Feather is a next-generation 3D drawing application built for professional designers, visionary artists, and you.
Bring your imagination to life with versatile 3D brushes redesigned for space, seamless and intuitive navigation, and a delicate interplay of light and shadow powered by the Airbreath rendering engine. Feather is the ultimate creative space to unleash your ideas without limits.
Draw. Rotate. Create.
• All you need is a pen and touch. Freely navigate 3D space, draw from any perspective, and turn your ideas into reality.
Editing feels like gaming.
• Move, rotate, and scale using the joystick. Tedious 3D editing has never been easier.
Liquify the space.
• Masterpieces arise from many trials. Use "3D Liquify" to push and pull every detail, letting your imagination roam free.
Brushes reimagined in 3D.
• Enjoy the classic feel of drawing with pressure-sensitive 3D brushes, featuring styles and patterns for enhanced expression.
Every angle tells a story.
• 3D artworks are meant to be viewed from various angles. Capture and sequence shots to weave your own story.
A creative toolkit for artists, designers, architects, and everyone.
• Tools unleash your boundless imagination. Feather is for creators who embrace diverse themes, styles, techniques, and dimensions.
Polish it up.
• Make your creations vibrant with shading and special effects.
• Lighting: Illuminate and cast shadows with a single tap.
• Post-processing: Add a finishing touch with grain, depth of field, glow, pixelation, or toon shading.
Export to 3D formats.
• Your 3D creations have no limits. Export your work from Feather, use it in other tools, and explore new workflows.
Features you need. Indeed.
• Fully Offline: Use anywhere without an internet connection.
• Shapes: Draw straight lines, circles, ellipses, and smooth curves.
• Eraser: Works just as you expect.
• Live Mirror: Draw symmetrical lines with a virtual mirror.
• Import Reference: Insert images or 3D models into your workspace.
• Clipboard: Display reference images in a separate window.
• Background Image: Add colors or images behind your 3D artwork.
• AR View: View 3D creations in real-world settings.
• Share: Generate a 3D viewer link to share your artwork.
• Folders: Organize drawings into folders for easy access.
• Geometric Primitives: Draw on spheres, cylinders, cones, or rings.
• Data Backup: Back up your files and keep them secure.
... what if you don’t have a pen?
• Turn on "Finger-pen" mode to sketch, paint, and edit using just your fingers.
Showcase your work.
• Feather Gallery is the best place to view and share 3D artworks. Discover what’s possible and find inspiration.
Your journey starts here.
• From detailed guides to hands-on tutorials, everything you need is at your fingertips.
• Documentation: Learn all of Feather's interfaces, gestures, and features.
• Basic tutorial: Follow our videos to draw and learn how to use Feather.
• Community: Join Feather users from around the world on Discord.
The impressive modeling tool Feather lets artists and designers transform flat two-dimensional drawings into immersive three-dimensional creations that can be rotated, reshaped, and animated with just the stroke of Apple Pencil Pro or a finger.
Solid 4, not 5
Ronbo13
Feather is a very cool app, and people should give it a try but… Seriously, did anybody at Apple actually use it before giving it the design award, or did they jut get wowed by a demo? Feather has a lot of rough edges when you actually try to use it; it really feels like a beta. For starters, there’s no way to flip the interface for left-handers and that really seems like a gimme. For all you right-handers out there… There’s no 2 finger tap to undo (or indeed any way to undo except tapping the arrow). The interface is obscure; the iconography isn’t great and there’s NO TOOLTIPS. I thought Apple cared about good, clear interfaces? They give enough talks about it. The lack of tooltips is my biggest gripe with Valence 3d. Even worse, some of the modes work well only in demos, like the mechanism for drawing straight lines, which is only ever activated at the same time as curve-prettification. So you draw a line and pause, waiting for the line to become straight, and then you can move the end—pint where you want it? Nope! The system decides to keep the lovely curves and allow you merely to slightly adjust the curvature… but no way are you going to move that endpoint. This is annoying while drawing a line, but it’s a disaster when using the fat highlighting pen, because the endpoints become hideous pie-with-a-slice-out things. Feather picks curve-prettification 95% of the time when I want straight lines, and there’s hardly any way to change that. Worse, they said they’d have to revamp the whole engine to change that… so while they hope sometime soon to have left-hander mode and tap-to-undo, straight lines are a pipe dream. None of which is to say Feather is a bad app. It’s very cool. But it feels like a beta. It’s kind of scary to find myself wondering if Apple is handing out awards based on presentations and demos, rather than people inside the company actually using the app in any real way.
Feels SO unnatural for 2D artists
Thornoroni
I can’t help but feel like it is more meant for the average 3D workflow versus the average 2D workflow. I’m an illustrator and always wanted to try 3D; I’ve dabbled very basically in Blender but got frustrated when it came to refining details, so I was hoping this would be a good middle point to help me ease in. It really feels like this app wants you to try using it like a 2D art app you can just rotate, but when you try to do basic things (such as simply resize a cube), it completely does not work how you would expect it to even with basic knowledge of 3D. Why do I have to rotate the canvas in order to properly stretch out or move all 3 dimensions?? Who decided a joystick was the best way to move things around?? Why not just add pull bars on all 3 sides like Blender?? It’s trying so hard to appeal to 2D artists without acknowledging basic middle grounds of knowledge it loops back around to feeling completely foreign. I’m trying not to watch the tutorial videos (I would really just prefer tooltips) but without them I have no clue what several buttons even really do, and reading the reviews it looks like I’m not alone with that. I REALLY want to like this but man, they need to talk to some actual 2D artists and see what makes sense to them naturally because right now this really doesn’t.
Developer Response
We’re sorry that even basic tasks like transforming a cube felt unfamiliar and cumbersome when you had hoped Feather would help you move from 2D drawing into 3D. Thank you for explaining where the experience fell short of your expectations. We agree that basic features should be easier to understand without relying on video tutorials. For the next update, we're preparing tooltips for every UI element, with explanations available right where you're working. Currently, you can tap the axis icon at the bottom right of the joystick to switch from view-based controls to movement and rotation along the 3D axes. We also recognize that the controls can feel unintuitive or cumbersome, and we're preparing an update to rework them, including scaling along individual axes. We develop Feather through hands-on use within our team, including a concept artist who started with no 3D experience and an automotive designer proficient in both digital 2D drawing and Blender. We're not yet satisfied with the experience either. We'll use your feedback to refine the controls and guidance so you can build on your existing drawing skills and knowledge while exploring new ways of creating in 3D.
I feel like I’m breaking all the rules of 3D art design… but it all makes sense!
Heck of a Writer
I still feel wrong for using this app like I would my normal 2D art programs - Filling in shapes and sketching lines with thin strokes feels almost counterintuitive to every thing I’ve learned about 3D rendering, but you know what? Somehow, this actually all clicks for me! If you’re frustrated with Blender and software like that, but you know how to do so much as a simple sketch, then all you really need is about an hour to learn the basics of using the Apple Pencil (or a trackpad, mouse, or finger!) with this app, and then you can quickly be off to the races. My only complaint is that I wish there was a more intuitive way to learn about how to properly use 3D guides and brushes - the documentation and tutorials help, but for newcomers, myself included, it can take a bit of fiddling before you get a grasp on how you’re supposed to make things. Otherwise, Great app, 10/10, and it’s a one-time flat fee, to boot!
We fixed several bugs that affected app stability and usability.
- Fixed an issue where pen pressure was not applied after using the Liquify tool.
- Resolved an issue where some fonts were not displayed correctly.
- Addressed an issue where the color panel did not work properly when using the clipboard.
- Updated the layout of some interface elements.
- Fixed an issue where straight lines were not drawn correctly near the edges of the 3D guide.
The Restore Previous Data service, available since November 2024, will be discontinued. This service was provided for users of the discontinued Feather web version to transfer their data. If you would like to download data created in Feather before November 2024, please contact support@sketchsoft3d.com.
Version 1.3.4
The developer, Sketchsoft Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Search History
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Sketchsoft Inc.
Size
51.1 MB
Category
Graphics & Design
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Languages
English and 5 more
English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
