Vangu vs Tracebee

Learn to draw anything — starting with any photo from your camera roll. Pick a photo. Pick a style. In moments, you get a 9-step sketch tutorial laid out panel by panel, just like the structured exercises real artists use. Follow along on paper, on a tablet, or anywhere you can hold a pencil. HOW IT WORKS 1. Upload any photo — a portrait, a pet, a flower, a building, a landscape. 2. Choose your medium — pencil, black ink, or ink & watercolor. 3. Get 9 progressive panels showing exactly how the drawing is built up, from the first light construction lines to the final rendered piece. 4. Swipe panel by panel and sketch each step at your own pace. BUILT ON REAL ARTIST TECHNIQUES Every tutorial follows the same construction methods professional artists teach — the Loomis head method for portraits, gesture-first figure construction, silhouette-before-detail for animals, perspective grids for architecture. You're not tracing. You're learning the thinking behind the drawing. THREE STYLES, ONE PRACTICE • Pencil Sketch — graphite fundamentals, shading, proportion • Black Ink — confident line work, cross-hatching, high contrast • Ink & Watercolor — loose gestural lines with color washes DRAW ANY SUBJECT Portraits. Figures. Animals. Landscapes. Still life. Architecture. Bring your own reference photo or start with the curated examples inside the app. GET FEEDBACK ON YOUR WORK Snap a photo of your finished sketch and get a focused critique — what's working, what to tighten next time, and the one fix that will level you up the fastest. PERFECT FOR • Complete beginners who've always wanted to draw • Hobbyists looking for structured daily practice • Artists learning a new medium • Anyone who learns best by doing Every new user gets free credits to try it out. No subscription required to start. Designed for phone and tablet. Dark mode supported. Screen stays awake while you sketch. Uses Apple's EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Tracebee makes learning to draw easy and fun. Pick a template from the library or upload your own photo, overlay it on your paper using the camera, and trace the lines — one stroke at a time. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a template or pick any photo from your camera roll 2. Switch to Camera mode and hold your phone over your paper 3. Adjust the opacity until you can see through the overlay, then trace! TEMPLATE LIBRARY 28 line-art templates across Animals, Faces, Nature, and Objects — at Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty. Perfect for complete beginners and improving artists alike. BUILT FOR TRACING • Move, scale, and rotate the overlay with gestures • Fine-tune opacity with a smooth slider • Lock the overlay in place while you draw • Toggle the flash for better visibility in low light • Tap to hide controls for a clean, distraction-free view • Save your favourites for quick access NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ADS. Tracebee is completely free with no hidden costs.