Tracery: AR Drawing & Tracing

Draw it for real.

Tracery lays any picture over your paper so you can trace it with your own pencil. Pick a photo, turn it into a clean outline, and follow the lines on screen while you draw on a real sheet. Great for sketching pets and portraits, lettering, murals, crafts, and learning to draw.

THREE WAYS TO TRACE

• Camera: prop your phone above the paper on a glass or a stack of books. The steadiest way for long drawings.
• AR: pin the picture to your desk or a wall, then move around freely. See its real size as you resize it.
• Lightbox: lay thin paper over your iPhone or iPad screen and trace the glow.

TURN ANY PHOTO INTO A GUIDE

• Outline: clean lines that are easy to follow
• Pencil: a soft sketch with shading
• Ink: bold shapes of light and dark
• Photo: the picture itself, faded as much as you like
• Subject only: hide a busy background behind a person, pet or object
• Guide colors in graphite, red, blue or white, so you can tell the guide from your own lines

MADE FOR DRAWING

• Drag, pinch and twist to line the picture up with your paper
• Lock it in place so nothing moves while you draw
• Grid overlay for checking proportions
• Mirror the picture with one tap
• Record a time-lapse of your paper as you draw, then save or share it

MORE TO TRACE

• Lettering: type a word or a quote, pick a typeface, and trace outlined or solid letters
• 13 starter drawings: mandalas, botanicals, waves, mountains, and warm-up sheets for ellipses and cubes in perspective

PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every guide is made on your device. Your pictures are never uploaded, and Tracery works in Airplane Mode.

• No account
• No ads
• No watermarks
• No limits on what you trace

Requires iOS 17 or later.