Artecture: Unleash Your Inner Artist

Artecture isn't just another drawing app; it's a digital canvas designed to empower your creativity. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, Artecture provides a comprehensive suite of over 30 high-quality, realistic tools to bring your artistic vision to life. Customize these tools to perfectly match your style and preferences for a truly personalized experience. Created by art lovers, for art lovers, Artecture is simple, beautiful, and incredibly fun to use. From quick architectural sketches and vibrant cartoons to detailed illustrations and stunning watercolor or oil paintings, the possibilities are endless. Experience the natural feel of traditional art, all within a digital space.

Best of all? Artecture is completely free, with no ads or intrusive downloads. Download now and discover a truly authentic drawing, painting, and sketching experience.

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Key Features:

• Extensive Toolset: A vast collection of drawing and painting tools, including Pencil, Marker Pen, Oil Brushes (including blending and realistic options), Watercolor brushes, Airbrush, Palette Knife (with color mixing), Paint Roller, Paint Tube, Eraser, Flood Fill, Glitter Tube, Far brush, Gradient Brush, and customizable Fill Patterns for every tool.
• Multi-Layer Functionality: Create, remove, lock, adjust visibility and opacity, reorder, and merge layers for complex artwork.
• Image Effects: Apply various effects to selected layers, such as Sepia, Inverse, Blur, Grayscale, Brightness adjustments, and Colorization.
• Symmetry Tools: Utilize vertical, horizontal, and concentric symmetry with adjustable centers.
• Tracing and Template Coloring: Easily trace images with automatic color picking and utilize templates for coloring.
• Geometric Shapes: Draw freehand, lines, rectangles, and circles.
• Pen-Only Mode: Enjoy palm rejection for a seamless drawing experience.
• Canvas Rotation and Multi-Touch Shortcuts: Enhanced usability for intuitive control.
• Customizable Color Palette: Save favorite colors and use the built-in color picker.
• Floating Palettes: Keep your favorite colors and tools readily accessible.
• Selection Tools: Utilize rectangular and freehand selection tools.
• Transformations: Copy, paste, rotate, and mirror selected areas.
• Text Insertion: Insert, resize, rotate, and mirror text.
• Export Options: Export artworks in standard image formats (.jpeg, .png, .bmp).
• Auto-Save: Automatically saves your progress periodically.
• Open Last Drawing: Resume your work with previously used tool preferences.
• Customizable Backgrounds: Choose from textures, colors, or imported images.
• Tool Presets: Save and recall your preferred tool settings.

Storage and Sharing:

Artecture saves artworks in the "Artecture" folder on your device using the .bme file format (viewable only within the Artecture Gallery). You can also export to .bmp for wider compatibility. The storage location is customizable. The Gallery can detect .bme files from any chosen location. Share your creations via Facebook, PenUp, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct, email, MMS, and other installed sharing apps.

Help and Support:

A quick reference guide provides app basics. For further assistance, contact [email protected]

About Artecture:

Artecture is a free, high-performance digital painting tool—completely ad-free. The screenshots showcasing Artecture's capabilities feature artwork from students and professors of the Fine Art department at Dhaka University, and the artwork of Mr. Gar Cia. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged.

Permissions:

Required: Storage (to save drawing files)

Optional: None

What's New:

Version 5.2.0.4 (Feb 8, 2019): Fixed permission issues for non-Samsung devices and addressed crashes/save problems.

Version 5.2.0.2: Added dynamic permission handling and bug fixes.

Version 5.1.2.0: Introduced auto-save functionality and minor bug fixes.