Art and drawing

Perspective, light, composition, and forms you can turn around. About these tools.

Drawing tools and studies

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Change a pose, move a light, or turn a shape to see it from another side. Each tool's How it works explains the controls and what the model leaves out.

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Perspective figure

Explore figure and head perspective with posable models, construction boxes, camera lenses and vanishing-point guides. Export a drawing reference or transparent overlay.

A posed figure surrounded by blue perspective construction boxes.
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Light study

Study light and shadow on a white sphere. Adjust light direction, size, reflected light and camera lens, then compare contours, blurred values and value bands.

A white sphere lit from the left, with its cast shadow and light guide.
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Composition analyzer

Compare composition grids on photos and artwork. Overlay thirds, golden spirals and diagonals, with optional object-detection alignment scores, not beauty ratings.

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Barnstone studio

Compare cage spheres, interlocking bands and an Escher-inspired sphere in one interactive drawing studio, with adjustable geometry and construction guides.

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Sphere slicer - Barnstone method

Place angular guides around nested spherical shells and toggle the zones between them. Explore unequal sections, curved boundaries and exposed interiors.

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Tetris sphere - Barnstone method

Arrange tetromino blocks around a spherical reference. Change ring count, piece density, scale and elevation to study repetition on a curved surface.

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Tetris tetrominoes - Barnstone method

Rotate the seven tetromino shapes as 3D block models. Adjust block size and gaps, compare silhouettes, and inspect perspective with construction guides.

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Sphere cutter - Barnstone method

Remove longitude and latitude sections from nested spherical shells. Edit individual layers to study cut surfaces, depth and negative space.

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Nested spheres - Barnstone method

Explore concentric spherical bands with adjustable spacing, width and opacity. Compare nested curves, occlusion and construction guides in a 3D drawing reference.

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Interlocking bands - Barnstone method

Adjust the thickness, width, radius and gaps of three segmented circular bands. Study apparent overlaps, cross sections and negative space from different views.

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Escher sphere - Barnstone method

Explore three perpendicular spherical bands with a 3D grid, cross contours and golden-section reference circles. A geometric drawing study, not an impossible object.

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Cage sphere - Barnstone method

Build a spherical cage from horizontal rings and vertical ribs. Adjust its proportions and orbit the model to study ellipses, contours and negative space.

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Block builder - Barnstone method

Place and remove cubes on a 3D grid to study stacks, silhouettes and perspective. Export scene data or a vector snapshot of your block construction.

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Posable figure

Pose a sculpted figure with named movement controls. Study construction boxes, cut a section through the posed surface, and save a drawing reference or outline.