Interactive Sketchbook4.0 - App Store

Draw beautifully organic pencil illustrations using professional tutorials, or from photo reference! Practice advance techniques by drawing alongside portrait tutorials from acclaimed illustrator Matt Busch. Or sketch on your own with the option to import your own photo reference.

.INNOVATIVE APPROACH.

THE RIGHT TOOLS
Three custom layers allow you to efficiently switch between the types of tools that are most useful. Draw loosely and plan your work in the "Sketch Layer". Enjoy precise control of line and value in the "Detail Layer" to make highlights and intricate details shine. Enjoy a unique "Tone Layer" that makes smooth shading easy and fun! Each layer's visibility can be toggled on and off.

SIDE BY SIDE
Whether using your own photo or a tutorial, split view allows you to use reference in a unique way, side by side. Pinch to zoom in on detail and both the drawing and reference stay perfectly in sync! Awesome for artists who want to draw from reference without being forced to trace.

INTUITIVE FULL-PAGE MODE
But when you do want to trace. . . -swipe the binder over to utilize the full page where you can use your reference as a guide to get proportions picture perfect. Or enjoy full-screen mode with the reference layer toggled off to focus on detail, and maximize the iPad’s work surface.

ENDLESS REAL-ESTATE
With Interactive Sketchbook, you’ll never run out of pages. And with an undo and redo function you can explore being more creative without ruining your drawing or wasting paper. Like a tangible paper sketchbook Interactive Sketchbook is portable and always ready when inspiration strikes.
.MATT BUSCH TUTORIALS.

LEARN FROM A PRO
Have a professional illustrator as your personal tour guide! Matt Busch has been illustrating some of the hottest properties in movies, books, and comics for over 30 years! And now he’s your interactive instructor, sharing his secrets and teaching you the basics of sketching portraits.

LOTS OF OPTIONS
The application has 4 different interactive tutorials that guide you through the steps of creating great portraits. Follow along with Busch at your own pace across 11 visual steps and see every pencil stroke he makes. For more specific guidance, touch an area within a step to reveal Busch’s detailed tips. (Over 3 dozen detailed tips per tutorial!)
.PORTFOLIO AND BEYOND.

Store, view, edit and resume your drawings in the portfolio. A clean layout and professional presentation allows you to view all your sketches at a glance. Tap a thumbnail to view your latest creations up close. And now, with the new "Animate Sketch" feature, you can watch your drawings redraw themselves step by step!

All your sketches are automatically saved and stored in the portfolio. And you can always continue any sketch from where you last left off!
.APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT.

Take your sketching even further by connecting an Apple Pencil or Logitech Crayon. All styluses support palm rejection to prevent stray marks while resting a hand on the screen during drawing. Also enjoy pressure sensitive strokes for better control of your line work and shading with supporting styluses.
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Whether you are an occasional doodler or a professional illustrator, Interactive Sketchbook is a must-have tool for your iPad and iPhone!

Version History Toned Paper Sketching:
Switch your paper to a richly textured toned paper for Monotone Sketching. Selecting a toned paper adds a white highlight pencil to your tools. Focus on rendering highlights and shadows with the paper handling your illustrations mid tones.

Adjustable Reference Grids:
Side by side mode now has adjustable reference grids that you can turn on to help you get your drawings proportions just right.

Improved Canvas Gestures:
You now have more freedom to position your art on screen, with rotation, zoom and offset.

Sketch Stats in Portfolio:
Want to know how long you worked on a drawing? How many strokes you used to make your masterpiece? You can now see stats of your sketch in the portfolio. 4.0 Jul 28 New Features:
• Improved Size and Orientation selection when starting a new sketch.
• Improved settings view in the info Pane.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 3.3.1 07/23/2025 NEW FEATURES:
• Support for cursor using magic keyboard case, mice, and track pads.
• Support for new iPad Pros and the new iPhone SE.
• Expanded support for dark mode.

BUG FIXES:
• Fixed an issue where switching layers could prevent undo and redo from functioning correctly.

Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 3.3 05/19/2020 NEW FEATURES:
• Support for iOS 13 and Dark Mode.
• Support for new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
• Support for new 7th Generation iPad.
• Newest version of Adonit SDK.

BUG FIXES:
• Fixed a bug causing a crash when selecting the tool palette.

Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 3.2 10/16/2019 New in Version 3.1

NEW FEATURES:
• Eraser completely rebuilt to enable faster and fuller erasing.
• Added support for Logitech Crayon.
• Improved Support for iPad Mini 5 and iPad Air 3.

BUG FIXES:
• Minor bug fixes and stability updates.

Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 3.1 05/05/2019 New in Version 3.0

NEW FEATURES:
• Now a universal app for iPhone and iPad!

IPHONE FEATURES:
• Supports iPhone 4s and newer!
• Learn from portrait tutorials, draw from photo reference, or sketch new ideas. All on your phone, whenever inspiration strikes!
• Press lightly or with more force to draw darker or lighter lines on iPhones with 3d touch.

IPAD FEATURES:
• Now supports split screen multi-tasking. Sketch while using other apps at the same time!

BUG FIXES:
• Fixed an issue that prevented sharing your sketches to facebook.

Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 3.0 12/20/2018 New in Version 2.95

NEW FEATURES:
• iPad Pro 3rd generation support added.
• Apple Pencil 2nd generation support added.
• Apple Pencil tap gesture support added.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
• New shortcuts for Apple Pencil, Adonit styluses, and keyboard added.
• Added ability to switch layers from the tool palette.
• Added an eraser brush preview. (Can be toggled off in settings.)
• Updated to latest version of the Adonit SDK.

BUG FIXES:
• Fixed an issue that prevented the eraser from utilizing full pressure of Apple pencil or Adonit Stylus.
Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 2.95 11/20/2018 New in Version 2.94
•Quick fix to prevent sketches that are already open from "resuming" when returning from the home screen or another app.

New in Version 2.93
NEW FEATURES:
• When adjusting the opacity of a reference layer you now get a full image preview in the popover view.
STABILITY UPDATES: • Resolved several issues that could cause the app to crash. • Sketches will now auto resume in the event of a crash or force quit once you reopen the app*.

*Note: Interactive Sketchbook has an autosave that prevents you from loosing more than a couple strokes in the advent of a crash or force quit, and with auto resume it will be easier and quicker to pickup where you left off.

Thank you for supporting us and helping us improve the experience with your feedback.

Happy Sketching! 2.94 05/06/2018 NEW FEATURES:
• When adjusting the opacity of a reference layer you now get a full image preview in the popover view.

STABILITY UPDATES:
• Resolved several issues that could cause the app to crash.
• Sketches will now auto resume in the event of a crash or force quit once you reopen the app*.

*Note: Interactive Sketchbook has an autosave that prevents you from loosing more than a couple strokes in the advent of a crash or force quit, and with auto resume it will be easier and quicker to pickup where you left off.

Thank you for supporting us and helping us improve the experience with your feedback.

Happy Sketching! 2.93 04/30/2018 Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash when exporting a sketch to your photo library.

Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

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Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 2.92 01/26/2018 • Fixed issue that occasionally prevented the eraser from working correctly.
• Fixed issue that could cause drawing animation to play out of order.
• Fixed issue that could cause sketches to be out of order in the portfolio.
• Fixed layout issues with layer title text in the layer tabs.
• Improvements to stability.

Tag your sketches with #InteractiveSketchbook on social media.

If you enjoy Interactive Sketchbook, please consider giving us a quick review. It helps us spread the word!

Big updates coming in 2018!

Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, happy sketching! 2.91 12/08/2017 NEW FEATURE
Portrait orientation support. Rotate your iPad in any orientation while sketching! (Especially nice when sketching a face or portrait in full page mode!)

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
• Fixed a delayed crash that occurred when exiting without saving a sketch.
• Reduced the install size the app takes up on your iPad.
• Performance and stability improvements.

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More updates coming soon.

Thank you for supporting us at Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching! 2.90 08/14/2017 Increased number of undos & redos.
-15 levels on iPad mini and iPad 2
-20 levels for iPad 3 & 4, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, 3, & 4
-30 levels for iPad Air 2, iPad 5, and 9.7” iPad Pro
-40 levels for 12.9” iPad Pro

Keyboard shortcut support for bluetooth and smart keyboards.
-Toggle layers
-Toggle full-page mode
-Undo stroke
-Redo stroke
And more! Press and hold command key while sketching to see a list of commands.

Performance and usability improvements.

If you enjoy Interactive Sketchbook, please consider giving us a quick review. It helps us spread the word! More updates coming soon.

Thank you for supporting Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching! 2.82 04/20/2017 • Added auto-detection of apple pencil with improved support of palm rejection and pressure sensitivity.
• Added latest Adonit iOS SDK for improved Adonit Pixel support.
• Improved contrast of portfolio toolbar to make buttons more visible.
• Fixed issue where pinch to zoom didn't always work in full page mode

If you enjoy Interactive Sketchbook, please consider giving us a quick review. It helps us spread the word! More updates coming soon.

Thank you for supporting Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching! 2.81 07/14/2016 •Added coalesced touch rendering for smoother strokes.
•Added latest Adonit iOS SDK for improved Adonit Pixel support.
•Improved precision with Apple Pencil.
•Improved memory usage for more stability on low-ram machines such as iPad mini & iPad 2.
•Fixed issue where strokes didn't always undo and redo properly.
•Fixed issue that might change the opacity value of a pencil tool when switching layers.
• Performance & stability improvements.

If you enjoy Interactive Sketchbook, please consider giving us a quick review. It helps us spread the word! More updates coming soon.

Thank you for supporting Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching! 2.80 06/21/2016 • Support for iPad Pro.
• Support for Apple Pencil.
• Support for upcoming Adonit stylus.
• Larger canvas size options available on iPad 3 & Newer.
• Performance & stability improvements.

If you enjoy Interactive Sketchbook, please consider giving us a quick review. It helps us spread the word! More updates coming soon.

Thank you for supporting Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching! 2.70 05/11/2016 SKETCH ANIMATIONS ( NEW FEATURE! )
Watch your sketches magically redraw every stroke using the "animate sketch" button in the portfolio! A great way to show off your latest works to friends and family!**

BETTER SHARING
Share your sketches directly to Facebook and Twitter!

PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
-Increased iOS 8 compatibility
-Latest Adonit Jot SDK

Thank you for supporting Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching!

**Sketch animations only available with new sketches. 2.60 05/28/2015 FASTER SAVING
Sketches now save instantly when exiting.

IMPROVED AUTOSAVE
Your sketches are now saved every 5 draw strokes, in addition to being saved on layer changes, and when using the iOS multi-tasker.

UPDATED ADONIT STYLUS SUPPORT
New SDK from Adonit and more descriptive labels for connection and disconnection events.

STABILITY
Stability and performance improvements.

Thank you for supporting Digital Wave Creative, Happy Sketching! 2.50 09/19/2014 •Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented the ability to zoom into a sketch.
•Improved spiral binder interaction. Drag it to transition into Full Page or Side by Side Mode.
•Improved portfolio! Now you can more quickly scroll through all your previous sketches!

Thank you for supporting us, Happy Sketching! 2.42 08/05/2014 •Support for the new Jot Touch with Pixelpoint.
•New Adonit SDK with improvements for all of the Jot Styluses.
•Improved pressure curves based on feedback from our users.
•New playful binder! Drag the spiral binder with your finger to change to "Full Page" mode!
•Improved animations when transitioning between "Side By Side" and "Full Page".
•Fixed a typo.

Happy Sketching! 2.41 07/20/2014 •Adonit Jot bluetooth stylus support
•Velocity based pencil stroke dynamics
•Stability and performance improvements

Create more natural sketches with velocity based pencil dynamics! Take your sketching even further by connecting an Adonit Bluetooth Jot Stylus. Enjoy precise pressure based control of pencil value with the Jot Touch 4. Experience the natural precision of the finest tip stylus on the market with the Jot Script. Both styluses support palm rejection to prevent stray marks while resting a hand on the screen during drawing. 2.40 05/27/2014 -Major performance improvements to our drawing engine!
-Added ability to import photo reference from full-screen mode.
-Minor interface updates.
-Fixed a navigation bug in the portfolio when multi-tasking. 2.30 03/27/2014 -iOS 7 Support
-64 Bit Support
-Stability and Performance Improvements 2.20 03/04/2014 NEW FEATURES
-Brand-new pencil textures! Even better than before!
-Vastly improved Tone Layer. Even easier to blend smoothly.
-Performance, performance, performance! Sketch faster and more naturally!
-Autosave: Sketches are saved faster and more reliably.

BUG FIXES
-Decreased the amount of accidental lines drawn when zooming in Full-Page-Mode.
-Fixed several bugs that caused Undo & Redo to work incorrectly.
-Many additional stability improvements.

FUTURE UPDATES
-Support for Jot Touch Stylus! 2.10 08/22/2013 Lots of Bug fixes and some new features!

- Now automatically imports sketches from versions 1.1 and below.
- New option to exit a new sketch without saving.
- Added visual and audio feedback when using undo or redo causes the current tool to switch to or from an eraser.
- Added audio feedback when switching to or from a layer that is using an eraser.
- Adjusted the eraser to be much stronger on all layers. (Thank you to everyone who emailed support for the feedback!)
- Adjusted both tone pencil tools to be slightly lighter for smoother shading in the tone layer.
- Improved palm touch rejection.
- Fixed a bug that caused the selected tool in the tool palette to be incorrect after using undo or redo.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash if a two finger pinch gesture happened on the draw side at the start of a new sketch.
- Fixed a memory leak that caused the app to eventually crash on the 3rd or 4th consecutive sketch.
- Fixed a bug that prevented renamed files from instantly refreshing their titles while viewing them full screen in the portfolio.

Thank you to everyone who emailed support to help make this app the best it can be.

Happy Sketching! 2.01 01/30/2013