And some new ideas too, which we look forward to sharing soon”. Sketchbook says that is has “a roadmap of updates planned, many of which are based on requests from Sketchbook users. The Sketchbook apps – Sketchbook Pro for macOS and Sketchbook for Windows, Android and iOS – are currently in the process of being moved from Autodesk to Sketchbook on the corresponding app stores.Īll Some are currently still available for free and, with Autodesk having ended sales of the commercial version earlier this year, there’s no information on how the new owners plan to fund development. New updates planned, but no real details yet The announcement has come as welcome news for many veteran Sketchbook users, with concept artist and illustrator Richard Yot describing it on the Foundry forum it as “my favourite drawing app of all time”. “If fantasy, industry folk lore, and the state of current affairs have taught me anything, it is that under the right conditions, at specific points of time and space, indeed, anything is possible.” “The plot has suddenly thickened,” he posted on LinkedIn earlier this week. The new firm is headed by CEO LeeAnn Manon and chief product officer Chris Cheung: both Autodesk veterans, although neither was working for the company at the time of the spin-off.Ĭheung was previously part of the SketchBook Pro product team at Autodesk, before going on to head up work on Mischief, Foundry’s now-discontinued digital sketching software. “After careful consideration and evaluation, we found the perfect home for SketchBook with a company formed by people who previously built and evangelized the SketchBook brand.” “While we value SketchBook and feel an obligation to the community … we also recognize that much has changed at Autodesk,” wrote Autodesk VP for automotive, concept design and XR Thomas Heermann. This week, Autodesk broke that radio silence to announce that development of Sketchbook has been taken over by a new independent company, Sketchbook Inc. Now developed by the people ‘who built and evangelized’ the brand The app’s social media accounts also went silent, with tweets from Sketchbook pausing in December 2020. The spin-off marks the latest change of ownership (and name: it has now lost the capital ‘B’) for Sketchbook, which was orignally developed by Alias and acquired by Autodesk along with Maya in the 2000s.Īt Autodesk, it went through a number of further changes in format and pricing, eventually ending up in 2018 as a free app for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, with a separate commercial Enterprise edition.Īfter that, things seemed to stagnate: the last update to the desktop version was in 2019, which was to remove the need to log in to use it, although the mobile editions were updated more recently. The apps will continue to be available from the Apple, Google and Microsoft app stores, where they can currently be downloaded for free, but delivered by their new owners.Īnother change of owner for the veteran digital sketching software Scroll down for news of the price changes.Īutodesk has spun off SketchBook, its digital sketching software, to a new company, Sketchbook Inc. Furthermore, there happens to be only a couple of dozen uses of this code left, so I would hurry…Įdit: I thought you guys might want to also know that I bought my copy with my own money.Originally posted on 25 June 2021. No funky competitions or games this time as this offer ends sometime tomorrow. The discounted box set is only available at the Comic-Con. Please note that this discount is for online purchases of this software only. SketchBook Pro 2011 retails online for USD$80 and after the discount you can pick it up for just USD$56! Get it now at: and use this discount code: CCWA30CBK. So if you are like me, someone that ironically owns SketchBook Pro on all other platforms except on your own PC or Mac, it’s time to get it now. I have been thinking of getting SketchBook Pro for a while now and this 30% discount tipped the scales for me. I’m sure many of you know what SketchBook Pro is all about, especially if you have used their Apps on the iPhone or iPad. The kind folks of Autodesk heard that I loved SketchBook Pro so much that they extended their Comic-Con only 30% discount to all Design Sojourn readers! Get 30% off SketchBook Pro for your Mac or PC!
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