How a New Yorker cover was drawn with a $5 iPhone app

Artist Jorge Colombo drew the cover of the June issue of The New Yorker. That's not so unusual, considering that he's a very accomplished illustrator, designer and video artist who was first published in the New Yorker more than 10 years ago. What's unique about it is that this particular drawing was created with a $5 fingerpainting app for the iPhone, called Brushes.

Colombo spent an hour standing near the scene depicted on the cover, using Brushes to draw what he saw. Why draw on an iPhone instead of with a traditional sketchpad or canvas? For one thing, it's less conspicuous. Colombo said nobody noticed what he was doing or asked him about it. He also touted the iPhone's ability to provide a drawing space where paper can't: in the dark.

[via SmarterWare]

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