Artist productivity tool

Transfer any image to canvas. No grids. No projector.

Diah Sketch lays your reference over paper, canvas, sketchbooks and walls — so you draw faster and still build real skill. Two ways to do it: map it by hand, or float it over your camera.

Works in your browser · installs as an app · your art never leaves your device
An artist in her studio holding a phone running Diah Sketch, a wall of doodle symbols behind her
Your reference, on your canvas
Street artists using a reference on a tablet and phone to paint a large outdoor wall mural
Paper · canvas · sketchbooks · walls Built for real surfaces — from a pocket sketchbook to a four-storey wall.
Two ways to transfer

Map it by hand, or float it over your camera.

Pick the method that fits your surface and your style — both keep you drawing, not measuring.

Diah Scribble Mapping: a reference photo mapped over the drawing canvas with guide lines
Free & Pro

Diah Scribble Mapping

Map your image with doodles, symbols, numbers and shapes, then sketch it freehand on your surface — building proportion skills as you go.

  • Draw directly on screen over the reference
  • Zoom in and rotate the canvas to any angle — even after locking
  • Strobe fades the reference in and out to train your memory
Diah AR Sketch: a reference image floating over the live camera view of a wall
Pro

Diah AR Sketch

Point your camera at your surface and trace a floating overlay of your reference — perfect for canvases, sketchbooks and large walls.

  • Free overlay needs no marker — ideal for murals and moving up & down
  • Or lock to a printed Diah marker for fixed alignment
  • Opacity, scale, rotate, pinch and lock — right on the live view
A finished pen portrait drawn over a faint hand-drawn map of numbers, letters and symbols
The result

See the method in the finished piece.

Look closely and the doodle map is still there — the numbers, letters and shapes that fixed every proportion before a single line was drawn. That's Diah Scribble Mapping: place a few marks, then draw with confidence and keep building real skill.

Try it on your next drawing
Built for working artists

Fast, private, and yours.

Every feature serves one goal: help you transfer images faster while you keep growing as an artist.

Private & local-first

Projects live on your device. Export and back them up as .dsx files and move them between devices. No cloud, no account.

Made for walls

Free-overlay AR keeps your reference in view as you move along a mural — there's no marker to lose when you climb up or down.

Draw from memory

Strobe fades the reference out and back so you practise recall, not just tracing — the fastest way to actually improve.

Export & share

Save your work to share anywhere. Free exports carry a small "Created with Diah Sketch" mark; Pro exports are clean and high-resolution.

Three steps

From reference to sketch in minutes.

The same flow whether you're on a sketchbook page or a two-storey wall.

01

Add your reference

Bring in a photo or any image you want to draw from.

02

Overlay it

Scribble-map it by hand, or float it over your camera with AR.

03

Trace & export

Sketch directly on your surface, then save, back up or share.

Pricing

Start free. Go Pro when you're ready.

Scribble Mapping is free forever, and you can try AR Sketch free with our sample line-art images. Pro unlocks AR with your own images, unlimited high-resolution exports, and no watermark.

Free
$0
always free
  • Diah Scribble Mapping
  • Try AR Sketch with sample line-art images
  • Local save · import/export .dsx
  • 3 exports/day · low-res
  • Diah Sketch watermark
Start free
Pro Weekly
$2
per week
  • Everything in Free
  • AR Sketch with your own images
  • Unlimited HD exports
  • No watermark
Pro Monthly
$4.99
per month
  • Everything in Free
  • AR Sketch with your own images
  • Unlimited HD exports
  • No watermark
Save 33%
Pro Yearly
$39.99
per year
  • Everything in Pro Monthly
  • Two months free vs monthly
  • All future Pro features
Best value
Lifetime
$109.99
one-time · pay once
  • Everything in Pro, forever
  • All future Pro features
  • Works fully offline
Good to know

Questions, answered.

Do I need to install anything?+

No. Diah Sketch runs in your browser. On phones you can add it to your home screen and it works like a native app, including offline.

Does my artwork get uploaded anywhere?+

No. Everything — references, projects and drawings — stays on your device. Nothing leaves it unless you choose to export or share. There's no account to create.

Do I need to print a marker?+

Only if you choose Marker mode in AR Sketch. Free overlay needs no marker at all, which is what most people use for walls.

How do payments work?+

Pro is handled through secure checkout (Paystack, with card support). After paying, you activate Pro in the app with the email you paid with.

Will it work for large murals?+

Yes — that's exactly what Free-overlay AR is for. Because there's no marker to keep in frame, you can move up and down a big wall and your reference stays in view.

Start transferring today.

Open Diah Sketch in your browser and bring your first reference to canvas — free, no sign-up.

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