Nintendo DS as a Portable Sketch Pad using Colors! Homebrew

Mike over at Kotaku writes about an interesting piece of software called Colors!, available on the Nintendo DS (hacked version required). It utilizes the DS’ seldom-advertised pressure sensitivity feature. So seldom-advertised that I’ve never head of it, and I’d wager neither have you.

Taking advantage of the touch screen's pressure sensitivity, Colors! uses techniques developed for drawing pads to turn the DS into a portable electronic sketchbook.

Check out some examples of artwork created on the DS at Evil Avatar, which also links to a larger gallery at Brombra.net.


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You can Color! this editor amazed (ah-har-har!); I almost want to hack my DS so I can use this software. Quick, Nintendo, release something official for those of us who are too chicken to void our warranty. punk is currently scribbling away at The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

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