Digital Canvas Initiative

Many of you may know me as the TA for Foundations Digital– but I’m an alum of CIA too, and my personal work involves drawing comics, available on your iPad! Read more »

I share what settings I used to sketch a piece in the Brushes app. Try it out! Read more »

No credit or debit card? Use giftcards to buy apps, songs or videos on your iPad. Read more »

Looking for a tripod for your iPad, so you can take steady photos or video? Read more »

View old negatives and slides and turn them into clear, digital images Read more »

Organize, tag, and reject photographs on the go, then sync to Lightroom at home. Read more »

View, edit, and share your DWG files with anyone, anywhere! Read more »

This authoritative collection charts the story of industrial design over the past 200 years. Read more »

Fold-Man brings the fun and interaction of the Exquisite Corpse to your iPad. Read more »

The British Library has a new app in conjunction with an ongoing exhibition about royal illuminated manuscripts. Read more »

T(ether) combines motion capture with the iPad 2, turning the device into an interactive virtual reality. Read more »

Install the free Dropbox app to sync files between your iPad and computer. No more emailing files to yourself! Read more »

A graphic design class focused on designing editorial for iPad, creating their own magazine apps. Read more »

A sneak peak at Adobe’s new 6 apps, to be released spring 2012! Read more »

Helpful apps for your Material and Digital color classes. Including required textbooks! Read more »

A set of virtual index cards to help organize your thoughts. Read more »

Have to write a long paper, and your professor wants your bibliography to be formatted a certain way? This useful app takes care of that. Read more »

An ongoing study conducted by Abilene Christian University is the latest to try to quantify the benefits of using these tablets to support their educational efforts. Read more »

Apple’s iTunes U is home to more than 350,000 free lectures, videos, books, and podcasts from learning institutions all over the world. Read more »

View over 55,000 paintings and sculptures from the biggest movements in European and American art. Read more »

84 illustrated creativity strategies that include stories, examples, and questions. Approach an assignment in a new way! Read more »

Not a fast typer, or not confident in your spelling? Use Dragon Dictation to speak to your iPad and have your words appear typed in any app. Read more »

Art history tests can be overwhelming. Take control of your liberal arts classes with this free Flashcards app. Read more »

A progress report about the Digital Canvas Initiative for first year students at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Read more »

A great app for getting to know the basics of 3D modeling, 123D Sculpt is currently free for your iPad! Read more »