Verified User in Arts and Crafts
UA
Verified User in Arts and Crafts
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It’s a good program and it’s FREE!"
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I love how realistic the brushes feel and how many options come right out of the box! Great value Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

I don’t like how you can move your layers around Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ed H.
EH
Ed H.
Chief Marketing Officer
Construction
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Useful for conceptual work in a retail environment"
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

Sketchbook is the most intuitive drafting software application that I've used. I can use it to quickly render a conceptual idea for, for example, a new display fixture in our showroom and work out the design digitally in a way that's easy to modify and share. This is my starting point before a 3D model in Sketchup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

I actually don't have anything that I dislike about Sketchbook Pro. It is a fantastic drafting application. If there's anything Autodesk could do better for this program it would be some better (by better I mean visual/video) help resources describing some of the specific tools. But there are lots of 3rd party videos and tutorials that the user cna track down if they have time to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Human Resources
UH
Verified User in Human Resources
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fun Tool To Practice Drawing"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

The ability to draw with a stylus pen right onto the screen. The ability to undo or erase back one line or brush stroke at a time. I really enjoy the ability to zoom in the screen to draw in the details and then zoom back out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

Not being able to access the saved art or work from another source. The sometimes sensitivity of barely touching the screen and it zooming or changing angles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rocelin C.
RC
Rocelin C.
Asistente contable
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Portable illustrators"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

The Android versions allow the artist or draftsman to draw drawings and sketches wherever they are. The variety of brushes, the fact that the canvas is digital, and that you can draw lines as you wish, is great. It keeps its color palette quite varied and has different options to add layers, in addition to having mobile and computer versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

You cannot add external images or drawings, you cannot export the strokes to other design programs because they look pixelated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BR
Brooke R.
Child Care Monitor
Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It's like Photoshop but for drawing!"
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I love the different texture brushes that make it easier for me to add texture and effects to my art in an instant rather than drawing it all out on my own. It has all the things I would use on Photoshop for my art work, but with so much more. The copic color option, is amazing! I use copics for my traditional drawings and now I can enhance my already colored drawings that I scan onto my computer with the same copic colors to make it into a digital piece of art. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

I dislike very little about the app, but if I had to choose, there is sometimes a glitch where it forces me to pick a color on my drawing when I am in the middle of swiping some color onto the drawing. Other than that, I have no problems. This program is really just an amazing product that I am proud to be a subscriber to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design
UD
Verified User in Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Sketchbook great for fleshing out ideas, not really for serious art styles"
4/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

Insinuative, quick learning curve. Great tools amazing GUI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

I wish you could mix paints in it as right now its best colouring feature is copics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Arts and Crafts
UA
Verified User in Arts and Crafts
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use, very userfriendly. "
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I have the upgrade version and I use it to make ton of my art. I like it because you can get it on your phone and tablet as well and draw where ever you feel like so. It's easy and simple, you can download tons of brushes, I've never had an issue with this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

I use a Wacom tablet and whenever I start the software and it opens on my tablet, it won't let me zoom out for some reason. I need to move the window to my computer screen, close the program, and re-open it, and then move it to my Wacom screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robert R.
RR
Robert R.
Naturalist & Editorial Illustrator / Ilustrador Editorial & Naturalista
Translation and Localization
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"An Illustrator's companion"
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

The charismatic name (Yes, the name!) Sketchbook Pro, with its the clean, welcoming-to-art, no-nonsense interface with all the tools you need in the right places for instant access. All the drawing and painting tools with an intuitive learning curve. The very fast way of moving in and out of your artwork with handy shortcuts. The overall look and feel without copying others, that matches an illustrator's work environment whether digital or traditional. Its integration with tablets and phones with its own apps. I use it with my wacom tablet as this is, of course, the minimum necessary to harness its main drawing features such as pressure sensitivity and the lines you draw, but you can do a lot with a mouse too if you must. It is also great for black and white art, line art, comics, inking, the works!, which you can begin or finish your work in CorelDRAW/PhotoPaint, Krita or PhotoShop too, if you like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

The recent move in which you can no longer own the software, but only use it via "subscriptions" that must be renewed every year as Adobe and others are doing. I'm an "old timer" and like to own the things I use and not be bugged further. There should be an option for those who want to "work in the cloud" and those who do not, to purchase what they want and update when they want, with advantages for longtime users. That would be an honest and professional way of doing things, in my opinion, and that is why I have regretfully ceased using it fulltime, having declined from the offered subscription mode after a disappointing and bothersome experience to have it completed from my country (Brazil). It might be different for other users, of course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design
UD
Verified User in Design
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simple and easy"
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

It's super practical, perfect for quicker sketches and drafts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

Could have more options for brushes, or more customizable tools menu Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arianna C.
AC
Arianna C.
Freelance Concept Artist
Individual & Family Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Awesome user friendly art software"
5/5
What do you like best about Sketchbook?

I love how simple it is to use, more so than Photoshop. The user interface is very appealing and easy to understand at a glance for me, something I look for in painting software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sketchbook?

Nothing I can point out that I dislike really, don't expect much photo manipulation, as this is more tailored towards painting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.