Hats off to Andy Hill, creator of the Newton Art blog, for coming up with a heck of an idea.
Using packages like HexPaint and Newton Works, Hill highlights artistic scribbles that are created on the MessagePad and eMate. He’s taking user-submitted work as well.
Here’s how Hill recommends getting the artwork off your Newton:
First draw the picture. Then copy it and paste it into a new Note. Mail the note to yourself using Mailv – and make sure you choose GIF in the format not text. Then upload the image to the blog.
Simple enough, although I would think taking a screen capture would work as well.
There are more and more artwork-themed apps coming from the iPhone; it’s nice to see Newton fans getting creative, too. They just have to stick to monochrome masterpieces.
As a side note, I’d like to point to the Newton Art blog as the perfect example of what constitutes a great blog. It’s unique, it’s quirky, and I bet it’ll be a lot of fun for Hill to maintain. Who else does this kind of stuff?
[Via NewtonTalk.net.]
I have a number of drawings on my Newton. But I doubt I’ll ever release them on Newton Art.
Also, please submit your articles to the NKW before the 30th so I can include them in the Newtonbook compilation. Thanks.
Posted by Matej Horvat on April 20th, 2009.