January 2014 iPad dump

I got an iPad for Christmas and I have no idea what you're supposed to do with it. Most of the time it's just been a $600 manga reading machine, and in December I doodled two things on the Moleskine app with my finger (which sucked really bad).

Moleskine app seems cool because it's a digital version of the actual Moleskine notebooks on the market. But it doesn't give a realistic drawing experience (in my opinion), it lags, and the brush ranges are pretty limited. I later downloaded SketchBook Express for iPad, which is produced by Autodesk.

With the addition of a stylus (which came free with a phone case my mother ordered for her Note3), I was finally able to produce some not-so-bad sketches. Yay!

Leftmost one is a bunch of random shit just to try out SketchBook Express and get used to drawing with a blunt stylus and without pressure sensitivity on an iPad.
Of course I always have to draw some questionable males.
Then I moved on to drawing eyes and brows or something...?? I like drawing different eye brow shapes, but always go back to normal shapes...
I also like drawing mouths so... some mouths invaded the page.................... BUT THEN SHIT GOT WEIRD AND I DREW SOME UNIDENTIFIED GLOPPY STICKY LIQUIDS?? Cause I like to draw sticky things. But I didn't realize until after I finished that it looks a little... uh... .___.;;

Middle one is the same guy from when I tried to test a new drawing style but failed.
Tried imagining what it would be like when his hair was at different styles/stages of length.
It's quite fun drawing him (°∀°//)

Rightmost one is based on a "ninja" request my friend had. But I guess in my mind, ninjas are j-rock stars with laser vision??
I drew this while I was getting my hair colored at the salon ROFL. The hair was fun to do. I mean... drawing his hair was fun to do. Not sitting there waiting for my hair was fun.

Soo I think SketchBook Express has the ability to be quite a powerful iPad drawing/painting app. The free version allows three layers and has a pretty wide range of brushes. I just haven't found the right time to sit and properly try to draw something.
I know there's also an app called Procreate that's around $5 in the app store. We're going to be testing the app out in my digital fashion illustration class, so maybe I'll see if I want to invest or not.

Happy February!