Sketching the City on the iPhone

File this under things our ancient cell phone cannot do: sketch the city! Jorge Colombo, iPhone owner and artist, has used the Brushes application to create some amazing city scenes, all finger drawn on the screen. Check out a movie of one in progress here. Sure it's missing the texture in other city sketches, like those of the late Marvin Franklin, but it's a lot more creative than texting!

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