Sketchbook

Overview

Sketchbook is a digital drawing and painting application designed for artists to create sketches, portraits, and illustrations using brushes, layers, and tools. It supports desktop and mobile devices with features like symmetry, shapes, and transforms, targeted at digital artists from beginners to professionals seeking a streamlined sketching experience.³

Key Features

• Brushes - Collection of brushes for painting, including airbrushes for shading and blending.
• Layers - Support for multiple layers to manage sketches, flat colors, shadows, and highlights.
• Symmetry - Symmetry tools for creating balanced drawings.
• Shapes and Fill - Shape tools and fill options for building sketch elements.
• Transforms - Transform, crop, and perspective tools for editing.
• Text - Text tools for adding annotations.
• Guides - Guide tools to assist in drawing alignments.
• Time-lapse - Recording capability for capturing drawing process.

Pricing

Platforms & Requirements

Available on Windows and macOS desktops via Sketchbook Pro, with tools in the main toolbar; iOS and Android for tablets and handhelds, where tools are accessed via toolbar or menu. Compatible with Wacom tablets like Cintiq. No Linux support mentioned.

Integrations & Ecosystem

• Image import
• Layer management
• Brush customization
• Time-lapse export
• Wacom tablet support

Alternatives

Reputation

Sketchbook is regarded as a reliable digital art tool for sketching and painting, praised for its intuitive interface and brush tools in tutorials.⁶ Users note it transitioned to free after splitting from Autodesk, with some willing to pay for support.⁶ Criticisms are limited in available data, though it's positioned as lighter than full suites like Photoshop.⁶