Smashing Magazine: One of the most popular tools for screen design and illustration in the last couple of years has undoubtedly been Sketch, which became an important part of many designers’ responsive web design and mobile design and prototyping workflows.
However, an increasing number of other tools are becoming available. In this article, I will explore the first browser-based app to be viable in the vector illustration and UI design space: Gravit.
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My student Photoshop license expired a while ago, which is annoying. Also, Photoshop is incredibly cumbersome to my already garbage computer. So having a server based illustration tool seems pretty cool! I have never tried Fireworks but I have an alternative that I enjoy a lot, Painttool Sai. It is an originally Japanese drawing program that took the best illustration tools from Photoshop and condensed into one program. I loved Sai for it's simplicity, but my version has crashed and I cannot seem to get the driver to reinstall properly.
My main concern with Gravit is having the service ENTIRELY based on a browser. What if I want to work on something and my connection dropped out halfway through? Is it like Google Drive where there is some kind of backup recovery system? That is my main issue, I will try this program out sometime soon and unplug my router to see what happens. I will then write a strongly worded letter to the creators about this obvious fallacy. If it's okay, I won't do that.
The rise of cloud computing is radically changing the way that a typical user needs to interact with their computer and data. A few years ago google actually released the first OS entirely based on cloud computing. The concept didn’t really catch on then but in the future I think it probably will become at least and augmentation to the way most people use their computers. As someone who generally considers himself to be a “power user” using applications well beyond the office suit such as CAD programs and the adobe suit I am more skeptical. Certainly there are elements to the cloud that make my life way better. Storage for example, I think I probably have 4-5 accounts spread across different cloud storage solutions like dropbox, google drive or icloud. I even pay for extra space on some of them. But moving my workflow online too makes me skeptical. What if I need to work on an airplane or what if the internet where I am is just shitty. I suspect Gravit is a solid program but I’m not quite sold on the online only nature quite yet.
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