AR Drawing: Real Sketch

Shush Creative

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About this app

Real Sketch is FREE OF ADVERTISING! It includes 8 powerful drawing tools for artists, students, and professional designers.

1. IMAGE TRACING (Free)
Use the tracing tool to trace and copy your images onto any surface using your phone's camera lens. Capture photos with your phone or load images from your gallery, then overlay and trace them onto any surface. AR Tracing makes tracing more versatile than traditional methods, allowing you to trace on paper, canvas, wood, plastic, or metal. Record a time-lapse video of your tracing process to share on social media.

2. CALLIGRAPHY TRACING (Pro)
The calligraphy tracing tool enables you to write like a professional. Choose your font, enter your text, and trace it from your screen onto any surface using your phone's camera lens. Similar to image AR tracing, you can record your work as you go.

3. SCALING GRID (Pro)
A traditional scaling grid helps you enlarge your image to fit your paper size precisely.

4. PERSPECTIVE TOOL (Free)
Draw scenes with perfect linear perspective easily. Measure angles and slopes, and transfer them onto your paper using the side of your phone as a ruler. Improve your perspective drawing skills through practice.

5. COLOR MIXER (Free)
Mix Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary colors using a painter's color wheel. See the resulting mixed color along with its Tint, Tone, and Shade.

6. COLOR HARMONIES (Pro)
Pick colors from photos or images to view their Complementary Colors, Split Complementaries, Triads, and Analogous Colors, based on Itten's Color Wheel. Build your color palette effectively.

7. TONAL VALUES (Pro)
View your scene in grayscale to determine the correct tonal values. Compare the tonal values of your artwork side-by-side with the scene.

8. SLOPE GAUGE (Pro)
Ensure accuracy in your drawing by checking the location of your eye-level line and angles within a scene.

The app is adjustable for use on flat surfaces or easels, according to your preference.

WHO IS IT FOR...
☆ Non-digital artists
☆ Urban sketchers
☆ Plein air painters
☆ Portrait painters
☆ New artists learning to draw

Both the Free and Pro (paid) versions of Real Sketch are free of advertising. Upgrade to the full Pro version within the app for a small fee to unlock the Calligraphy, Scaling Grid, Color Harmonies, Tonal Values, and Slope Gauge tools.

☆ Developed by artists for artists 🥰

Ratings and reviews

Amazing app. my only complaints are 1. the overly picture moves from its place if I accidentally touch it mid-drawing. Please add a lock feature. 2. I want to take photos of my drawing at different stages of progress. there's no option to take snaps while timelapsing. I can take screenshots but the bars cover some of the drawings. please add a feature to take snaps without the bars & without the reference picture, just the drawing through the lens.

A great app for tracing from an image, no ads at all. The premium features are extras like calligraphy tracing, the main function of the app is available totally free! The only suggestion I would make is some sort of option to use AR to "lock" the photo to a certain area of your page just in case you bump your phone, but I understand that would be way more advanced. Overall exactly what I was looking for, thanks for keeping stuff ad free! :]

FINALLY!! one that works and doesn't have a bazillion ads! it does AR sketches without any paywall and is a quite powerful tool compared to other apps on the market. a godsend!

What’s new

Updated libraries and improved compatibility through to Android 15