Engineering with Paper

madewithpaper: Designer-illustrator Michael Rose is the man...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:38:40 -0400

Designer-illustrator Michael Rose is the man behind PaperFaces, an experiment to draw a portrait every day on Paper. Here’s the technique behind his signature style.

Made with Paper by mademistakes:

How not to draw a face with Paper by 53.

fiftythreenyc: Explore. See What The World Is Making. New...

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:46:31 -0400

fiftythreenyc:

Explore. See What The World Is Making.

New worlds are opening up in Paper. Dive deep into your ideas with zoom. We made a zoom that works the way you do. Pinch to magnify; focus where it matters, without losing sight of the big picture. One of the most highly requested features is now part of Paper. We can’t wait to see what you’ll do with it. We’re also introducing the Made With Paper stream. Find inspiration from creators around the world, right within Paper.

Dive in, get inspired. There’s a whole new world to explore in Paper.

What’s New

Zoom Get closer to your ideas. Zoom gives you fast access to deeper levels of your drawing, without losing your place on the page. Simple, powerful, intuitive.

Made With Paper Find inspiration from creators around the world, right within Paper. It’s a new way of exploring some of the most exciting work being created in Paper, without leaving the app.

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nanoengineer: Wise. Made with Paper

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:06:03 -0400

nanoengineer:

Wise.

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eichan68: Solar flare Made With Paper

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:04:21 -0400

eichan68:

Solar flare
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sebastiansdrawings: everydaywanders: I was looking through...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:47:17 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

everydaywanders:

I was looking through Paper’s support site, and got a bit irrationally annoyed with people complaining about the lack of a zoom function. Thus, this happened…

Ever since I learned to write, that has been my way to vent whenever I got angry or upset. My mother has the embarrassing notes to prove it.

Okay, this is the zoom trick I mentioned, beautifully illustrated by everydaywanders. See FiftyThree’s support site with instructions on how to turn it on. It works quite well. But I agree with everydaywanders: zooming isn’t really that useful.

Updated cheat sheet pdf to version 1.1

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:19:47 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

I’ve updated the cheat sheet pdf (v1.1) with a few more pages (61 pages now). Updated links are below.

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sebastiansdrawings: Until now, I’ve made fifty-three cheat...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:45:48 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

Until now, I’ve made fifty-three cheat sheets (or how-to’s) for FiftyThree’s Paper. I thought that was kind of funny, so I’ve bundled them in a nice pdf document, which you can download using one of the links below. Be warned though, it’s 53 MB (yes, that’s funny too).

Link1 (Google Drive)

Link2 (Amazon S3)

You can view the same drawings (all tagged “cheat sheet”) at http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/cheat-sheet, but maybe some of you like to keep them all together for reference.

I’ve given the pdf a creative common licence, which basically means (in non-legal terms) that you can download and share it as long as you credit me properly (a link to my tumblr blog is okay with me). However, you can’t change the document in any way or use it commercially (like selling it.)

Maybe I’ll add some annotations or revisions, or more drawings, so it’s version 1.0 for now.

Math behind the color mixer in 53's Paper

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:12:21 -0500

Math behind the color mixer in 53's Paper:

sebastiansdrawings:

Interesting article about the math behind the color mixer in 53’s Paper.

sebastiansdrawings: Another study of a colored box (sorry if...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:38:52 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

Another study of a colored box (sorry if these bore you!), this time trying to apply a bit more advanced use of light and color:

Direct warm sunlight from the left -> sharp shadows; front surface and bevel are warm

Cool blue diffuse light -> cool shadow parts; gradients in shadowed parts; top surface is a bit cooler

Reflected diffuse sunlight from floor -> gradients on front surface; side surface gets a bit of this warm diffuse light too

Darker areas are (a bit) more saturated than light areas.

Edges are sharper in the shadowed areas, more detail

Edges on lit surfaces are more fuzzy, seem to blend with background

Please note that these are not (well, not necessarily) rules that apply in general. They’re just things I tried to accomplish in this sketch. Until my Pogo Connect stopped working :( while doing the last final touches.

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sebastiansdrawings: I’m certainly no expert on color theory, so...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:01:32 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

I’m certainly no expert on color theory, so I hope these ‘cheat sheets’ are both correct and useful. And there is much more to say on this subject!

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sebastiansdrawings: Color cheat sheet for Paper (Goethe’s...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:40:10 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

Color cheat sheet for Paper (Goethe’s famous Color Wheel).

Outside ring is done with the watercolor (“color”) tool, one layer. Then two and three layers. The middle ring is done with the marker (“outline”) tool.

I tried to choose the primary colors as neutral as possible. Yellow can be a bit more red (“cadmium yellow”) or a bit more greenish (“lemon yellow”). Red can be a bit more yellow or a bit more blueish (“magenta”). It’s hard, almost impossible, to pick a primary color that’s exactly in between.

Notice that there are less steps between yellow and red, only three turns on 53’s color wheel.

I did four turns between blue and red, maybe three would have been better.

The transition between yellow and red (and red and blue) is much less noticeable than the transition between yellow and blue. This is because our eyes are much more sensitive to hues of green. Some people say that’s because we humans used to hang around in trees, a long time ago.

For the primary colors, the outline/marker color is (more or less) equal to the three layer watercolor. For the mixed colors, the marker/outline seems to be a bit lighter, less saturated, equal to the two layer watercolor.

This may all depend on how your screen displays certain colors.

A color wheel (Goethe’s, not 53’s) is useful when shading colored objects, which will be another cheat sheet. :)

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mademistakes: Discovered the wonderful Reflector app for OS X...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:36:59 -0500

mademistakes:

Discovered the wonderful Reflector app for OS X today. Let’s you mirror your iPad or iPhone’s display to a Mac/PC using Airplay. The best part? You can capture it and save as a .mov video. No more faux “speed painting” videos for me, I can record the real deal now!

Haven’t figured out how to capture my iPad 3 at full retina resolution like I could with the “screenshot slideshow” method. But I think the quality and frame rate are acceptable to continue experimenting…

sebastiansdrawings: Testing a “Pogo Connect” pressure-sensitive...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:51:38 -0500

sebastiansdrawings:

Testing a “Pogo Connect” pressure-sensitive stylus (only for iPad3 & 4).

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eichan68: My pet dog died today. Nice tribute pet sketch.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:47:27 -0500

eichan68:

My pet dog died today.

Nice tribute pet sketch.

fiftythreenyc: APP OF THE YEAR! Apple has named Paper iPad App...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:16:29 -0500

fiftythreenyc:

APP OF THE YEAR!

Apple has named Paper iPad App of the Year. We’re incredibly honored (and a few of us on the team are still scraping our jaws off the floor). We’re lucky to spend our days working on something we love and believe in, and to see creators around the world using Paper to achieve goals of their own.

It’s been an exciting ride for FiftyThree this year. In June, Apple awarded Paper the Apple Design Award. Since then, Paper has been honored to win awards from AIGA, IxDA, Communication Arts and TIME magazine.

Thank you for using Paper, for telling your friends about our app, sharing your work and feedback, and continually collaborating with us to build a better way for making in a world that more often encourages consumption instead.

Today’s honor is as much yours as it is ours. Thank you.

Take a look at all App Store Best of 2012 winners in iTunes.

madewithpaper: Along with the Mixer, our team introduced four...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:45:53 -0500

madewithpaper:

Along with the Mixer, our team introduced four new color palettes in November. Developed to address different needs, go behind the scenes to see the ideas that inspired each palette.

fiftythreenyc: CELEBRATING 6 MILLION COLORS After a year of...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:22:34 -0500

fiftythreenyc:

CELEBRATING 6 MILLION COLORS

After a year of in-depth research, design and engineering, we introduced our latest tool, Color Mixer, in late October. We knew it would be a powerful tool for expression, enabling creators to play with color in a new and natural way that, up until then, had only been available in the analog world.

Drawing inspiration from the familiar, tangible experience of mixing paint, we made something we were truly excited about and one we couldn’t wait to share.

Since the launch of Color Mixer six weeks ago, six million colors have been created in Paper. Magazine editors have used it to make playful sketches of fashion icons; math teachers have used Color Mixer to highlight equations; makers all over, from first-timers to professionals, have unzipped a world of color.

Fast Company examined the science behind Color Mixer and Co.Design explored the thought process which led us to believe (or rather, remember) that it’s simply more fun, more intuitive to create colors instead of ‘picking’ them.

Paper is alive with color because of creators like you. Thank you.

Made With Paper by tinyimplications, Zhen Zeng and Ovidiu Zaharia.

thepaperlab: Tired of filling the whole page with your...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:01:16 -0500

thepaperlab:

Tired of filling the whole page with your pen ?

Fiftythree has brought the solution ! \o/

madewithpaper:

Keeping with the Color theme this week, we’re excited to bring you our December Paper update featuring page fill and a Paper experience that’s more polished than ever.

To play with the new feature, simply drag and drop a dot on to the page and voilà! Meet your new canvas, alive with color.

Version 1.2.5 now available in the App Store.

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fiftythreenyc: Organize. Free your pages. We’re excited to...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:30:03 -0400

fiftythreenyc:

Organize. Free your pages.

We’re excited to announce an update to Paper with powerful new features that enable you to organize your ideas. Freely move pages, move journals, and effortlessly create duplicates of either. Try our revamped Expressive Ink Engine™ which is now up to 3x faster and recognizes edge-to-edge drawing. Download the update today and get organized!

New Features

Move. Grab any page or journal with a simple press and hold and use multi-touch gestures to open, close, and swipe for the fastest way to get around.

Duplicate. Press and hold the “+” button to make copies of your favorite pages and journals. Duplicate sketches, create templates for layouts, wireframes, or storyboards, and iterate on ideas.

Easy add. Never hit the end of a journal. Just swipe from the edge to add another page.

Faster ink. Every tool, now up to 3x faster. Drawing is more responsive and precise than ever before.

Better rewind. More intuitive feel to the rewind control. The faster you go the more you rewind.

Edge-to-edge drawing. Draw close to the edge, and even over the edge. Time for some bold strokes.

Custom sharing. Tap on a menu item to customize your share settings. Set your own Tumblr captions and tags.

Summary of new feature in the latest version of Paper.

Modern Control Systems - Stability in the Frequency DomainMade...

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:11:27 -0400

Modern Control Systems - Stability in the Frequency Domain

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