Artecture revolutionizes the way you sketch, draw, and paint, offering an unparalleled creative experience. Whether you're an amateur or a professional artist, Artecture is designed with you in mind, providing over 30 high-quality, realistic tools that you can customize to suit your personal style. Created by art lovers for art lovers, this app combines simplicity, beauty, and fun into one seamless package. From quick notes to detailed architectural sketches, cartoons, illustrations, and even watercolor and oil paintings, Artecture feels incredibly real. And the best part? It's completely free, with no ads or download requests.
Dive into a natural and authentic drawing, painting, and sketching experience on canvas with Artecture. Connect with fellow artists by joining the Artecture Digital Art Community on Facebook, where you can learn more, share your creations, and get inspired.
Facebook:
- Page Name: Artecture Digital Art Community
- Link: https://www.facebook.com/artecture.digiart
Main Features:
- A comprehensive set of drawing tools, including Pencil for realistic sketches, Marker Pen, various Oil Brushes, Water Color, Airbrush, Palette Knife with color mixing, Paint Roller, Paint Tube, Eraser, Flood Fill, Glitter Tube, Far Brush, Gradient Brush, and more, each with customizable fill patterns.
- Multi-Layer functionality with options to create, remove, lock, adjust visibility, opacity, re-order, and merge layers.
- Apply different image effects to selected layers such as Sepia, Inverse, Blur, Gray, Bright, and Colorize.
- Symmetry options including Vertical, Horizontal, and Concentric with adjustable center points.
- Advanced features like Tracing with automatic color pick, Template Coloring, and Image Import/Export.
- Geometric shape tools for drawing Free, Line, Rectangle, and Circle shapes.
- Pen-Only mode with Palm rejection for a more focused drawing experience.
- Canvas rotation and Multi-Touch shortcuts for enhanced control.
- A versatile Color Palette with favorite color defaults and a color picker, plus a floating favorite Color and Tool Palette.
- Selection tools for Rectangular and Freehand areas, with options to Copy, Paste, Rotate, and Mirror selections.
- Text Insertion features allowing Insert, Resize, Rotate, and Mirror text.
- Export your artworks in standard image formats like .jpeg, .png, and .bmp.
- Auto-save feature to ensure your work is never lost.
- Option to open the last drawing with preserved tool preferences.
- Static backgrounds available in Texture, Color, or Image formats.
- Tool presets for quick access to your preferred settings.
Storage:
- Artworks are saved by default in the "Artecture" folder on your device in .bme format, viewable only with the Artecture Gallery. You can also export to .bmp format for broader compatibility. The app allows you to change the storage location, and the gallery can detect .bme files from any location on your device.
Sharing:
- Share your creations on Facebook and PenUp directly from the canvas or gallery.
- Additional sharing options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct, MMS, email, and other apps installed on your device.
Help & Support:
- A quick reference guide is available to cover the basics of the app.
- For further assistance, feel free to email us at [email protected].
Specialty:
- Artecture is a free, high-performance digital painting tool, completely devoid of ads for an uninterrupted creative experience.
The showcased Artecture screenshots are courtesy of students and professors from the Fine Art department at Dhaka University, and special thanks go to Mr. Gar Cia for allowing his artwork to be featured.
Permissions:
- Required: Storage permission to save drawing files.
- Optional: None.
What's New in the Latest Version 5.2.0.4
Last updated on Feb 8, 2019
Version Number: 5.2.0.4
- Resolved the "Permission required" issue for non-Samsung devices.
- Fixed crashes and issues with saving artworks.
Version Number: 5.2.0.2
- Introduced dynamic permission handling.
- Addressed various bugs.
Version Number: 5.1.2.0
- Implemented Auto Save feature for periodic saving of progress.
- Fixed minor bugs.
