# Artist Tools

> Reference tools for artists. Draw guides, analyze values, simplify any image

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.art.artisttools](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.art.artisttools)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.art.artisttools`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hessam Emami
- **Category:** ART\_AND\_DESIGN
- **Downloads:** 597
- **Version:** 1.2.20
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-09
- **First published:** 2026-01-07
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 22 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.art.artisttools)
- **Website:** [https://artisttools.io](https://artisttools.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://artisttools.io/privacy](https://artisttools.io/privacy)

## Description

Artist Tools gives you the essential reference tools that classical artists have used for centuries — now on your phone.<br><br>Import any reference image and overlay precision guides to improve your drawings, paintings, and studies.<br><br>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<br><br>DRAWING TOOLS<br><br>▸ Line Tool<br>Draw straight lines at any angle. Perfect for measuring proportions and finding alignments in your reference.<br><br>▸ Plumb Line<br>Vertical and horizontal guides that help you check alignment. Essential for accurate figure drawing and portraiture.<br><br>▸ Box Tool<br>Create rectangles to frame compositions, measure proportions, or isolate areas of your reference.<br><br>▸ Envelope Tool<br>Draw multi-point shapes around complex forms. Trace the outer contour of any subject to understand its basic shape.<br><br>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<br><br>VALUE TOOLS<br><br>▸ Value Study<br>Analyze the tonal values in your reference. See exactly which areas are light, mid-tone, and dark. Tap individual values to highlight where they appear in the image.<br><br>▸ Simplify<br>Reduce your reference to fewer colors. Strip away detail to see the essential value structure — just like squinting at your subject.<br><br>▸ Black Mirror<br>Compress the value range to see subtle value relationships more clearly. A digital version of the traditional artist&#39;s black mirror.<br><br>▸ Invert<br>Flip values to check your work from a fresh perspective.<br><br>▸ Flip<br>Mirror your reference horizontally to spot mistakes and asymmetry.<br><br>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<br><br>BUILT FOR ARTISTS<br><br>• Works completely offline — no internet required<br>• Organize guides in layers — toggle visibility, delete, rearrange<br>• Auto-saves your work as you go<br>• Export finished studies to your gallery<br>• Dark interface that won&#39;t strain your eyes in the studio<br>• Clean, minimal design that stays out of your way<br><br>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<br><br>WHO IS THIS FOR?<br><br>• Figure drawing students learning proportion and anatomy<br>• Portrait artists checking alignments and value structures<br>• Plein air painters simplifying complex scenes<br>• Atelier students practicing classical techniques<br>• Anyone who wants to improve their observational skills<br><br>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<br><br>Artist Tools replaces the physical tools you&#39;d find in any traditional atelier: the plumb line, the measuring stick, the black mirror, and the squinted eye.<br><br>Study any reference with precision. See values clearly. Draw with confidence.

## Rankings

- #1,315,708 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.art.artisttools.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

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