I was just asked today to give my top 6 App picks for my art class. I had to go by experience with what I'm using, what my students are enjoying, and what we will definitely use again. Here they are:
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Brushes App
We use it for painting in layers:
See our portraits
See our rotoscope project
We use if for graphic design:
See our Rene Magritte spoof.
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Doink App
This is a vector based animation app that is easy to use and understand. See the animated aliens my 3rd graders created using this app with styluses.
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Percolator App
This app works with the ipod's or ipad's camera to transform a photo into a beautiful piece of abstract art. See my students transform their art here.
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Wordfoto App
This app redefines the concept of adding an artist statement to artwork. Take a look at the beautiful results when my students used this app.
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Dropbox App
This is a wonderful free app that helps you distribute or collect files on the ipad. It syncs to your desktop and makes life easier! Please use my referral link so I can have some bonus space:)
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Reflection App
This is a download for your desktop to magically mirror your ipad so you can work along with your students. Here is a pict of how I use it projected onto my interactive whiteboard.
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Third graders used our class set of styluses, the ipads, and an animation app called Doink to create these amazing animations. They drew their original alien in four running poses (download my handout here) using the onion skinning technique then animated their drawing sequence across the stage in a composition entering left and exiting right. This was then exported as a quicktime movie and emailed to me to gather. Take a look at all the drawing steps and learning that happened along the way.
I collected the first group of aliens from 3-3 and made them into this movie below. 
3-1 was very rushed at the end trying to get them turned in before class ended and the ipads had to be returned. But they still made some adorable animations. See below.
3-2 finished their alien animations on Wednesday. Take a look at Aliens on the Loose! below
3-4 had some visiting art teacher superheroes from SD 46 come to the rescue. It took all 7 art teachers to help this group (far behind on the project) finish the last two drawings and go through all the other necessary steps for animating, converting, and emailing their pieces in to me. Thank you! Watch their Alien Race below.
Below is a tutorial that shows the drawing steps for creating the effect of running as well as the composition steps that make the running alien come in from the left of screen and exit right.
Thank you Doink for featuring this project on your Doink Blog!
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My third graders are showing off the beginnings of their animation project in the Doink App through the Cinemagram app. Explore both!
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The long awaited Alien Animation lesson is finally here!
Back in November I wrote a grant (and received it) for a class set of ipad drawing styluses and 100 copies of the super cool ipad animation app Doink.
After a few set backs with installation, volume purchasing, ipad availability, and a black out that messed up ipad imaging...we've arrived. 
Thank you Mrs. Breaux for all your hard work behind the scenes.

Today the third graders explored the tools, styluses, and drawing techniques required to make our alien look like he (or she) is running.
Update: The folks over at Doink saw our post and posted on their blog about us! See it here.
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This little animation was created on the iPad. There are SO many possibilities!
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