AR Drawing Tips: 9 Practical Ways to Improve Your Tracing

AR Drawing gets better fast when you improve the basics: camera stability, paper position, source-image contrast, and line order. These are the habits that usually make tracing feel smoother and your final sketch look cleaner.

9 tips that actually help

1. Lock your phone in place: even small movement can throw off the overlay.
2. Use good lighting: glare on the paper makes the overlay harder to see.
3. Pick clear reference images: strong edges trace better than cluttered photos.
4. Start with outlines: large shapes give you a cleaner base than jumping into details.
5. Zoom only when needed: too much zoom reduces context and makes alignment harder.
6. Trace lightly first: it is easier to correct guide lines before darkening them.
7. Keep the paper flat: warped or moving paper changes the overlay position.
8. Take breaks to re-check: compare the traced lines to the overlay every few minutes.
9. Save the best setups: repeat the phone distance and angle that worked well before.

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