Your favourite iOS app for creating mesmerizing mandala and kaleidoscope artworks is released for desktop! Complete with new symmetry mode, custom brushes and high-quality 4K image export, Inspirit now gives you even more possibilities to dive into its vivid colourful patterns on both Windows and macOS.

Inspirit is a delightfully easy to use relaxing painting app for creative souls of all ages. The application beautifully combines art, spiritual and relaxing elements and allows everyone to unwind in the most artistic way. Watch the video below to witness the beauty of Inspirit with your own eyes:

Younger brother of Inspirit - Inspirit for iOS - was released back in September and has immediately gained the exposure among artists and mandala lovers. One question was asked many times after the release: “Will there ever be a version for desktop?”. There were so many requests to bring Inspirit to life on a computer, we knew we had to address them. And today it is becoming a reality: from now on, Inspirit is fully compatible with Windows and macOS operating systems. And that’s not all - we’ve also added many new features to make your experience with this Inspirit version as pleasant as possible.

Inspirit for Windows and macOS lets you:

- Paint beautiful animated swirling patterns and kaleidoscope artworks with mouse or tablet pen in various image sizes
- Play with 4 kaleidoscope modes
- Choose between various brush types
- Create your custom brushes via Brush Editor using 5 predefined brushes
- Export as PNG image in high resolution up to 4K
- Create eye-pleasing gradients and color variations
- Add captivating glow effects
- Save project automatically to User Image Gallery
- Switch between Fullscreen & Window mode

Pricing & availability

Looking for a perfect gift for all creatives? Look no further! Inspirit for desktop is available from today on our website for an introductory price $14.99. Regular price will be $19.99. The license allows you to use the artworks created with Inspirit for non-commercial as well as for commercial use.

Try Inspirit demo 

Download the demo from here: Windows | macOS

Inspirit is compatible with Windows 7,8, 10 & Mac OS X 10.9 and higher, including High Sierra. Other system requirements are: Intel Pentium 4 processor, OpenGL 3.2 graphic card, 1GB RAM and 100 MB free disk space.

Get social with us!

Join our Inspirit community on Instagram: follow @inspiritapp and use hashtags #inspiritapp and #createdwithinspirit. Feel free to share your feedback on Inspirit with us - report a bug, suggest a feature or show us some love at our email address support[at]escapemotions.com ☺

Thank you for your endless support!
Your Escape Motions Team

Do you use reference images when painting? If you do, you would agree with us that it is sometimes a great inspiration  and makes not only a budding artist’s life much easier to have the right object proportions in front of the eyes.

Because there are times when you need to study some known or unknown object, get in details, to find an inspiration, new art style, color palette or interesting composition. But finding a really good reference can be a problem. You need images. And you need the best images so that your art can be outstanding. But where to find them? Or better, where to download them for free? Don’t worry, we did the some research for you! Below are the top reference image websites with great resources for your next art project. Most of them are free from copyright restrictions or licensed under Creative Commons 0 (CC0), which practically means you can use these photos for any personal or commercial use. Some of them, on the contrary, ask you for attribution when you use the photograph. We recommend taking a look on the license before you download and use the reference photo for your own use. 

Morgue Files

MorgueFiles is one of the oldest and largest free image resources on the internet with over 350,000 free images in their archive for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not. MorgueFiles doesn’t use the standard CC0 license but have their own agreement which works very similarly. It is quite standard - you can use their photos for any purpose, including commercial as long as you change them.

Pexels

Pexels collects the most beautiful pictures under one roof. It practically searches all reference images from various resources (like Unsplash, Gratisography, etc.) so all you need to do is enter a keyword or search through the displayed categories to find that perfect piece for your art. Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Creative Commons 0 license. All photos are nicely tagged and easily searchable through their discover pages. It can save you quite a lot of time which you can spend on your creativity. If you are a photographer, consider supporting Pexels by adding your own photos to be available for others. You can also show your appreciation by donating few bucks to their Paypal account.

Paint My Photo

Paint My Photo (PMP) is a social networking site dedicated to sharing photos for artistic inspiration without fear of infringing copyright. In order to search and download photos you must create an account first.

CopyrightFreePhotos.com 

CopyrightFreePhotos.com has recently relaunched with a new design and there are now 12 free photo galleries to choose from. Whether you want photos for personal or commercial use, have a look at the galleries to see if there’s something you want to use.

Photos4artists

This website encourages you to use their photos as references for paintings. Photos on this site are completely free - no subscriptions, memberships or hidden fees. Just go to the free galleries, click on the images to download and you can start painting in seconds. Take a look inside the free galleries and you will find photos of landscapes, seascapes, boats, tractors, bridges, canals and all manner of similar subjects, taken from a variety of angles, all of which will enhance the design of your picture.

IM Free 

IM FREE is a great source to find photos or templates for almost anything you need. All of the photos are divided into categories for easy searching and are free for commercial use. Since the photos are curated from various sources, some photos may require attribution so be sure to read terms for each photograph you plan to use.

What about you? Do you use reference images during your creative process, or do you prefer to paint more intuitively? If you use references, what are your favourite image libraries? Share with us what works for you!

Happy painting!

Your Escape Motions Team

Photo credit: Josefa nDiaz | Unsplash.com

We love to interact with the CG community that’s why this time we’ve partnered with CGTrader Awards - a digital design competitions triving to spot and acknowledge the best 3D artworks globally organized by CGTrader. 

The competition’s aim is to engage both CGTrader’s own community and artists around the world to show the projects they are proud of the most. For this competition, CGTrader is looking for unique images from artists’ portfolios that fit at least one of the six categories: character, cartoon, environment/scene, sci-fi, fantasy and photorealism. Artists can submit any artwork from their portfolio, whether new or created a while ago.

“Artists can submit their artwork until December 1st, 2017, and the winners will be announced December 18th, 2017. Though this is the first time we are running this type of awards, we truly believe that global artist community will enjoy the challenge and this will become an annual tradition” - says CGTrader Awards coordinator.

If you haven’t decided yet, make sure to check fantastic prize pool valued at over $50,000. Such invaluable winnings are wonderful motivation to step out from your comfort zone, take a second look on that unfinished work and take part. ;)

We at Escape Motions wish a good luck to all the 2017 CGTrader participants! 

More information: https://www.cgtrader.com/awards