studio is of notable mention. With the aim to “convert your
device into a digital sketchbook”, the app offers over 80 paint brushes,
variety of colors, pens, pencils, erasers, adjustable smudge tool, blending
modes, paint bucket, line style, canvases up to 6144×6144 with 50 layers and so
much more. The user can avail different functions to edit their artwork. The
application enables the user to access the gallery and also share their work.
The user is able to export drawings in formats such as PSD, PNG, or JPEG files.
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| ArtFlow |
7. PaperDraw: Paint Draw Sketchbook
Colorfit introduced the PaperDraw application
for Android users for an easy yet enjoyable drawing experience. It supplies the
users with different paintbrushes, pens, and pencils along with a ruler,
eraser, etc. It permits the user to input his handwritten signature and mark on
the image upon completion of the work. The user is also enabled to import
pictures as the base map, set it to transparent mode to trace the original
image and draw above it. There are other features to add text, customize cover
and background color and add graphics tools. The app has some in-app purchases
and the VIP version of the application provides even a greater range of tools
to use.
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| PaperDraw |
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