The Draw
A blank page to draw on.
About this page
A blank page for the hand instead of the keyboard—the sibling of The Page. Draw with a mouse, a finger or a stylus; where the hardware reports pressure, the line answers it. Four inks from the site’s own shelf, three widths, an eraser and an undo, and the page keeps your drawing as you work. When something is worth keeping, the download button hands it over as a PNG.
Questions
Where do my drawings go?
They stay in this browser, saved to local storage on your device, and reappear when you return. Clearing the browser’s site data clears the page too, so download anything you want to keep as a PNG.
Does the page autosave?
Yes—a moment after the pen lifts, and again when you leave. A very long drawing can outgrow the browser’s storage allowance; if that happens the drawing stays whole on screen, autosave stops for the session, and a notice asks you to download it—so nothing you drew is ever thrown away.
Can I use it with a stylus or drawing tablet?
Yes. The page listens to pen, touch and mouse alike, and where the hardware reports pressure—an iPad pencil, a drawing tablet—the stroke swells and thins with it.
Can I save my drawing as an image?
The download button in the top right saves the page as a PNG named after today’s date, rendered at double resolution so it stays crisp.
Can I keep it in my drawer?
Yes. The drawer button beside the download keeps the drawing in your drawer in The House, as a picture, in this browser. Keep it again after more drawing and the picture there is brought up to date; after Clear, the next drawing is kept on its own. From the drawer it can be downloaded as a PNG, the same one the download button gives.
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