The Vader on iPad

It came down to the last moment but I was able to finish my Darth Vader fan art piece for a Darkhorse Comics contest. This fan project really pushed the limits of my 1st generation iPad since the Sketchbook Pro app I use takes up a lot of its resources. But after being inspired by the results from the Geek & Sundry contest I couldn't resist giving it another go.

To my absolute shock I learned yesterday that my Darth Vader piece was selected as one of the top 3 finalists! Voting is taking place right now on the DarkHorse Comics blog at http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/943/draw-win-nook-tablet-voting and will go on till the 30th. On May 1st DarkHorse will announce the winner of the contest.

I can not express how excited I am to have a piece featured on the DarkHorse website or how wonderful the reception of the work has been. I really am striving to push the iPad as a workable solution for future digital artists who can't afford high end software or equipment.

With a little hard work an artist can record an album or create a painting digitally at just the quarter of the cost it that would normally take to buy a strong computer and the needed programs. The technology and the apps can only get better from here for artists wanting to work while mobile!