Urban Painter

Urban Painter is a handy and simple application designed to offer easy ways to help you draw symmetrical models with fixed or user-defined starting points and palette options.

The setup is over before you know and once complete you can take the program for a test to determine if it fits your needs. The layout is well-organized and clean, displaying the working area and several handy panels (commands, palette, toolbox).

You can start by opening an existing image from the computer and drawing over it or begin from scratch. You have the choice to manually set the canvas width and height parameters or pick from the standard sizes provided by the app.

You can view the drawing points directly on the canvas, which are set to default values to correspond with the reflection model (mirror, vertical, secondary). From the "Tools" menu, you have the option to move the points to the desired location to create the intended design.

Once set, you can choose from the menu a specific effect, like star, circle or polygon and a reflection from the toolbox panel. You can select the brush's size, and color from the palette.

It would've been nice if the tool let you create a gradient design using several colors. It's possible to apply two image effects, namely grayscale and invert. The result can be saved as a PNG, BMP and GIF file format.

The bottom line is that Urban Painter is an approachable and fun piece of software that comes in handy to those who want to make amazing symmetrical designs in the shape of stars, flowers or circles using fixed or moving points.