plzxplain

Frame references, simplify shapes and values, compare your work as you paint, and check portrait construction with practical tools that keep your eye in charge.

See your painting more clearly.

plzxplain brings four practical visual tools into one calm workspace. Use them before you paint, while you work, or whenever a shape or proportion needs a second look.

VIEWFINDER Frame a live subject or a saved photo with common canvas ratios. Try rule-of-thirds and golden-ratio guides, adjust the crop, then save it to your photo library.

BLOCK-IN Reduce a photo to large, paintable shapes and values. Notan and Posterise studies run on your device and need no account. If you want another way into the composition, sign in and use credits to generate Geometric or Gesture AI Block-Ins.

OVERLAY Line up your artwork with its reference while you are still painting. Adjust opacity, compare edges and focus on the area that matters. Your reference and artwork stay on your device.

CONSTRUCTION Check a front-facing portrait against classic brow, eye, nose and lip lines. Measurements run on your device, and unsuitable views are rejected rather than measured unreliably.

START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Viewfinder, Overlay, Construction, Notan and Posterise are available without signing in. An account is only needed for AI Block-Ins and their credit balance.

MADE TO SUPPORT YOUR JUDGEMENT plzxplain is a set of visual aids, not a score or a substitute for your eye. It makes relationships easier to inspect so you can decide what belongs in your painting.