Color puck
Your color, lighter and darker shades, recent colors and opacity, floating right next to your drawing.
A drawing studio made for artists
Your lines.
A little magic.
Sketch, ink and paint in a studio that opens right in your browser. When your line art is ready, Paint For Me lays down color, shadow and light on their own layers, and never touches your lines.
- 105
- brushes in 13 families
- 22
- color moods
- Any
- tablet, phone or computer
Color, shadow and light on their own layers
Paint For Me
Press one button and watch color arrive in layers.
Paint For Me reads your line edges, finds the paint regions, applies a color palette, and builds editable flat, shadow, and light layers while keeping your lines visible.
Editable color layers
Line art stays visible
Palette moods and rerolls
Try Paint For Me
A line drawing, waiting. Press the button.
Paint For Me
One drawing.
Twenty-two moods.
Finish your line art, pick a mood, and watch color arrive. Every color lands on its own editable layer with shadow and light, so the painting stays yours to push further.
- Your line layer is never touched
- Change any color, and its shading follows
- Paint bucket fixes stay when you try another mood
Same lines. Any hour.
Try a mood, fix a color with the paint bucket, then try another. Your fixes stay put while you explore.
The studio
Everything within reach
while you draw.
Color, size and opacity side by side. Fit, Move and Mirror one tap away. Brushes, layers and Paint For Me without digging through menus.
Paint bucket
Fix any area with a color from the painting's own palette. Shading and glow follow the new color.
See a mood before you pick it
Every mood shows its colors, so Neon, Sunset or Pop Art is exactly what you expect.
- Move, Fit and Mirror Zoom in on the details, drag the view with the Move hand or Space, and mirror your strokes left-right, 4 ways, radial or mandala.
- Opacity with color and size One tap for 25, 50, 75 or 100 percent, right next to your color.
- Made for your phone too A bottom toolbar, the Studio as a sheet you slide up, and every tool in view.
- Layers by finger Drag a layer by its grip to reorder it, and hold its name to rename it.
Core studio
The essentials, organized around how artists actually work.
Brushes, layers, Paint For Me, stamps, proof replay, and built-in tutorials. Everything an artist needs from sketch to finished proof, in one browser studio.
Draw And Paint
105 distinct brushes, eraser, smudge, fill, liquify, selections, and shape tools without fighting the interface.
Open feature overviewLayers That Matter
Opacity, locking, blend modes, clipping, groups, thumbnails, merge tools, and the confidence to experiment.
Open feature overviewPaint For Me
Turn linework into base colors, shadows, and highlights faster, and your lines stay safe.
Open feature overviewStamps And References
Save your perfect ears, eyes, props, and guides. Reuse them when your next character needs them.
Open feature overviewProof Replay
Show your process with compact replay clips. Proving your art is human-made matters more every day.
Open feature overviewLearn While Drawing
Practice hands, noses, heads, faces, value, and poses with friendly reference cards right on your canvas.
Open feature overviewStarby Art Suite
Draw it here, then carry the art into bigger projects.
Starby Art is the drawing hub. Make your artwork, save it safely, then carry it into books, planning, and future creative tools without losing the original piece.
Live beta
Starby Art
The main studio canvas for brushes, layers, stamps, Paint For Me, proof replay, and `.starby` project backups.
Live beta
Starby Breathe
A calm 24-hour visual time-blocking planner, habits tracker, and thought organizer to protect focus and prevent burnout.
Operational
StarbyBook
Build books with your finished art. Works now, and may get a launch upgrade before the public suite rollout.
Find Your Creative Flow
Sketch, ink, color, render, save, and prove your process.
Starby Art is built around the path artists actually follow. Start loose, clean the drawing, add color, build light and shadow, save your work, then share proof that the art came from your hand.
Start your flow
01
Sketch
Pencil and gesture brushes for loose rough ideas.
02
Ink
Liners and brush pens for clean confident edges.
03
Color
Paint For Me or fill tools for readable base colors.
04
Render
Shadows, highlights, and polish with guided light directions.
05
Save
.starby project backups and PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF exports.
06
Prove
Replay clips and process certificates for process trust.
Brush Bonanza
105 genuinely different brushes across 13 families.
Sketch, ink, paint, watercolor, airbrush, texture, decor, border, comic, character, effects, secret FX, and smudge tools. Pick a family, find the vibe, and start drawing.
13 Sketch
11 Ink
12 Paint
3 Watercolor
3 Airbrush
10 Texture
6 Character
10 Decor
8 Border
3 Comic
13 Effects
4 Secret FX
9 Smudge
Pencil
Sketch, draft, graphite, charcoal, and layout marks.
Ink
Liners, nibs, brush pens, bold marks, and rough ink.
Character
Hair, faces, folds, skin, hands, shadows, and anime polish.
Paint
Oil, gouache, marker, watercolor wash, impasto, and painterly color.
Airbrush
Soft mist, stencil edges, blush, shadows, clouds, and spray effects.
Texture
Paper tooth, fabric, scales, stipple, grain, and surface magic.
Decor
Patterns, borders, florals, sparkles, and background detail brushes.
Comic
Tones, speed lines, panel lines, noir shading, and pop texture.
Effects
Glow, chrome, sparkle, clouds, shadow, blur, and decorative FX.
Secret FX
Extra stash of clouds, glow, blur, sharpen, shadow, and sparkle.
Smudge
Blend, pull, push, smear, soften, and painterly edge control.
Beta safety and install
Create freely. Back up like a professional.
Starby Art runs as a PWA in your browser. Add it to your device, autosave while you work, and export `.starby` backups when a piece matters.
Save in the app
Use File, Save Project while you work so the browser keeps a recent editable copy.
Export `.starby`
Download an editable project file before refreshing, switching devices, or starting a major new version.
Export finished art
Keep PNG, transparent PNG, JPEG, WebP, PDF, or resized exports outside the browser for sharing and printing.
Keep proof clips
Use Proof Timelapse when process matters, especially for commissions, social posts, or portfolio trust.
Stay in the loop
Help shape what comes next.
Join the list for launch notes, new brush packs, and beta updates. No spam, just artist-tool progress.