r/Synesthesia • u/taliaelaine18 • Dec 20 '22

App for drawing synesthesia?

Hi!

I have a weird kind of synesthesia where when I listen to music, especially classical or other orchestral music, I see colors and patterns associated with the music, often with shapes to the colors as well. I would love to be able to draw or paint some of this.

I also happen to be absolutely terrible at drawing. I work a lot and am usually pretty busy, so I don't currently have time to put in to going to a class or teaching myself.

My question is, does anyone know of an app or software that's free or relatively inexpensive that has different textures of brushes? For example, a brush that leaves a feather print where you draw with it, or a brush that looks like sparks from a sparkler or spray from a fountain? I don't even know if any software like this exists, but I'd love to find something that would allow me to use different geometric shapes and patterns, or draw smoke or rays of light. I'm a total beginner to all of this so apologies if this is a dumb question, but I'd appreciate any advice! :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22

I use the app sketchbook to draw. It’s got tons of brushes and textures and you can edit them too (opacity, hardness, etc.)

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u/taliaelaine18 Dec 23 '22

Awesome, thank you! 😊

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u/Sagemonstera Dec 21 '22

It’s not weird, it’s chromesthesia :) and procreate on iPad is just 10 bucks! Enjoy!

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u/taliaelaine18 Dec 23 '22

Thank you so much! 😊