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Composition overlays
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Grid categories
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Free lesson plans
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Free, no signup
I use the golden ratio and dynamic symmetry overlays to check framing before I commit to a crop. Being able to export at 600 DPI with the grid baked in means I can mark up a print proof and hand it to a client without any back-and-forth. No signup, no watermark, nothing to install.
Verified user · fine-art prints
My students are on a mix of school Chromebooks and their own phones, so anything that needs an account or an install is a non-starter. This runs in the browser for all of them. I pull up the perspective grids on the projector, and the free lesson plans gave me a term's worth of structure I didn't have to build from scratch.
Verified user · classroom use
The perspective and dynamic-symmetry overlays are exactly what I want for laying out panels — being able to stack and transform each one separately is the killer feature. I'd love a way to save my own custom overlay presets between sessions, but the autosave already keeps my last workspace, so it's a small gripe.
Verified user · sequential art
I keep the 12-column and baseline grids open in a tab while I work through layouts. It's the fastest way to sanity-check a composition without firing up the full design suite. The fact that it's free and there's no upsell baked into every menu is genuinely refreshing.
Verified user · editorial layout
I sketch every stencil over a reference in the tool — a perspective grid to map the design onto the curve of an arm or a calf, then export a clean line version to trace. It has quietly replaced three apps I used to juggle, and the client's photo never leaves my tablet.
Verified user · custom tattoo
For studio I work over a two-point perspective grid and check proportions against the Modulor overlay — it's the closest thing to a free drafting board in the browser. No licence to renew at the start of every term, which on a student budget actually matters.
Verified user · architecture studio

Before and after, with the grid method

Illustrative examples of how an overlay tightens proportion, balance, and anatomy

Portrait reference photo before drawing Before
Portrait drawing after using Grid Maker Pro After
Portrait Study

Improved proportion accuracy using 8x8 grid method

Landscape composition before using golden ratio Before
Landscape composition painted from a golden ratio grid After
Landscape Composition

Enhanced balance using golden ratio grid

Figure drawing before grid method Before
Figure drawing after using Grid Maker Pro After
Figure Drawing

Cleaner anatomy and proportion with a 10×10 grid

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