My most used iPad app - a truly pro tool

I do UX for a living which entails a lot of UI sketching. In the paper world my go to tools are Rhodia dot grid paper, Sigma Micron pens in various sizes, and some color markers. I can translate those tools directly over to Concepts using the seven tool slots. The top 3 are various Pen sizes, slot 4 is a large fixed width stroke set to a highlight color, 5 is filled stroke set to 30% opacity, 6 is a marker, and 7 is the selection tool. This setup lets me work very fast. I love it.

With paper, I like dot grids because they aren’t too visually heavy on the page. I find with Concepts, I use a regular grid because it’s easier to align things and I can toggle it on/off any time. The infinite canvas is also super handy. With paper I often get disjointed ideas because I run out of space. In Concepts, I can use as much space, in any direction, that I need.

For doing art-related sketching, the pencil tool feels great, being very responsive to pressure (and you can set the sensitivity in the app). Then I switch to a pen tool and Concepts auto switches the layer making it simple to ink over the top. Add some color with the marker tool and again the layer auto switches to the marker layer, below the pen layer, making it easy to color underneath the ink. So great.

Shinyobject about Concepts