Gridskeleton — Free Online Grid Template Generator
Design layered grid templates for artists.
The grid maker that works in layers
Gridskeleton is a free online grid maker built around layers. Instead of one flat grid, you can stack several grids on a single canvas, each with its own spacing, colour, and line width. It is a fast way to build a precise grid template for digital art, illustration, print layout, and pattern work, without installing anything.
How it works
Stack layers
Add as many grid layers as you need. Combine a tight reference grid with a coarse guide grid to get exactly the structure your artwork needs.
Style each layer
Set the spacing, colour, and line width per layer so every grid reads clearly: bold majors, light minors, or high-contrast guides for tracing.
Export your way
Download the grid as PNG, JPG, WebP, or SVG, combined or one file per layer. Turn the background off for a transparent overlay that drops onto a layer in Procreate or Photoshop.
Made for any page size
Designing for print? Start from a page-size preset. A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 are all set up at 300 DPI in portrait or landscape, so the grid you design is the grid you print, with no resizing and no guesswork. Build an A4 grid template, A3 graph paper, or a poster-scale A0 grid and export it ready for the printer.
What artists and designers build with it
A layered grid maker is more flexible than a single fixed grid, so the same tool covers very different jobs. Here is how people put Gridskeleton to work.
Digital art & Procreate grids
Turn the background off and export a transparent PNG grid overlay you can drop straight onto a layer in Procreate, Photoshop, or Clip Studio. Use a fine grid to check proportions and a bolder grid to mark thirds or a focal point, then hide the layer when you are done. Because it exports as SVG too, the grid stays crisp at any zoom on the iPad.
Pixel art & game tiles
Set the spacing to your tile size, whether 16px, 32px, or 64px, and add a second layer at the chunk size to line up sprite sheets and tilemaps. A square grid overlay makes it easy to keep pixel art on a consistent grid and slice a sheet into even cells for your game engine.
Pattern & surface design
Block out repeats, checks, plaids, and tiled motifs by layering regular grids at different spacings and colours. Export the grid as a guide and build your seamless pattern on top, confident that every repeat lands on the same measurements.
Print, layout & graph paper
Start from an A0–A5 page-size preset at 300 DPI and design a grid for exactly the paper you will print on. Make printable graph paper, bullet-journal grids, cross-stitch and knitting charts, or a baseline grid for a zine or poster in portrait or landscape, with no resizing afterwards.
Drawing & proportion practice
The grid method is a classic way to copy or scale a reference accurately. Choose how many divisions you want, export the grid, and draw square by square to keep proportions true. It is a simple way to build observational skill or enlarge a small study to a big canvas.