Is it possible to restore the Ipad without losing app data?

I have about 150 or so drawings saved to my Sketchbook App. My Ipad is 32GB, but 20 of that 32 is being taken up by the "other" catagory. I found that it could be useful to restore the IPad to rid it of this "other", but I also heard app data can not be restored. Since some of my 150 drawing are unfinished and I dont want to delete them, is it possible to keep the app data as well as delete the "other"? 

@pple@rtist wrote:
...  I need to find a way to delete the data labeled "other" because it takes up almost all of the storage on my IPad without restoring the Ipad itself.
A  ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...
First Try a Restore from Backup...
But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup...
Then a Restore as New is the way to go...
Details Here  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
More Info Here...
maclife.com/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone

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