SpeedSketch: Gesture Drawing App

SpeedSketch is a free app for creating timed drawing sessions using photo references on your own computer. It displays all images in a given collection one by one, each for a specified amount of time. Perfect for gesture studies, figure drawing practice, and the like!

Available as a web app and a desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Features

Choose Your Own Image Collection

• Custom Image Folder: Select any folder on your computer to use as an image source.
• Custom Display Time: Choose from a list of predefined durations, or set your own duration for each image.
• Randomize Image Order: Choose whether to display images alphabetically or in a random order.

Image Viewing

• Zoom/Pan: Scroll to zoom in and out, and click & drag to pan around the image.
• Flip (Horizontal or Vertical): Flip the image for more variety.
• Customizable Image Filters: Use the Greyscale, Increased Contrast, and Blur filters to focus on shape and form.
• Always on Top Mode (desktop version only): Keep the app window on top of other windows for easy reference while drawing.

Additional Features

• Light & Dark Themes: Switch up the colours for comfortable viewing.
• …and more!

Installation

Web Version

Use SpeedSketch directly in your browser with no installation.

Desktop Version

[Coming soon]

Build from source

SpeedSketch is built using Tauri. Follow these steps to build from source:

1. Clone this repository with git clone https://github.com/AvaLovelace1/speed-sketch.git && cd speed-sketch.
2. Install all Tauri prerequisites, including System Dependencies, Rust, and Node.js. (There is no need to Configure for Mobile Targets.)
3. Install all dependencies (including Tauri) with npm install.
4. Build the web app with npm run build, or the desktop app with npm run tauri:build.

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Tauri, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI, and Bits UI for the amazing open-source technologies that made this app possible.
• Thanks to Lucide for the icons, Mixkit for the sound effects, and Nord for the colour scheme.
• Thanks to Andrew Sindt, Hong Son, Sasha Kim, and JookpubStock for the reference images used in examples and testing.
• SpeedSketch was inspired by the wonderful GestureDrawing! and Quickposes.