So I bought layers the other day and, in the process updated to V3 of the system software for the iPod touch. TBH that’s a mixed blessing: spotlight found a few podcasts that didn’t show up in the player viewer so I gained 500 megs or so but for some bizarre reason I have to automatically connect to the wi-fi each time I turn it on. Very .. well, frustrating would be too strong a word but hey. A big niggle (a biggle?)

Anyhow have been playing with Layers and it’s fun. I’m not sure I like it as much as Brushes, but I was very used to the way it worked. Layers seems that split second slower, for a start, but I REALLY don’t like the shake to access interface and the colour picker doesn’t seem to want to work.

Apart from that though it’s technically amazing what the developer fitted onto the iPod. Very cool indeed although as I was often struggling against the limitation of 100 layers in Photoshop 5 layers is welcome but not nearly as many as I would use given the chance.

But anyhow: loving it although having had a trawl around the dev website I wonder if I should have bought netsketch instead. I’ll prob end up buying it as well… Here’s the first Layers image though, uploaded while son boy watches Big Cook Little Cook.

Wifey had to go off to do something tonight so once the kids were to bed (if not at all asleep) I’ve been playing a little more. Loads of fun, although it does make me wonder how many more tools they could fit into the Brushes app, or if Pixelmator – my other art tool of choice at mo – could make a Brushes a mator mash up to capture the best of both worlds.

That said, Brushes is a LOT of fun and to see the image grow and build is quite fascinating (for me a least )