Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Painting app with many brushes, reference drawing and auto color picker
It is a free drawing app that I took the courage to finally reveal after years of development. Main idea was to make drawing from reference effortless but also make an app that makes sketching very realistic especially with pencil. After Importing a reference image the "peek" button and additional slider are unlocked, allowing for quick preview of the reference image and fast changing of the reference image opacity so that you can trace or paint over the reference. The app is still in beta so expect bugs and crashes. In the near future I am going to create a website to describe its features…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Painting app with many brushes, reference drawing and auto color picker launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Simply Draw▲789AI feedback meets art - anyone can learn to draw
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I've made a drawing app based on my physical sketching practice, using fluid sim and some shader tricks to mimic watercolor-style ink washes. Best used on iPad or with a drawing tablet. The linked article shows how the core engine works, with plenty of little interactive demos. It was fun to make, sharing in hopes others find it fun too :)
Jun 2026 · johnowhitaker.github.io · its alternatives →
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See animations created by me using Trangram: https://www.trangram.com/showcase I started working on Trangram 7 years ago with a simple idea: a free browser-based vector editor that combines illustration and animation in one place. The goal is to make creating vector graphics and animations as simple as opening a browser. There's nothing to install, no account required, and projects are saved automatically in your browser, so nothing is uploaded to a server. I use Trangram every day for my own illustrations (and occasionally animations). One of the most rewarding parts of…
2024 · trangram.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I want to show my new open-source project ArtistAssistApp. ArtistAssistApp - the web app to paint better with ease. Tools for realistic color mixing based on real paints, tonal value drawing, simplified sketching, and more. Import your own photos, select any desired color directly from the image, and learn how to mix it with your paints. The web app provides a step-by-step guide on how to precisely mix that color using your own paints using atomic or optical mixing. Atomic mixing is the physical mixing of colors together, while optical mixing is the result of placing a transparent…
2023 · artistassistapp.com · its alternatives →
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Sketch Icons▲408Generate a dynamic icon library in less than 5 minutes
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CREATE▲291The Most Useful Creative Tool for Graphic Design and Drawing
2016 · create.mobi · its alternatives →
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Charcoal▲190A modern, free, and easy-to-use drawing app for iOS
2020 · larztech.com · its alternatives →
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illustration.app▲320Create custom illustrations in seconds with AI. Get scalable, editable artwork perfect for websites, apps, and marketing materials. No design skills needed.
2025 · illustration.app · its alternatives →
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2011 · awwapp.com · its alternatives →
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I'm excited to share my indie product, https://drawing.pics In this post, I'll share all the technical details behind it. So, what exactly is DrawingPics? It's an image-to-image and sketch-to-image generator that runs in a whiteboard, allowing you to draw your draft directly on the canvas and easily generate the desired image. How does it work from a technical perspective? TLDR: Miniconda + Diffusers + Electron + Excalidraw One of the most important aspects of creating this tool was finding a stable diffusion locally inference solution. There are many solutions available, such as…
2024 · drawing.pics · its alternatives →
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Draw anything with ease using AR tracing technology
2023 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I used to spend hours drawing all kind of things as a kid. Sadly though, those drawings are long gone. Inspired by this, I created DoodleDreams. A webapp that brings drawings to life using AI and stores them as memories. You can always look back at the drawings, see who made them, and even know the age they were drawn at. I thought it was a fun way to preserve those memories. What do you think? Viktor
2024 · doodledreams.cc · its alternatives →
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Around 3 weeks ago, I came across a reddit post from someone who was looking to see if anyone was interested in taking over a 12-14 year old objective c app which hadn't been on the app store for many years. I responded and decided to do it. The app is called Painteresque. It lets you turn photos to charcoal drawings, paintings etc while doing all the processing locally on device: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/painteresque-photo-to-sketch/i... The app is entirely free to use, has no ads, third party analytics, trackers, subscriptions or other junk. It does offer…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I'm enthralled with using pen plotters to make generative art. Last August at SIGGRAPH, I built an interactive experience for others to see how code can be used to make visual art. The linked blog post is my trials and tribulations of linking a MIDI controller to one of these algorithms and sending its output to a plotter, so that people may witness the end-to-end experience.
2024 · lostpixels.io · its alternatives →
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Professional-grade drawing and painting app
2014 · sketchbook.com · its alternatives →
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Documenting Sketchapp artboards made easy
2014 · marcosvid.al · its alternatives →
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The web app to paint better with ease
2023 · artistassistapp.com · its alternatives →
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The first assistant for learning to draw using AR and AI
2019 · sketchar.io · its alternatives →
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