GeckoSketch

overview beta

Sites like Line of Action and Quickposes are great for gesture drawing, but you're stuck practicing from their images. I wanted to practice from the references I'd actually collected, so I built a tool around that.

GeckoSketch imports your images into a local library, lets you tag and filter them however you like, and turns any slice of that library into a timed practice session in one click. Tagging your own references takes a bit more setup than a pre-built site, but it's far more flexible.

Everything lives in one self-contained folder, so your library is easy to back up, sync, or even keep in git across machines.

Note: GeckoSketch is currently in beta (v0.1.0). Expect some rough edges.

tech stack

Java 21, JavaFX
SQLite
Maven, jpackage

features

Flexible sessions - chain segments together (e.g. 5 × 30s, then 3 × 2min, then 1 × 10min), each drawing from its own tag filter, playlist, or saved view
Hierarchical tags - nest tags like animal / bird and filter with And, Or, and Exclude
Memory drawing - study an image, draw it from memory, then compare
Study aids - flip, rotate, grayscale, blur, grid overlays, and 2 to 4 tone value studies, all without touching the original
One-click presets - jump straight into practice from the home page
Session review - look back over every image after a session and favorite or tag the keepers
Easy importing - drag and drop files, folders, or images straight from a browser, with duplicates caught automatically
Gruvbox themes - light and dark modes, plus rebindable keyboard shortcuts

geckosketch

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