Drawing Mode

Drawing Mode is the core feature of T-Sketch — a unified drawing system with three brush engines in one mode. Press D to switch to Drawing Mode.

Draw Mode Panel
Draw Mode Panel

Raster brushes, vector effects, ink brushes, and color controls

Three Brush Engines

Drawing Mode combines three brush systems. Each stroke uses one engine based on the brush you select.

1. Raster Brushes

  • Pen — pressure-sensitive strokes with tapered ends
  • Spray Painter — airbrush effect with soft edges

2. Vector Effects

13 effect types, most support color customization. Fire uses an internal gradient.

  • Fire
  • Glow
  • Smoke
  • Comet
  • Volumetric
  • Electric
  • Bubbles
  • Neon
  • Glitch
  • Stars
  • Shatter
  • Fluid
  • Helix

3. Ink Brushes

About 19 brushes with pressure sensitivity and resolution-independent rendering:

  • Marker
  • Pressure Pen
  • Highlighter
  • Calligraphy
  • Pencil
  • And more

Controls

  • Size slider — adjust brush size
  • Opacity slider — control stroke transparency
  • Color picker — set stroke color

Palette Shortcuts

Press keys 1 through 7 to quickly select palette colors.

Brush Size Keys

[ decreases brush size, ] increases brush size.

Constrained Drawing

Hold Shift while drawing to constrain strokes to horizontal or vertical lines.

Magic Stroke

Hold the pen still for 1 second at the end of a stroke. A quick-create menu appears with options: Shape, Line, Text, Symbol, Image, or Cancel. Use this to convert a stroke into another object type.

Vector Only Mode

When zoomed out significantly, raster brushes are disabled automatically. A badge appears to indicate Vector Only Mode. At very low zoom levels, only vector effects and ink brushes work. This keeps strokes crisp at any zoom.

Per-Brush Settings

Each brush remembers its own size, opacity, and color independently. Switching between brushes restores the last settings for that brush.

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