{"id":2597,"date":"2012-04-14T13:21:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T13:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2018-08-21T20:59:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T20:59:59","slug":"2597","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2012\/04\/2597\/","title":{"rendered":"Grid Drawing App – PencilandPaper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PencilandPaper App With Grid On<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was looking at iPod apps the other day when I came across a neat one called PencilandPaper. It puts a grid over a photo so you can draw it, and it has a few other helpful tricks too. (There are more screen captures with comments\u00a0at the end of the post.)<\/p>\n

(Update 8\/2018 –\u00a0 I now use a grid drawing app called CopyIt on my iPad. It’s a really excellent app with all the bells and whistles you need.)<\/p>\n

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Square-ish Enough Grid (Not)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course I wanted to share this wonderful find with my fellow pencil enthusiasts (aka “you guys”) right away, so I drew a hasty grid (that I thought looked square-ish enough), plotted out this line drawing from a photo of my cat, added clever and subtle shading, and smiled (smugly) to myself as I thought what an easy blog post this would be. Ha! Wrong again!!<\/p>\n

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My Cat Looking Distorted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the drawing of my cat started to look distorted, I naturally blamed the app for making me draw the width and height incorrectly because my motto is, \u201cIt\u2019s not my fault!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Please side step into this thought bubble with me for a moment. I searched around for other grid apps and there are quite a few of them. Was I the only one who didn\u2019t know that? Yes! I suspect I was, because I\u2019m totally clueless most of the time. If you come across a neat-o drawing tool, just assume I don’t know about it and give me a heads-up, willya? I’ll gleefully accept any help offered. :)<\/p>\n

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\"Molly<\/a>
Molly The Cat – Fixed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Okey Dokey, back to the present. After I got over blaming the app for my cockeyed drawing, I took a look at the grid I drew and it was in no way \u201csquare-ish enough.\u201d It wobbled and slanted and no two sections measured the same. So, I decided to try and fix the drawing and to show you the entire mess because, well I\u2019m not sure why, but I didn\u2019t let that stop me!<\/p>\n

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Questions And Answers!<\/h3>\n

Here are some questions that might be going through your mind about the drawing method I used here. I\u2019ll do my best to answer them!<\/p>\n