zCreative Journal

For this post, I decided to say a thing or two about Mischief, a new sketching/drawing/painting software. For hidden purposes, I will only touch upon the pen functions and whatnot, no colouring or painting will be touched upon. I probably will do another one if I feel like  it.

Well, each stroke you do is basically a vector, you can zoom all day erry day and it won’t get pixelated and stuff, clean sharp lines all the way.

Well, unlike some drawing software, where you need to set the canvas size before you start, Mischief doesn’t. You start at the center, and you draw whatever you want. No need to worry about not fitting the canvas, your canvas is unlimited!

No 'borders' to worry about, for imagination is limitless....sometimes

I decided to try it…well, it feels quite nice!

Somehow, the response I got when using with my drawing tablet is really good. It feels,,,I don’t know..more natural? I had a great time sketching and doodling stuff, and unlimited canvas means my creative output is not limited by ‘not having enough paper left’. The pressure detection is superb too!

The tools are rather simplistic, not many choices of brushes. There is also the lack of many shortcuts (which is quite annoying), very simple layering system and non-existent tools to control brightness and contrast and all that.

I searched for a pen stabilizer function, which is a must for me when it comes to drawing with a tablet (and PS CS6 still doesn’t have it, wth?!), and I can’t find it.  But there is a ‘Freehand curve smoother’ under the preferences.  It did make my curve lines neat, but I still prefer a stabilizer like in Paint Tool SAI.

It really gives SAI a run for it's money when it comes to line art...but alas SAI's stabilizer function is still the top.

It's good for design concept sketches too!

Those aside, I enjoyed it, and it’s a definitely a keeper in my book. Who knows, perhaps in the future, they will be better upgrades? I recommend this for anyone who love sketch or do line art, which I think, in most parts, it excels brilliantly. So grab the trial (http://www.madewithmischief.com/) and try it yourself. Do comment and share your opinions with me. And with that, till next time!