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Tools9
Live overlay generators, each tuned to one job.
- Cross-stitch grid maker: counted grid overlay
- Drawing grid maker for the grid method
- Golden ratio generator: phi grid and spiral overlays
- Isometric grid generator: 30/60 degree drawing grid
- Loomis head tool: build heads from any angle online
- Perspective grid generator: 1, 2, 3 and 5-point
- Photography composition grid: thirds, phi, diagonal
- Rule of thirds generator: grid overlay for any image
- Sacred geometry generator: flower of life and more
Calculators & finders4
Quick interactive helpers.
Grid categories11
The eleven families the 82 overlays fall into.
- Advanced composition grids — armature, rabatment, diagonals
- Architecture grid systems — structural, Modulor, tartan
- Composition grid overlays: rule of thirds to golden ratio
- Construction and transfer grids — Loomis, portrait, figure
- Design template grids: comic, storyboard, logo, web
- Drawing grids — square, rectangular and custom grids
- Dynamic symmetry grids: Hambidge root rectangle overlays
- Perspective grid for drawing: 1, 2, 3-point, isometric
- Sacred geometry overlays: flower of life, Metatron's cube
- Specialty grids — hexagonal, triangular, radial and dot
- Typography grid systems: column, baseline, modular, 8pt
All 82 overlays82
Every grid in the library — one page each.
- 3:2 aspect ratio: the 35mm rule-of-thirds grid
- 5-point perspective: the fisheye curvilinear grid
- 8pt grid system: UI spacing scale with live overlay
- 12 column grid: the responsive web layout standard
- Ain Soph (Ein Sof): the Kabbalistic infinite, explained
- Anamorphic perspective: the 3D street-art grid method
- Armature of the rectangle: Bouleau's 14-line grid
- Baroque diagonal: the left-to-right energy line
- Baseline grid and vertical rhythm in typography
- Borromean rings: three rings, no two linked, free overlay
- Centered composition: when to center over the thirds
- Column grid: the multi-column layout system explained
- Comic panel grid: tiers, gutters and the nine-panel layout
- Cross-diagonal grid: an X per cell for precision
- Crosshair grid: a centering and symmetry-check overlay
- Custom grid drawing tool: non-uniform divisions
- Diagonal grid method: more points to snap curves
- Diagonal method: Westhoff two-diagonal composition
- Diamond and rhombus grid: the 45-degree argyle lattice
- Dimetric projection: the 2:1 grid at 26.57 degrees
- Dot grid: a quiet field of dots for journals and layout
- Double square rectangle (1:2): the root 4 proportion
- Editorial grid: modular columns and flowlines for posters
- Egg of Life: eight spheres on a cube, free overlay
- Enlarge a drawing with a grid: rectangular NxM for any ratio
- Enneagram geometry: the nine-point figure and 142857
- Face proportions: the five-eye rule and face thirds
- Figure proportions: the 8-head canon in head heights
- Flower of life: 19 circles, how to draw it, live demo
- Fruit of Life: thirteen circles and Metatron's Cube
- Golden ratio in composition: phi grid guide and demo
- Golden rectangle: the 1:1.618 phi rectangle for composition
- Golden spiral composition: fibonacci overlay guide
- Golden triangle composition: diagonal placement explained
- Grid method drawing: proportional transfer step by step
- Grid method drawing: square overlay to transfer images
- Hexagonal grid: honeycomb tiling, pointy-top vs flat-top
- Hexagram: two triangles, meaning, and how to draw it
- Hierarchical grid: content-led zone overlay with demo
- How to draw a triquetra (trinity knot): free overlay
- Icon grid: keyline shapes and live area for system icons
- Islamic eight-pointed star: how to draw it, free overlay
- Islamic twelve-pointed star: draw the girih rosette free
- Isometric grid: 30 degree projection and how to use it
- Kabbalah Tree of Life: 10 sefirot and 22 paths explained
- Le Corbusier's Modulor: human-scale proportion system
- Logo construction grid: circles, tangents and axes for marks
- Loomis head method: ball-and-plane construction
- Manuscript grid: single-column page and margin overlay
- Merkaba: star tetrahedron geometry and live demo
- Metatron's cube: 13 circles and the platonic solids
- Mobile app layout grid: safe areas and responsive columns
- Modular grid: columns x rows field overlay with demo
- Mural scaling grid: scale a sketch up to a wall
- One point perspective: single vanishing point guide
- Pentagram: meaning, the golden ratio, and how to draw it
- Platonic solids: the five regular polyhedra explained
- Polar grid and spiral overlay: Archimedean vs logarithmic
- Quadrant composition: the 2x2 grid for balance and panels
- Rabatment of the rectangle: the squared inset
- Radial grid: concentric rings and spokes for mandalas
- Reciprocal lines: the perpendicular that locks figures
- Root 2 rectangle (1:1.414): the A4 paper proportion
- Root 3 rectangle (1:1.732): the hexagon proportion
- Root 5 rectangle (1:2.236): where the golden ratio comes from
- Rule of fifths composition: the 5x5 alternative to thirds
- Rule of thirds grid overlay: guide and live demo
- Seed of life: seven circles, hexagonal symmetry, demo
- Sight-size method: the head-count way to measure
- Sinister diagonal: the right-to-left tension axis
- Social media safe zone grid for stories, reels and TikTok
- Sri yantra: nine-triangle construction and live demo
- Storyboard frame grid: shot frames at true aspect ratio
- Structural grid in architecture: column bays explained
- Tartan grid in architecture: served and servant bands
- Three point perspective: worm's-eye and bird's-eye views
- Torus field: real geometry vs the sacred-geometry claims
- Triangular grid: equilateral tiling for isometric drawing
- Trimetric projection: three-scale axonometric grid
- Two point perspective: two vanishing points for buildings
- Vesica piscis: meaning, the 1:√3 ratio, and how to draw it
- Yin yang symbol: meaning, geometry, and how to draw it
Guides & methods24
Long-form pillars on composition and construction.
- 82 composition overlays: every grid for artists, explained
- Asaro head: planes of the face for lighting and value
- Bargue method: measured drawing from the Cours de dessin
- Cezanne primitives: cylinder, sphere and cone in drawing
- Cinematography composition: frame, shot, and aspect ratio
- Color theory for composition: from value to the color wheel
- Concept art composition: thumbnail to final frame
- Dynamic symmetry: Hambidge's root rectangle composition
- Fibonacci and phi: the verified math and the myths
- Golden ratio in photography and art: phi grid and spiral
- Is using a grid cheating? Grid vs projector vs tracing
- Islamic geometric pattern construction: 8 & 12-point stars
- Le Corbusier's Modulor explained: phi-based human scale
- Loomis method step by step: draw the head from any angle
- Loomis vs Reilly vs Asaro vs Bargue: head methods compared
- Manga panel layout and comic page composition
- Negative space in art and design: a composition guide
- Perspective drawing: 1, 2, 3 and 5-point grids explained
- Quilting and cross-stitch composition: block, pattern, color
- Reilly method: head construction from rhythm and bone
- Rule of thirds vs golden ratio, and other photo overlays
- Sacred geometry in art history: flower of life to sri yantra
- Tattoo composition: sleeve flow and body placement
- The 8pt grid, 12-column layout and baseline grid explained
By audience30
Where to start for your craft.
- 12-column & baseline grids for web designers
- Baseline grid generator — column and modular
- Comic & manga grid tool: panels & perspective
- Composition grid overlay for photographers
- Composition grids for landscape painters
- Composition grids for landscape photography
- Composition grids for portrait photography
- Composition overlays for photo review
- Cross stitch grid matched to Aida count
- D&D grid overlay — 1-inch square and hex
- Drawing grid tool for art students & teachers
- Drawing grid tool for artists: Loomis & figure overlays
- Grid method drawing lesson: free handouts & tool
- Grid method for painting: transfer & scaling grids
- Grid overlays for architecture students
- iOS & Android layout grids for app designers
- Knitting graph paper matched to your gauge
- Layout grid tool for designers: 12-column & 8pt
- Logo & icon construction grids for designers
- Loomis & Reilly grids for portrait painters
- Modulor & proportion overlays for architects
- Perspective & isometric grids for concept art
- Perspective drawing tool for architects
- Perspective grid tool for architects
- Printable grid tool for makers & crafters
- Quilt block grid maker — hexagon and EPP
- Sacred-geometry grids for tattoo artists
- Safe-area grids for social media creators
- Storyboard frame grid for animators
- Surface pattern repeat grid and croquis tool
Lesson plans51
Classroom-ready drawing lessons.
- Lesson Plan — Atmospheric Perspective in Landscape (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Baseline Grids and Vertical Rhythm (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Building a Value Scale and Shading Form (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Charting an Image to a Grid for Cross-Stitch (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Comic Page Panel Layout (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Constructing a Logo on a Grid (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Constructing an Islamic Eight-Point Star (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Constructing Hands and Feet (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Constructing the Flower of Life (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Cross-Contour Lines and Three-Dimensional Form (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Depth of Field and Visual Storytelling (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Ellipses and Cylinders in Perspective (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Fill the Frame and Find the Focal Point (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Framing and Cropping for Impact (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Framing With Foreground Elements (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — From Gesture to Structure in the Figure (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Front-View Facial Proportions (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Gesture Drawing Warm-ups and the Line of Action (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Golden Hour and the Direction of Light (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Golden Ratio and the Phi Grid in Composition (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Golden Triangle Composition (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Grid-Assisted Self-Portrait (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Horizon Placement in Landscape Photography (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Intro to Grid-Method Portrait Drawing (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Introduction to 1-point and 2-point Perspective (3 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Isometric Drawing Basics (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Layout Grids for a Poster (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Leading Lines and the Diagonal Method (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Limited-Palette Landscape Painting (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Loomis Head Construction for the Classroom (3 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Mandalas and Radial Symmetry (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Master Copy: Studying a Drawing Through the Grid (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Monochrome Painting Study (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Negative Space in Composition (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Observational Still Life with a Grid Viewfinder (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — One-Point Perspective: Drawing a Room in Depth (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Photographic Portrait Composition (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Profile Facial Proportions (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Rule of Thirds for Photography Basics (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Scaling a Sketch to a Wall: the Mural Grid Method (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Storyboard Frame Composition (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Symmetry and Centered Composition (1 Session)
- Lesson Plan — Tessellations and Repeating Patterns (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — The Color Wheel and Complementary Colors (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — The Golden Ratio in Nature and Art (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — The Grid Method for Accurate Still-Life Drawing (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — The Human Figure and the Eight-Head Canon (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Three-Point Perspective: Dramatic Angles (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Two-Point Perspective: Drawing Buildings (2 Sessions)
- Lesson Plan — Value Studies and the Five-Value Grisaille (2 Sessions)
- Lesson plans — classroom-ready drawing lessons
Glossary71
Plain-language definitions of every term we use.
- 8pt Grid — Definition & Origin | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- 12-Column Grid — Definition & Origin | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Alignment — Definition (Composition & layout)
- Anthropometry — Definition (Design & proportion)
- Armature — Definition (Composition)
- Atelier method — Definition
- Atmospheric perspective — Definition
- Baroque Diagonal — Definition
- Baseline — Definition (Typography)
- Baseline Grid — Definition & Origin | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Block-in — Definition
- Cast drawing — Definition
- Chiaroscuro — Definition
- Composition — Definition (Visual arts)
- Contrapposto — Definition
- Cubism — Definition
- Diagonal Method — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Dynamic symmetry — Definition
- Fibonacci sequence — Definition (Number theory, composition)
- Flower of Life — Definition (Sacred geometry)
- Foreshortening — Definition (Perspective drawing)
- Glossary — every term, defined
- Golden Ratio (Phi) — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Golden spiral — Definition (Geometry, composition)
- Grid Method — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Gutter — Definition (Typography)
- Head construction — Definition (Drawing pedagogy)
- Hexagonal symmetry — Definition (Sacred geometry)
- Horizon line — Definition (Linear perspective)
- Leading — Definition (Typography)
- Loomis method — Definition (Drawing pedagogy)
- Mandala — Definition (Sacred geometry)
- Mandorla — Definition
- Margin — Definition (Typography)
- Measure — Definition (Typography)
- Merkaba — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Metatron's Cube — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Modular Scale — Definition & Origin | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Munsell system — Definition
- Negative space — Definition (Composition theory)
- Plane of the head — Definition
- Platonic solids — Definition (Sacred geometry)
- Plein Air — Definition
- Primitive solid — Definition
- Proportion — Definition (Composition theory)
- Proportional Transfer — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Rabatment — Definition (Composition)
- Radial symmetry — Definition (Composition theory)
- Reciprocal diagonal — Definition
- Reciprocal Lines — Definition
- Reilly Method — Definition & Origin | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Rhythm line — Definition (Drawing pedagogy)
- Root rectangle — Definition (Dynamic symmetry)
- Rosette — Definition (Sacred geometry)
- Rule of Fifths — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Rule of Thirds — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Sacred geometry — Definition (Symbolic geometry)
- Scumbling — Definition
- Seed of Life — Definition & Origin | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Sfumato — Definition
- Sight measurement — Definition
- Simultaneous contrast — Definition
- Sinister Diagonal — Definition
- Sri Yantra — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Typographic grid — Definition (Typography)
- Value structure — Definition
- Vanishing point — Definition (Linear perspective)
- Vesica Piscis — Definition, History, and Use | Grid Maker Pro Glossary
- Visual hierarchy — Definition (Composition & layout)
- Visual Weight — Definition
- Volumetric drawing — Definition
Comparisons8
How Grid Maker Pro stacks up.
- Artisthu alternative: grid maker pro vs artisthu
- Figma layout grid alternative — overlays Figma lacks
- Free loomis head tool: grid maker pro vs earth in spoon
- Free PhiMatrix alternative — golden ratio overlay tool
- Grid maker for artists: grid maker pro vs gridmaker
- GridMyPic alternative — free grid drawing tool compared
- GridRaw alternative — free grid overlay tool compared
- Mathpolate alternative: grid maker pro vs mathpolate
Journal20
Notes, overlays of the month, and Q&A.
- Case Study
- Golden Ratio — Overlay of the Month (February)
- How I prove a composition: the four-grid stack | Grid Maker Pro Blog
- Journal — overlays of the month, notes & Q&A
- Loomis Head — Overlay of the Month (March)
- Loomis Head at Tilted Angles — Three Adjustments That Fix Foreshortening
- May 2026 Release Notes — 82-Overlay Catalogue, 12 Pillars, Audit Suite
- Mercedes, Apple, Twitter, Pepsi — The Shared Logo Construction Grid
- Overlay Of The Month
- Overlay Of The Month
- Phi vs Thirds — the 4.9-point compositional difference | Grid Maker Pro Blog
- Q And A
- Q&A — Rule of Thirds vs Golden Ratio for Landscape Photography
- Q&A — Should I Use the Grid Method or a Projector?
- Q&A — When Should I Switch From Loomis to Reilly?
- Release Notes
- Rule of Thirds — Overlay of the Month (January)
- Technique
- The Loomis sphere in five overlays | Grid Maker Pro Blog
- Why the rule of thirds is a guideline, not a law | Grid Maker Pro Blog
People2
The team behind the tool.
Site & resources26
About, help, and everything else.
- About Grid Maker Pro - Our Story
- About the studio notes
- Accessibility Statement
- Contact Grid Maker Pro
- Educational
- FAQ
- Features
- Get Started with Grid Maker Pro - Free Composition Tool Quickstart
- Grid library — browse all 82 overlays
- Grid Maker Pro — the free overlay tool
- Grid Maker Pro Changelog — What's New & Version History
- Grid Maker Pro Community - Artist Showcase & Success Stories
- Grid Maker Pro Documentation - Complete Help Center & Guide
- Grid Maker Pro Gallery - Examples Across 11 Overlay Categories
- Grid Maker Pro Use Cases - Portrait, Landscape, Architecture & More
- Grid Maker Pro vs Alternatives - Honest Comparison | Free Grid Tool
- Help Center
- How It Works
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Methodology - How Grid Maker Pro Builds, Sources & Reviews Its Content
- Press kit
- Privacy & Security - Your Images Stay Private
- Search Grid Maker Pro
- Testimonials
- Tutorials Resources
- Typography · The editorial atelier identity behind Grid Maker Pro
Legal2
The fine print.
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