Concepts for Windows and Concepts for Android & Chrome OS are young versions of our infinite sketching app, launched in 2018 to encourage creativity across mobile platforms (where Concepts for iOS was started 10 years ago). We are working toward cross-platform parity among Windows, Android and iOS as quickly as we can. If you have questions or feedback about your app experience, please head in-app to Help > Ask Us Anything and we'll chat with you directly.

 

We are working to create tutorials and share stories from our professional designers, illustrators and visual thinkers around the world. Below you can find a list of our materials, updated regularly. You can also find the latest here on our News.

 

Learn Concepts for Windows (YouTube)

Learn Concepts for Android (YouTube)

Setting Up Your Menus, Brushes and Presets (Tutorial)
Working With Your Infinite Canvas (Tutorial)

Select and Edit Your Notes, Drawings and Designs (Tutorial)

How to Use Layers to Take Notes, Illustrate and Design (Tutorial)

Learn to Draw Series (YouTube)

 

The Slice Tool: Divide and Conquer Your Ideas (Tutorial)

The Nudge Tool (Tutorial)

Drawing Shapes Instead of Lines: 8 Exercises for Filled Stroke (Tutorial)

How to Use the Color Picker (Tutorial)

How to Make Icons (Tutorial)

 

How to Design in Concepts (Tutorial)

How to Edit Your Grid (Tutorial)

How to Set Up a Perspective Grid (Tutorial)

How to Sketch with a Perspective Grid (Tutorial)

How to Create Lined Paper (Tutorial)

 

How to Use the Objects Library (Tutorial)

 

How to Edit a PDF (Tutorial)

 

The Art of Storyboarding - with Mimi Chao (Interview)

Drawing from Inspiration - Iron Man - with Cory Siewert (Interview)

Creating an Urban Sketch Journal - with Amin Zakaria (Interview)

Theatre Design Modeling on the iPad Pro - with Peter McKintosh (Interview)

The Challenge of Creating Big: Capturing Melbourne on the Art Tram - with Nyein Chan (Interview)

Imagining the Grinch: Creating Concept Art for Film - with Yarrow Cheney (Interview)

Illustrating the Good Samaritan on the Surface Pro - with Matthew Farmer (Interview)

Comic Character Sketching - with Mikey Martinez (Interview)

Painting the Australian Outback - with Helen Gordon (Interview)

Draw a City-Scape (Tutorial)

How to Touch Up a Photo (Tutorial)

 

When Design Meets Cake, It Transforms into Delicious - with Chef Madison Lee (Interview)

Creating Innovative Game Experiences: The Making of RedWaterOne - with Bart Massee (Interview)

Problem Solving for Brand Design - with Franz Escolastico (Interview)

Sketching Wireframes for Web Design - with Charli Marie Prangley (Interview)

Vintage Design Elegance: Creating for Wine Decor - with Terrance Lam (Interview)

Modeling Concept Designs on the iPad Pro in Shapr3D and Concepts (Interview)

Winning Concepts in Retail Design - with Charles Freestone (Interview)

Adding Color and Pattern to Designs - with Jill Buckley (Interview)

Designing the Astrea Water Bottle - with Bart Massee (Interview)

Spatial Design Exploration in Architecture - with Cedric Christian, AIA (Interview)

Creating Timeless Interior Design - with Anna Aeschbacher (Interview)

Design Process in Landscape Architecture - with Warong Naivinit (Interview)

Designing for Whitework - with Jill Buckley (Interview)

Nature Gadget - A Biological Approach to Technology of the Future - with Umair Zia (Interview)

 

The Concepts Sketchnoting Toolbox (Tutorial)

Visually Minded: Drawing and Presenting Ideas as Sketchnotes - with Jonny Daenen (Interview)

Sketchnoting Tools and Techniques - with Tobey Busch (Interview)

A Year Using Concepts at St Cyres School - with Damian Parker (Interview)

Design Technology in the Classroom: Rising into Success at St Cyres School (Interview)

 

 

Here are some of our older yet still relevant stories from a previous version of Concepts for iOS. They have tons of great illustration and design tips that will inspire your work. We hope you enjoy them.

 

10 Techniques to Up Your Sketching Skills (Tutorial)

Draw Your Own Hand (Tutorial)

How to Make an Easy Reflection (Tutorial)

(Good) Texture Makes It Taste Good (Tutorial)

5 Exercises for Drawing with Atmospheric Perspective (Tutorial)

3D Rendering a Mechanical Ibis - with Mike McFadyean (Interview)

The Transparency of a Glass Sphere - with Michael Fisher (Interview)

The Art and Tech of Tattoos - with Marcelo Cominguez (Interview)

Designed to Make: Introducing Tipitos - with Marcelo Cominguez (Interview)

How to Create a Stencil - with Jill Buckley (Interview)

How to Create Photorealistic Graphics - with Marcelo Cominguez (Interview)

Character Sketching Basics (Tutorial)

How to Make a Custom Greeting Card (Tutorial)

From Rough Sketch to Final Render (Tutorial)

How to Design a Stained Glass Window on iPad (Tutorial)

Creativity is Transformative - with Dave Peterson (Interview)

The Art of a Volunteer Zombie - with Helen Madden (Interview)

Performance Car Illustration - with Alex Sheers (Interview)

A Guide to Pruning Fruit Trees - with Alex Grover (Interview)

 

The Design Life of a Paperless Architect - with Craig Burns (Interview)

2D and 3D Architectural Design Workflow - with Woojae Sung (Interview)

A Practical Evolution of Ideas and Tech in Architecture - with Ewen Miller (Interview)

The Layers of Architectural Design - with Erick Mikiten (Interview)

Architectural Design Tools & Workflow - with Antonio Ferreira (Interview)

A Journey into Architectural Design - with Evan Bronstein (Interview)

Workflow In, Game Design Out - with Bart Massee (Interview)

How to Design a Stained Glass Window on iPad (Tutorial)

Designed to Make: Rolling Light - with Marcelo Cominguez (Interview)

Do you have something you’d like to learn about or a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear from you - please send an email to support@concepts.app and we’ll chat.