ArtFlow: Paint Draw Sketchbook

- June 27, 2016

Everyone

Productivity

Offers in-app purchases

( 19,264)

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Description

Convert your tablet or phone into digital sketchbook with more than 70 paint brushes, smudge, file and eraser tool. This fast and intuitive painting application will unlock full power of your imagination. With support for pressure sensitive pens (like Samsung's S Pen) you device will be changed into real canvas.

ArtFlow is great tool for older kids (8+ years old) to boost their creativity. Application can be used by both children for casual doodling and adults for more advanced creations - thus it's enjoyable for the whole family.

Important: this is free application with advanced features requiring pro license in-app purchase. Single licence purchase will activate all you devices associated with your Google account.

Special thanks to Jon Mietling Portal Dragon (http://portaldragon.com), Rob Pennycook, Johnathan Clemens (http://youtube.com/howtodrawlikejohn), Andrew Easter, Andrei Lanuza (http://plus.google.com/+AndreiLanuza), David Mingorance (http://davidmingorance.weebly.com), EB Leung, Geremy Arene (http://www.youtube.com/geremy902), Roberto Böhmer, ViBu (http://candynjuice.blogspot.com) and Oskar Stålberg for letting us use theirs great drawings.

Features (some functions require pro license):
• High performance (GPU accelerated) paint engine
• 70+ brushes and tools (including smudge tool)
• Color adjustment (HSV, brightness & saturation and more)
• Infinite* undo and redo
• up to 7–16** layers with 11 different blending modes and global opacity
• Hi-res canvas - up to 2048x2048, 2560x2560 or 4096x4096**
• Separate flow (tip alpha) and opacity (stroke) control for brushes
• Holo inspired, fast, fluid, intuitive and accessible user interface
• Multiuser support on Android 4.2
• Export to PSD (Photoshop Document), PNG (with transparency) or JPEG
• Pressure sensitive pen support
• Brush flow and size fade and dynamics
• Pressure simulation for touches***
• Create layers from imported images and photos
• Configurable symmetry drawing mode
• Geometrical shapes (line, rectangle, oval)
• Active edge shortcut system
• NVIDIA DirectStylus support
• Palm rejection - no more accidental zooming and panning when drawing***

Pressure sensitive stylus support tested on: Samsung Galaxy Note series (SPen), Toshiba Excite Write and Tegra Note 7.

You can paint, sketch and draw with ease thanks to fast and fluid brush engine. ArtFlow aims to replace your physical sketchpad and become universal art studio type application for Android™.

*) restricted by available device storage
**) depending on device and available memory
***) some devices are incompatible with pressure simulation and palm rejection

Unlicensed version limitation:
• 20 basic tools
• 2 layers
• Undo limited to 6 steps
• No PSD export

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Chinese translation by Shu Niu (https://www.google.com/+ShuNiu541412)

Reviews

4.2

19,264 total

5 11,552

4 4,075

3 1,648

2 730

1 1,259

Will Bubeck

This app has been a blessing for me, and has lead to many late hours drawing one more line, and bringing my ideas to life. There are however a few things that I'd like to see still. Mainly I'd love a cut/lasso feature to select specific parts of a layer to move, and perhaps some support for multi window mode on my Samsung galaxy. Love the app! Thanks for making this. Edit: I would also be insanely happy if Windows 10 compatibility for pc would be implemented like some other drawing apps. :-)

Sam Stormborn Ormandy

Favourite Illustration App Could do with the option of being able to create your own customisable brushes and a gradient tool too. No updates for a long time. Apart these quibbles it's still my preferred drawing app. The layout is great, easy to use and doesn't get in your way. Easy to share your work for transferring artwork to the desktop for adding elements to a bigger picture so you can work on projects away from your desktop or laptop with ease.

Ellery Furr

Like Sai It would be a terrific idea if the user had the options related to Photoshop, such as being able to select a layer and using a stroke option. I believe it'll be great if you can change canvas size, in either exact pixels or by inches. (Edit: my dumb self didn't notice the new canvas size on the saved screen > top right + >)

Zenia Mazhar

PERFECT! I love this one! I'm a digital artist and recently moved to a different country, so now I can't draw on a PC like I used to, instead, I use my tablet nowadays, I installed lots and lots of apps that I thought would be good enough but none of them were really my type. That was until, I found Artflow! I draw with my fingers on it (literally) but still, it's perfect! Though I would suggest for the ones who made it to squeeze in just a few more brushes, so we can practice them as well!~but it's still really great, keep up the good work Artflow~

Ciel Mikaela Blackwood

New frequent crashes Since latest update I think, I've randomly been getting crashes whenever I use the app, to the point it's unusable. I've even purchased the full version previously and would love to use this app again. I've cleaned the cache and the system cache, restarted my device. No improvements and this is the only app effected. Still not working.

Dwight Balajadia

Overall best drawing app but... Overall it's the best drawing tool as a mobile app than any other drawing app. The brushes, layers and other extra features are great but it lack something important to. Text Box. I will give it a 5 star if you include TEXT BOX. But overall it's perfect it just lack one key features in a perfect drawing software. Keep it up mates. BEST DRAWING APP EVER !!!!

User reviews

Will Bubeck September 5, 2016

Sam Stormborn Ormandy September 16, 2016

Ellery Furr August 27, 2016

Zenia Mazhar August 26, 2016

Ciel Mikaela Blackwood June 29, 2016

Dwight Balajadia July 19, 2016

Stephen Desautels July 29, 2016

No Lasso Tool Very good app. Has everything I need EXCEPT a lasso tool. Surprising since it's such an important and common tool. Maybe I just don't know where it is, but I am very disappointed it is not available even with a pro licence. If this tool is in or is being added, please let me know.

Moku Duk June 29, 2016

Fastest and most comfortable drawing tool It's perfect for professionals who draw without any mistake (: Also there is a lot of samples like leafs and other to draw fast and beautiful pictures. And it doesn't matter what instrument\effect is it and how big is it - even with 13 layers application will work fast and smooth. Unfortunately for those newbies like me it lacks of gradient[with a 4-way resize], select, canvas cut, transform [especially 4-way resize, not only scale], line correction, finger[not for colors, but to transform a whole image like it was on old Siemens phones or Nintendo DS]. And that is why when it comes to draw something very complicated and where I always mistake with size and place of elements I have to go to Infinite Design. But it's slower and lacks of Siemens-finger as well

Eliot Myers September 1, 2016

No transparent backgrounds... I tried it out and thought this would be great for making 2d animations on my new note7. Went ahead and purchased the upgrade to access more layers, immediately realized that i cannot save a .png with a transparent background. Frustrating because this adds another step. Not the end of the world, but i would hope for $5 a pop they would add this feature. Just add a background alpha setting...

Artflow Studio September 3, 2016

Yes, you can, when exporting as PNG there's a check box 'transparent background' at the bottom of export dialog. if you have any issues with it please contact us directly at info@artflowstudio.com

Sean Danielson July 9, 2016

Was great, but on marshmallow, air command interferes It's great for drawing. But with android 6.0.1, clicking the button on the pen for my Note 4 causes air command to open when I want to just change my cursor function between pen and eraser. It's really pissing me off.

Artflow Studio July 10, 2016

Unfortunately application cannot control this behavior, we don't have any samsung devices with 6.0 currently but on previous version there were setting in device configuration to enable/disable air command view.

Erik Ruvalcaba August 25, 2016

Amazing as it looks! Sketching a three-dimensional box with shading has been my simple initial test for drawing or painting apps. All (almost all) pretty much fail. This one, however, doesn't. Works really well and was very close to sketching on paper. The free version is feature rich. Rarely do I buy apps, but I liked the free version so much, I bought a license to unlock extra features. Keeps getting better as they add more features.

Gemma White August 24, 2016

I love it!! But there's one problem... You need to add a blending tool along with the smudg tool because I could really do with it having a blending tool (this is Gemma's son by the way I don't have an account of my own (my names adam))

Timothy Ahene August 21, 2016

Great for drawing with SPen but... Works well most of the time. Has a decent amount of brushes and tools to use, and allows you to to save images in psd, jpeg or png. There's no support for SD card storage of drawings or paintings you are still working on, and no cloud support either so if you change your device you need to go into the ArtFlow folder and move the files by hand. It's inconvenient, and should probably be addressed

Artflow Studio August 5, 2015

Could you please contact us at info@artflowstudio.com

Ben doe July 21, 2016

Prompt customer service Paid for full access, now its asking me to pay again! I once loved this app. UPDATE: I had a problem with your app, you guys solved it. Thanks again, keep up the great work.

Artflow Studio June 28, 2016

Please contact us at info@artflowstudio.com and we will resolve this ASAP.

Ivani Soletzkii August 1, 2016

Oh Christ, the color wheel!! It keeps changing from triangle to square and back again! I want to keep it square but I have no idea how to change it. I love the app but this is one of the most frustrating things about it.

Aura A. V. September 13, 2016

Great app and great tech support I had a problem with the magnification filter, and couldn't figure myself how to make it work. But tech support answered me very fast and resolved my problem. Thanks a lot for your assistance, this is my favorite app to draw, paint and just to make art.

Nami Art September 20, 2016

The limitations are too much... This app is great and all, but what I hate is the limitation. Many people do not like purchasing the full version with good reasons, so I think you should ease on the limitations. For example, the number of layers you can use. I think the best max number of layers for the free version should be at least 3/4. Next, the redo button. Why does it have limitations?? Other than that, its amazing.

Oliver Kriel September 20, 2016

Okay Pros: Save with transparent background / spen pressure support "limited" / circle & line tools / alpha lock. Cons: Brushes are not the best, no selection tool, no dynamic transform tool, no uniform transform but squash & stretch. Brushes lacks a more diverse pressure range. Eraser opacity varies on pressure, I prefer a fix opacity. Version 1.5.72

Becky Chavez June 22, 2016

Recently switched from a Galaxy S3 to a Note5 and the pressure sensitivity is nonexistent. I had nice pressure sensitivity on my S3 and I expected it to be better now... Would love to see it improved. Love this art app, one of the best ones out there 👍

Artflow Studio November 15, 2015

Please contact us at info@artflowstudio.com we will try to fix this.

Jeremy Hart August 3, 2016

Why are all my Photoshop exports being squished to 1280x800? Also, can you guys enable import .psd from device? And, my Active Edge function stops working randomly. Lastly, being able to flip the whole canvas (not just a single layer) would be nice... and if the area you're viewing is flipped that would be ideal. As it is now, if I'm zoomed in and flip the image I have to zoom out and re-find my place.

Random :3 August 3, 2016

Pretty good The blend function isn't the best it could be. It would be nice to have a select tool/select and copy and paste. Otherwise, it's pretty great. And I definitely recommend the full version.

Jeff Paul July 7, 2016

The art reverted back For a paid liscense I was surprised when it reverted back my drawing after the app crashed. Utterly disappointed. I am scared whether my other art will do too

Joe Bird September 9, 2016

Smooth, intuitive, and powerful. I am a fan of Sketchbook Pro on the pc, but this is my go-to art app on the Galaxy Note 3. Performance is great, the UI is unobtrusive and easy to grasp, and the tool set is impressive at this price. I highly recommend this app. The only thing I could ask for is a line smoothing option for inking and it would be a 5 star product.

Jeannie Lim August 10, 2016

Keeps crashing I have previously even bought the upgrades as i enjoyed this app, however now every time i create a new layer or try to save it or if I do anything sometimes it just randomly crashes. Please help and fix this problem asap.

Ad G July 11, 2016

Won't let me edit After closing, bringing back up, picking a picture to edit, my pencils, brushes, smudges etc won't work on a certain picture. For ex: my pencil won't wrk in black... instead I can barely see a shade of blue where its supposed to be black.... no matter the tool being used, I can never get what's in the color block. But it'll work on a different picture. Wat the hell? Actually other colors work. My black doesn't though...

Аюшеев Серетрович Сартулов September 12, 2016

Loved it but.. I so loved but please add more tools. I wanna Magic Eraser! And additional function in Save setting. This is if I save PNG without transparency. Please add it!

Rachel Darr September 25, 2016

Smudge tool issues I want to give this app 5 stars because I actually REALLY like it, (so much so that I bought the pro version) but lately have been experiencing stuttering issues with the smudge tool. I dock a star for the issue and a second star for an almost total lack of online public documentation.

Denise Williams September 11, 2016

Everything looks good BUT.. The smudge tool always gives me some weird pixelation on my drawings. Everytime I adjust the tool to make it softer or turn the opacity down, going over a same area repeatedly doesn't give me smooth blending but pixelation. And I do have the full version. if possible if you could change your canvas resolution! Other than that quality app!

Ivee Cronux July 27, 2016

I love this app, it's the best drawing app that I've found. However I would like a selection tool; that would be nice (though, then again, there might be one and I just haven't found it).

Jun Lyn Low August 5, 2016

Needs more layers It's a great app but I wish we can have more layers. Also, an auto expanding canvas like in Clover Paint would be fabulous but I guess that's harder to implement.

Jin Lee August 21, 2016

Best drawing app I've found! Apps like this are the reason why I own a Galaxy note thanks for the great work! My only complaint is I would love to be able to zoom in more for pixel art projects. Definitely the best app for artists I've found so far! Keep up the good work!

Giselle Bailey August 31, 2016

Loved this app, however... I just upgraded from a Note 4 to a Note 5 and the app doesn't recognize my stylus as something I can use to draw but I can with my finger. Please help!

Praveen Hamal August 8, 2016

Need psd import I purchased pro version. Everything is great but there is some room for improvement 1. Please add psd import option this helps to exchange contents between apps. And 2. Please add guide lock option.

Mohamad Irsyad July 4, 2016

Simple and fast My current app for digital art needs. Still lack something that is clipping feature! I hope you guys consider enabling layer clipping. Other than that, this app is amazing. Bought the full version too!

Crystal Foot August 1, 2016

Help! I use this app all the time. I love it. Wish they would come out with a few more brushes like a watercolor one maybe? Over all very easy to use. Edit: I justspentthe last 1.5hrs drawing a forest, left for about 15-20 min. When I returned everything was gone! Is there any way to retrieve my last work? ?? Please help!

Billy Votta July 15, 2016

Impressive! Works amazing with my CM13 rom with added spen support. Just wish this app let us import an existing image to a layer for onion skinning or just writing on top of pics. Select, copy, cut, and paste and crop would be nice too and it'd be a perfect replacement to 90% of what I use image editors for

Ari Burnham September 13, 2016

does a lot of things better honestly the actual canvas manipulations are pretty solid, just really strange what's missing, most notably that opening a layered file format isn't an option: still no open psd option? people have been asking about it for years after a google search on not seeing it, pretty basic stuff. The artificial canvas size limit of 4096^2 is pretty limiting & probably to blame. Also enabling the cursor just leaves artifacts of the preview everywhere it goes, defeating the purpose. Galaxy Note 4; android 6.0.1.

Henny Wong August 11, 2016

Pro license help Please help me , I've purchased this product since last year and has been using it since then, why it's locked now????

WhitePaw September 20, 2016

Really helpful My only request is that you are able to select any part of the image in ways like drawing around it, shapes, or a way like the fill tool, and once selected, the option to move, rotate, move with the object inside, copy, cut, and also edit only within the selected area. Ex: if you select a random location on a Blanche canvas, then fill within the selected area, only the canvas within the area is affected. Please reply if you find my advice helpful.

Mithun Bobade July 2, 2016

Best sketch App ever..!! I tried every sketch app on play store but no one comes near to artflow , and I won many digital sketching competition because of artflow..!! So thanks..!!