Drawing Grid Maker
Put a grid on any picture for grid-method drawing. Square cells with labeled rows and columns, adjustable color, line width, and opacity — then download your reference sheet.
or drop an image here, or from your clipboard
Put a grid on any picture for grid-method drawing. Square cells with labeled rows and columns, adjustable color, line width, and opacity — then download your reference sheet.
or drop an image here, or from your clipboard
Your square image has been saved to your downloads folder.
The grid method is the classic way to draw anything in proportion: put a grid of squares over your reference photo, draw the same number of squares lightly on your paper, then copy the picture one square at a time. Each cell is a small, manageable shape — your eye compares lines to the cell edges instead of guessing across the whole picture. Artists have used it for centuries; this tool makes the photo half of it instant.
Fewer squares (3–5 across) keep you loose and train your eye; more squares (8–15) give tighter control for portraits and detailed studies. The cells are always perfectly square, so your paper grid stays in proportion no matter what you pick — a photo 6 squares wide drawn on paper 6 squares wide always matches, whatever the paper size. The last row may be a partial square when the photo's height isn't an exact multiple; that's normal, draw it as a partial row too.
Need the reference squared first? Crop it with Square Crop before gridding it.
Divide your paper's width by the same number of squares and draw the lines lightly with a ruler. Cells here are always square, so as long as the count matches, the proportions match — any paper size works.
Start with 5 across. Move up to 8–15 for detailed portraits, or down to 3–4 for quick gesture studies. More squares means more accuracy but slower, more mechanical drawing.
They're cell references, like a map: the top-left square is A1. When a drawing session gets long, "I'm on C4" is much easier than counting squares again. The Labels switch turns the margin off.
They cross each cell corner to corner, marking its exact center and giving you reference angles. Where a contour crosses a diagonal is one more point you can place with confidence.
Yes — download it as PNG or JPEG at up to 10000px and print it at any size. The grid, labels, and margins are part of the downloaded image, exactly as previewed.
No — the grid is only drawn on the downloaded copy. Your original file is untouched, and nothing is uploaded anywhere: the whole tool runs in your browser.