Google AutoDraw: How to use Google’s new software and become an artist in seconds

Google has just made it a lot easier for us all to become budding artists with AutoDraw.

AutoDraw is a new web-based drawing tool that is completely free to use on mobile, tablet and computer, that will turn your failed attempts at drawing into something that people can actually recognise.

With AutoDraw, you can draw a rough sketch of virtually any object, for example, a dog, and no matter how good or bad it is, Google will suggest a much better version. Google has partnered up with several designers and artists who have created the huge library of of suggestions.

If you’d rather have a more authentic drawing that fully resembles your drawing talent, you can turn the AutoDraw feature off. 

AutoDraw can currently recognise “hundred” of doodles, with more being added all the time. You can make suggestions for pictures to include in Google’s library, or if you’re an accomplished artist you can draw your own and submit them.

AutoDraw is based on much of the same technology as Quick, Draw!, another of Google’s A.I. experiments. Quick, Draw! is a bit like the game Pictionary. You’re given objects to draw and Google has 20 seconds to guess what it is. It gives you constant voice feedback while you’re drawing to give you a bit of help, and if it doesn’t recognise the drawing within the time limit, you can find out what Google did think it was at the end.