Grid Drawing - Photo editing & drawing

The Grid Drawing technique is an art and illustration method that involves overlaying a grid on a reference photo and then replicating the same grid ratio on a work surface such as wood, paper, or canvas. The artist proceeds to draw the image on the work surface, focusing on one square at a time until the entire image is accurately transferred or reproduced.

This technique provides a practical and effective approach for artists to enhance their drawing skills and artistic abilities by ensuring the accuracy and proportionality of the recreated image. Grid Drawing serves as an invaluable learning tool for artists, offering benefits such as proportional accuracy, the ability to modify scale and size, simplifying complex images, improving observational skills, enhancing hand-eye coordination, and boosting confidence.

The Grid Maker For Drawing app for Android divides the reference photo into smaller squares arranged in rows and columns, with each square containing a portion of the complete picture. Artists then reproduce these squares on a larger scale, one square at a time, with exceptional precision.

The app also aids in refining drawing skills by maintaining proportions and capturing image details accurately. Additionally, it offers various tools and customization options to facilitate the precise and prompt transfer of reference photos onto the work surface with utmost accuracy and precision.

Catering to both beginners and advanced artists, Drawing Grid For The Artist is designed to help improve observational and drawing skills effectively.

GriDraw: Pro Artist Software

GriDraw is a unique desktop image editing software for Windows, expertly developed with artists in mind. It simplifies grid placement over reference photos and offers a simple interface with

Image Editor on the left

Grid Drawing Tool on the right

In a league of its own, GriDraw stands out as the sole software solution designed to help both aspiring and professional artists, setting it far apart from grid placing tools available online.

GriDraw: a tool for various creative fields

Who is GriDraw intended for? If you belong to any of the following categories or know someone who does, consider getting this software as a thoughtful gift.

Artists: Whether working with pencils, paints, or other traditional media on paper or canvas, GriDraw is a valuable tool. Artists use it to overlay grids on their reference photos and create corresponding grids on their physical media. This approach helps break down complex images into manageable sections, allowing for precise and proportional drawing or painting.

Knitters: GriDraw isn't just for visual artists. Knitters also find it indispensable for converting images into knitting patterns. By overlaying a grid, knitters can better plan their color choices and stitch placements. GriDraw's customizable grid options, including spacing, size, and style, cater to the unique needs of knitters who often have specific requirements for their grids.

3D Printing Enthusiasts: GriDraw is an indispensable tool for 3D printing enthusiasts. They use it to calibrate their 3D printers with sub-millimeter precision, ensuring perfect dimensional accuracy. GriDraw helps verify the scaling of 3D models and assists in adhesion tests for flawless prints.

Photography Enthusiasts: GriDraw is a versatile tool for photography enthusiasts. It aids in precise composition, perspective alignment, and mapping for landscape shots. Additionally, it's valuable for digitizing film photography. Our software provides customizable grids, overlay features, alignment guides, and seamless integration with popular editing software, streamlining photography and post-processing workflows.

Tabletop Role-Playing Gamers, especially D&D enthusiasts, can enhance their gaming experience with GriDraw. Our software simplifies the creation of intricate battlemaps, allowing players to visualize their surroundings and movement speed. If your group struggles with visualizing the battlefield, maps are a great solution. GriDraw offers customizable grid options and an intuitive design, making it an invaluable tool for dungeon masters and players seeking immersive adventures.

Geologists: GriDraw proves indispensable to geologists, revolutionizing mapmaking by simplifying the process of gridding geological outcrops and aligning them with precise scaling. This enhances the accuracy and clarity of geological maps, streamlining the analysis of geological data. Geologists rely on GriDraw as an essential tool for their profession.

Print professionals treasure GriDraw for its ability to cater to custom printing needs. Whether producing files, cards, notebooks, calendars, or personalized materials, it aids in achieving impeccable precision and intricate detailing for clients' projects. GriDraw stands as a trusted tool in the arsenal of print workers, ensuring top-notch results.

A few more advantages of GriDraw to consider:

No Ads: GriDraw is completely ad-free, guaranteeing an uninterrupted creative journey. Online tools (other than our one) often bombard you with distracting ads, disrupting your artistic flow.

Offline Accessibility: GriDraw is available for offline use, granting you the freedom to create wherever and whenever you desire, without relying on an internet connection. This is especially convenient for artists who work in various locations. You won't be dependent on online tools that might become unavailable one day.

Versatility: GriDraw goes beyond just grid placement. It offers a rich array of features typically found in comprehensive image editors, including rare tools like Opacity control. The grid placement features on the right side are tailored to artists' specific needs. Images can be saved and printed even without a created grid, making GriDraw a powerful standalone image editor.

One-Time Purchase: GriDraw is available at a single, budget-friendly cost, ensuring you own it forever, with no recurring expenses. Professional artists understand the value of investing in top-notch tools, and GriDraw is priced at just the cost of a couple of pencils and paints that you'll use up in no time, while the valuable software continues to serve you.

Privacy and Security: While online tools (except for our one on this site) collect and use your data, GriDraw operates offline, safeguarding your artwork and personal information, keeping them private and secure.

Gift for a Friend or Loved One: If you want to bring joy to a fellow artist or knitter, this software may be the perfect present. They will use it with gratitude, thinking of you with appreciation.

The grid method used by artists

The grid method is an easy way to transfer the outlines of the reference photo to your drawing paper or canvas.

The grid divides the original image into smaller, manageable pieces so that you can more easily see where to place the main lines.

Starting with a precise and proportional sketch is crucial. Color erasure can damage paper, even graphite HB and darker pencils may not erase completely. Ensure your paper or canvas remains unharmed as you add color.

Key Features of Grid Maker For Drawing With Measurements include:

- Capture new pictures using your camera with support for JPEG, PNG, and WEBP formats.

- Select existing images from your gallery or other apps with JPEG, PNG, and WEBP format compatibility.

- Various grid types such as square and rectangular grids.

- Options to enable/disable grid drawing over pictures and draw diagonal grids.

- Customize the number of rows/columns, grid color, label settings, line thickness, and more.

- Image and cell measurements in different units.

- Tools for full-screen mode, comparing drawings in real-time, locking screen, and pixel data extraction from the reference photo.

- Image effects like black and white, cartoon, HDR, etc.

- Image editing features including cropping, rotating, flipping, brightness/contrast adjustments, etc.

- Capability to zoom in/out of images, enabling/disabling zooming, saving, sharing, printing gridded images, and accessing saved grids conveniently.

Grid Drawing is a comprehensive app suitable for artists striving for improvement, precision, and accuracy in their artwork, whether they are novices or seasoned professionals.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us. Thank you.