Related: How Paper and Pencil transformed the iPad from a window to a canvas
As fate would have it, we literally stumbled into Pencil creator Georg Petschnigg in the press room at IFA 2014 in Berlin, Germany, and he was gracious enough to show us what the Pencil looks like in action, and explain what new features and functionality will come with the release of iOS 8. You can see it for yourself in the video above.
Related: Everything we know about iOS 8
The combination of Pencil and Paper let artists of any skill level draw, sketch, outline, write, and paint on a virtual canvas.
You can find Pencil, in both Graphite and Walnut finishes, on sale at Amazon.
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