Grid Drawing & Grid Maker for Artists - Overlay a precise grid on any image to aid your drawing.
Grid drawing is a fundamental art technique. You place a grid over your reference photo, then draw a grid of the same proportions on your work surface—be it paper, canvas, or wood. The artist then recreates the image square by square, transferring it with accuracy.
This method offers a practical and effective way for artists to develop their skills, ensuring the reproduced image is both accurate and proportionally correct. It's an indispensable tool for artistic learning and growth.
The benefits of grid drawing include achieving proportional accuracy, modifying scale, simplifying complex subjects, honing observational skills, improving hand-eye coordination, and building confidence.
The Grid Maker for Drawing app divides your reference photo into smaller, manageable squares (rows and columns). You then recreate each square on a larger scale, one at a time, with great precision.
The app also helps improve your drawing by meticulously preserving the proportions and details of the original image.
Furthermore, the app includes a suite of tools and customizations to aid the accurate and efficient transfer of your reference onto your work surface.
Designed for both beginners and advanced artists, this tool helps elevate your observational and drawing abilities.
Key features of the Grid Maker for Drawing include:
- Capture a new photo with your camera (supports JPEG, PNG, and WEBP formats).
- Select an image from your gallery (supports JPEG, PNG, and WEBP).
- Import or share an image from any file manager or app (supports JPEG, PNG, and WEBP).
- Apply square grids.
- Apply rectangular grids.
- Toggle grid visibility on and off.
- Draw diagonal grids.
- Set the number of rows and Y-axis offset.
- Set the number of columns and X-axis offset.
- Choose a grid color.
- Toggle grid labeling on and off.
- Adjust label size and alignment (top, bottom, left, right).
- Increase or decrease grid line thickness.
- Image measurements - view exact size in various units (pixels, inches, millimeters, points, picas, centimeters, meters, feet, yards).
- Cell measurements - view exact cell size in various units (pixels, inches, millimeters, points, picas, centimeters, meters, feet, yards).
- Full-screen mode.
- Compare Drawing - overlay your drawing in real-time with the reference image.
- Lock screen orientation.
- Pixel tool - get HEX, RGB, and CMYK values for any pixel in the reference photo.
- Zoom in/out on the image (up to 50x).
- Enable or disable zooming.
- Apply effects: Black and white, Bloom, Cartoon, Crystal, Emboss, Glow, Grayscale, HDR, Invert, Lomo, Neon, Old school, Pixel, Polaroid, Sharpen, and Sketch.
- Crop image (Fit image, Square, 3:4, 4:3, 9:16, 16:9, 7:5, or custom).
- Rotate image 360 degrees.
- Flip image vertically or horizontally.
- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue.
- Save, share, or print your gridded images.
- Saved Images - easily access all your previously saved grids.
Grid Drawing is the ultimate app for artists at any level who seek improvement, precision, and accuracy in their work.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or suggestions. Thank you.
