plasq today released Doozla 1.1.0. What is a Doozla? Doozla is a fun graphics application for kids. It has four creativity modes as you can see in the tiny picture at right: Drawing, Coloring In, Draw on Background, and Webcam Drawing. These give kids the option to choose between free-hand drawing, adding color and lines to provided templates, drawing their own characters onto provided backgrounds or using an iSight to capture a picture and defacing it.

Like plasq's Skitch, the drawings done in Doozla look like pixel-based graphics but are actually made using a pro-level 'vector' engine. The result is that every stroke of the mouse, or tablet pen produces smooth lines that print and scale smoothly without 'jaggies'.

This update includes additional color-in art, commissioned from artists around the world. Included are historical and contemporary images, sophisticated backgrounds, color-in characters and scenes to entice students and young kids to color, complete or capture their own ideas.

Doozla requires Mac OS X 10.4.6 or above and costs USD$24.95. Volume Education Licensing options are available.