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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Pure Inspiration!By K. ChandlerThe only complaint I have about this book is that its heavy! But that means theres lots of good stuff in it! Fist theres a short overview of the history of mobile digital art and the early days (actually not that many years in the past) of cell phone cameras. Then there are sections on different artists and how they create their art. It helps a lot to download the apps they use and play around with them enough to get a feel for how they work and what they can do. This is not for beginners as many basic app and iPhone functions are not explained; but those with some basic iPhone camera skills and their own imagination will be inspired!15 of 16 people found the following review helpful. A work of loveBy DebosDavids book is a concentrated effort of dedication and love. We were a loosely associated group of international artists who discovered we could do art on our iPhones. Some of the apps created Groups on Flickr and we (I) thought; thats fun; I can do that. Then others said "Howd you do that; what app?" and from the beginning this group was about sharing. Seeing this book come to fruition and sharing not only those early techniques (the app I began on never made it to the iPad) is good for historical reasons (we were there with you; David Hockney) but also because these are very useful tutorials.Large; lush-colored photos; step by step processes (and yes; it is all there) plus the dialogue to the side on why-wherefore. In fact; there was and is an amazing amount of things still to be learned for me as well. Ive been enjoying re-reading how everyone did what and re-discovering old apps long in storage that work again in a different capacity.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great Inspiration for digital artists.By Kindle CustomerThis book showcases 70 digital artists who use iPad and IPhone to create artworks. Each artist offers a brief instruction of how he or she created the artwork; included step by step pictures; information; plus his or her background. A full page size picture shows the finished artwork; and a several small sized pictures show the artwork in process. All pictures are in full color; high quality.I like the book because I like these artworks which give me ideas of creations.I like the book also because these artists show what apps they use and how they use. Some of the apps are new to me. I went to the app store to download them and try on my artworks.I have to say that this is one of the books from which I really learned a great deal of digital art.