Drawing Grid Maker vs LightPad

Drawing from a photo and losing the proportions? ArtGride is a digital viewfinder - it lays a grid over your reference photo and keeps every proportion true while you draw, the way artists have done for centuries. A GRID YOU FULLY CONTROL - Classic grid, rule of thirds, golden ratio or radial layout - Real cell size in cm or inches - draw the exact same grid on your paper - Paper formats: A4, A5, canvases and sketchbooks (EU and US) or custom sizes - Line color, thickness and opacity, plus passe-partout style margins DRAWING MODE - The screen stays awake - your phone sits next to the paper or on a stand - Zoom and pan, toggle the grid with a single tap - Studio filters: grayscale, posterize, notan, blur, 180 degree flip, mirror and negative LESSONS A mini course of classic exercises: self portrait, upside down drawing, negative space, hand contour, master study through the grid and more. Document your progress with photos of your work - the day counter shows in plain sight how your skills grow between attempts. INSPIRATIONS Curated public domain references - one tap opens them in the editor with a ready made grid. NO ACCOUNT, FULLY OFFLINE No sign up required. Everything works offline and your projects stay on your phone. For beginners who finally want to nail proportions, and for seasoned sketchers who want a faster way to transfer references to paper.

Lay a source sheet and a blank sheet on the display: a bright, evenly lit surface shines through both, and you trace on real paper with confidence. Built for how tracing actually works: LIGHT YOU CAN TUNE - A light surface that never sleeps or dims on its own mid-trace - Color temperature from 2700 K (warm) to 6500 K (daylight), rendered from real black-body values — warm light keeps thin pencil lines readable - Brightness from a soft low glow up to your display’s true peak — on HDR displays the slider goes beyond regular screen white - Dimming happens in the light surface itself, never by pushing the panel low — no added flicker in the dark range TRUE-TO-SIZE GRIDS - Metric 1 cm grid, or imperial 1-inch grid with 1/4-inch subdivisions - Physically accurate on every supported iPhone and iPad — 1 cm on screen is 1 cm on paper - Center crosshair for squaring up your sheets - Pure black lines with adjustable line width, so grids stay visible through paper MADE FOR PAPER ON GLASS - Touch lock: one tap locks the screen so resting palms and paper press nothing; hold to unlock - Controls fade away and return with a tap — while you work, it is all light - Works in any orientation and window size PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics - Requests zero permissions and never connects to the network - Works completely offline For illustrators inking and refining sketches, animators flipping between drawings, calligraphy and lettering practice, embroidery and quilting pattern transfer, and anyone who traces on real paper.