Sketching with friends is on the way

Sketchbug was built for solo sketching first. You open the editor, draw, save to your library, and come back whenever you want. That still matters. But some of the best ideas do not happen alone. They happen on a napkin passed across a table, on a whiteboard during a brainstorm, or in a group chat where someone says "just draw it."

We are working on a new feature for exactly that: sketching with friends.

What you can do today

If you want to share work with someone right now, Sketchbug already supports sending a sketch to another user. It lands in their inbox, and they can accept or decline it. That flow is great when you want to hand off a finished drawing or share something for feedback later.

It is not the same as sitting next to someone while you both draw.

What we are building

Sketching with friends means opening one canvas and drawing together in real time. You and the people you invite see the same sketch update as strokes land. No exporting files back and forth. No waiting for someone to accept a copy before you can react to what they added.

In the editor, that looks like a live session inside the sketch you already know:

• A Live together badge in the header so you can see when a session is active
• Avatars for everyone in the room, including you
• Named cursors on the canvas so you can tell who is drawing where
• An Invite button when you want someone else to join

We want the rest of it to feel just as natural:

• Open a sketch session and invite a friend
• Draw at the same time on the same canvas
• Use the tools you already know: layers, brushes, shapes, text, and fonts from Font Hub
• Keep the session in your library when you are done

The goal is not a separate collaboration app bolted onto Sketchbug. It is the sketch editor you already use, extended so other people can join you inside it.

Why we are doing this

Sketchbug is about draw it, keep it. Sharing brushes and fonts through Brush Hub and Font Hub already made the product more social. Collaborative sketching is the next step.

We keep hearing the same kinds of use cases:

• Two friends doodling together during a video call
• A designer and a client roughing out an idea in the same session
• A teacher walking students through a simple diagram live
• A small team whiteboarding before a meeting starts

Those moments need a shared canvas, not just a shared file.

What is still in progress

This feature is actively in development. The screenshots above are from work in progress, not something you can use in production yet. We are working through the hard parts you would expect: keeping strokes in sync, handling multiple people editing at once, and making sure sessions feel stable even when someone's connection hiccups.

We are not ready to turn it on for everyone yet. When it ships, we will announce it here on the blog.

Help us get it right

If collaborative sketching is something you would use, we want to hear from you. What would you draw with a friend? Would you use it for fun, for work, for teaching, or something else entirely?

Use the Give feedback link in the site footer and tell us what you are hoping for. We read everything.

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Draw it. Keep it. Soon, together.