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What is Sketchbook?

SketchBook drawing app and painting software helps digital artists and illustrators design with professional-grade perspective tools and an intuitive user interface.

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SketchBook drawing app and painting software helps digital artists and illustrators design with professional-grade perspective tools and an intuitive user interface.


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Autodesk
Year Founded
1982
HQ Location
San Francisco
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@autodesk
285,808 Twitter followers
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15,737 employees on LinkedIn®
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NASDAQ:ADSK
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$3,790
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Autodesk is a leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything.


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Tourian A.
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Tourian A.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"The power of Sketchbook to visualize my ideas"
The main advantage of Sketchbook is its ease of use. What I like most are the various brush designs that allow me to recreate everything from diagr...
Ibrahim M.
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Ibrahim M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"surprising program, that's more than a program."
I like to use critical tools. I love to draw on it, has many different tools, a brushless, pen, pencil, etc make more than help, easy to use for ...
Mark H.
MH
Mark H.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Newest version removed a lot of functions"
Intuitive and accurate drawing tools. Easy to create beautiful drawings. Works on desktop and iOS, which makes it easy to save and share art.
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Ibrahim M.
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Professor of Mathematics
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I like to use critical tools.

I love to draw on it, has many different tools, a brushless, pen, pencil, etc

make more than help, easy to use for any age, and has a simple form to get it I can start. I can get help, there are many ways to show a tutorial on the internet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

Nothing bothers me, everything is better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

it helps me to marge more projects together, it supports many fields and has unlimited mind open source to do a lot of things make my project nicely, so if you still a student you can create many project in a quick time, and when you will start it'll see automatically guide step to mention you Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tourian A.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

The main advantage of Sketchbook is its ease of use. What I like most are the various brush designs that allow me to recreate everything from diagrams and visual representations of psychological concepts to diagrams of mental processes and engaging teaching material for presentations. In addition, the support for touch input and stylus use offer an almost identical experience to traditional drawing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

The editing tools, while useful, may fall short for projects that require more image manipulation. It shines in creation, but not so much in post editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used to think that creating detailed and adaptive graphics for my studies involved a laborious process, but with Sketchbook I can produce complex schematics and renderings in minutes. Sketchbook has a user-friendly interface that strikes a good balance between simplicity and efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Marianne G.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I like being able to design lesson covers on the iPad. I can also write my lessons in text and add visuals. It is usually very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

The hardest thing for me in Sketcbook is writing text. You have to write line by line and then add. There is only a small little box where you compose your text. The problem is in adding text, and getting each line to look like it is in a paragraph. It tends to wobble when adding it to the main page, and can be off by a few degrees. It is also hard to keep the text in the same size font, as it tends to increase or decrease depending on how you move it from the composition box to the main body. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Sketchbook:

It has basic features and a layering and import tool which I find quite exciting.

The animation looks interesting and I have yet to try it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sketchbook makes it easy for me to compose art lessons,page by page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hazel P.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

Ive been using this for 3 years and its the most convenient and easiest to use app for sketching and designing. Plus the free tools to use are enough to make an amazing artwork. You dont need to spend so much money to be able to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

As an artist, the filling part is a bit an inconvenience for me cause it doesnt fully fill the solid shape. You will still see the outline and go thru another fill to fully fill up the solid shape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cost and ease of use. The fact that you can use pretty much everything for free, i also like the ease of usage. Its very simple to use yet it has so much potential that can possibly reach the level of procreate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ira Mae R.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

It allows me to make sketches, digital drawings and paintings. I particularly love it because it works well with samsung's SPEN and you can really create mind blowing images using this app. It has a lot of brush selections and the color pallette is very flexible. It is also very user friendly and does not really require special trainings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

In terms of brush flexibility, normally, if you use a brush physically, you are able to twist it or move it around. Just like using a "broad marker", the output usually depends on how you position the tip of the pen, sketchbook does not address that making it hard do recreate certain strokes in paintings and drawings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

It let's me make digital drawings with ease. The adjustable brush sizes and strength makes the experience and execution a lot easier. The undo function also makes you more confident to draw since you know that you can always go back if you make some mistakes and it won't leave any marks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos A.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

It has many options of brushes, pencils, etc.

Layers can be worn, that's great.

has many color options.

Ideal for those moments of inspiration when you are away from your studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

It has always bothered me when I enlarge and the image rotates and is at an awkward angle.

One should simply be able to zoom in without causing the image to rotate. Place a magnifying glass tool somewhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Sketchbook:

The performance of the APP is directly related to the pencil you use to draw.

Use a good tablet with the right pencil, Mac pencil for iPad

Intuos for android, although I didn't like it very much.

Don't use the pencil too fast

I make a sketch on paper first, I take a photo of it and on that photo I draw. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

Variousl.

I use it for the following:

•Sketches of paintings

•draw a logo idea

•mark changes customers make

•make caricatures of characters or humor

•draw landscapes or places when I go for a walk

•do color studies for paintings and works that later I make large and higher resolution formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tej S.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

The best app for making quick sketches transformative to full artwork loaded with varieties of brushes and pens which seems real when being used in a clean and unobtrusive interface. The customer support is awesome as it also provides learning resources providing detailed help in terms of how to use the tools, pens and brushes in the app. The app can be used daily for rough sketches and it can also be used to produce beautiful artworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

Nothing so far seems to be disliked in this app as it meet all the requirements as needed by me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creation of sketches and drawings helps me showcase my theoretical ideas in the form of art to my students and followers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Armand R.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

It helps a lot when it comes to fast sketching and vizualisation of the project. It is also help me to achieve my expectations to client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

The least helpful for Sketchbook is there is no information when you create a 3D Model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problems that i solve when i use Sketchbook is the fast and timely manner of my project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Communications Specialist
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

the multiple layers for the illustration. I enjoy being able to open new layers and draw without risking what I have underlaying it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

the UI could be a little better. It took me a while to figure out how to quickly switch between pens, inks, colors etc. Maybe I missed a tutorial somewhere? But i was confused Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

I needed a way to draw illustrations on my ipad and this was super helpful to do so. The free apps offered limited support and I needed a bit more than that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michelle Lyn E.
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What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I love how this app is for free and can be used anytime conveniently. There are lot of features that can be used with projects. Customer support is right on the app and the implementation is very smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

There are some features that are not available if not upgraded to premium. I wish it's cheaper by the annual. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sketchbook solving and how is that benefiting you?

If I need something to draw on while I am on the go, I have my sketchbook app with me, so I won't have to worry about bringing loads of stuff like a notebook, paper and pencil. It's very convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.