Our Journey

2025
September 17, 2025

SketchPro Embraces Liquid Glass

With iOS 26, SketchPro embraced Liquid Glass, bringing translucency, vibrancy, and fluid motion into every sketch. This breakthrough design adapts seamlessly to light and movement, making the creative process more expressive, immersive, and delightful than ever before.

June 30, 2025

Introducing SketchPro on Apple Vision Pro

We brought SketchPro to Apple Vision Pro, delivering a fully immersive drawing experience. With iPad-as-a-Trackpad support, flexible canvas positioning, advanced layers, and pro-grade brushes, artists can now create in a natural, limitless, and futuristic space redefining the future of digital artistry.

April 1, 2025

Releasing Goals in Drawing Desk

We introduced the Goals feature in Drawing Desk, designed to give learners a structured path in their creative journey. By setting personalized goals, users receive guided lesson recommendations, tailored learning paths, and steady motivation to achieve milestones.

February 13, 2025

Introducing Streaks in Drawing Desk

We introduced Streaks to make daily drawing fun, rewarding, and consistent. By tracking consecutive days of creativity, Streaks encourage learners to build habits, stay motivated, and celebrate their progress as they grow their artistic skills.

2024
December 10, 2024

Releasing Art Space

We launched Art Space, an innovative app that empowers artists to create professional art mockups in minutes. With over 250 customizable interiors, intuitive smart tools, and seamless sharing options, Art Space helps artists streamline their creative process and improve workflow

October 18, 2024

Releasing Drawing Desk Masterclasses

We introduced Drawing Desk Masterclasses, a new milestone in digital art learning. Designed as a complete 5-in-1 solution, Masterclasses bring together professional artist videos, step-by-step on-screen guides, text and voice instructions, and all the digital tools learners need in one platform

February 6, 2025

Releasing Drawing Desk Vision Pro

We released Drawing Desk Vision Pro, introducing an immersive way to learn how to draw. With step-by-step AR Drawing Lessons, learners can follow guided instructions that appear directly on their paper or easel, making the process as natural as having a mentor by their side. Enhanced gestures and diverse courses bring clarity, creativity, and fun into every drawing session.

2023
May 18, 2023

Releasing SketchPro

After much careful planning and plenty of hard work, we successfully released SketchPro, a digital painting app for artistic professionals. Equipped with state of the art drawing tools and features, SketchPro combines the latest in digital art for a sublime artistic experience.

2022
December 1, 2022

Being Featured on Google Cloud

4 Axis was recognized as a partner and noteworthy case study by Google Cloud following our continued success with the platform and its services. Over the years, we’ve used Google Cloud to help power our apps and deliver the best digital experiences for our users. Learn more here.

October 1, 2022

Releasing New AI Tools

Our team successfully produced a host of new and exciting tools for digital creativity, powered by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Several of these features are now available on the Drawing Desk app and on our Drawing Desk web.

August 15, 2022

Drawing Desk Climbs to 50 Million Downloads

Our flagship product Drawing Desk reached yet another groundbreaking milestone gaining over 50 million downloads across the globe. This came as a result of several changes and improvements brought to Drawing Desk over the years, which made the app more accessible and relatable to more users worldwide.

June 1, 2022

Extending Our Abode

We opened our second office space, designed to further promote our culture of innovative thinking, together with our Axian team spirit and dedication. This was yet another stepping stone for us as we continued to welcome new talent to our Axian family.

April 26, 2022

Drawing Desk VR is Released

Extending our journey with Drawing Desk, we successfully released the lab version of our first ever Virtual Reality app. With the exciting possibilities offered by VR, users can now be part of a unique and immersive artistic experience!

2020
July 17, 2020

Finding Our Newest Home

7 years into our journey, we moved into our latest workspace in the heart of Colombo! Designed to offer a cozy working environment that fosters creative thinking, our new home signaled yet another step forward on our creative journey!

2018
August 1, 2018

Drawing Desk Hits 16 Million Downloads

Our flagship product, Drawing Desk, garnered a total of 16 million downloads worldwide. This memorable milestone was a testament to our hard work and dedication within every aspect of 4 Axis.

2016
August 25, 2016

Becoming a Google Strategic Partner

4 Axis was recognized as a Google Strategic Partner owing to the steady rise of Drawing Desk on the App Store within the United States. The success of our flagship product helped us break barriers and reach new heights on the international stage!

 

August 17, 2015

Drawing Desk Reaches 6 Million Downloads

Within its first two years, Drawing Desk reached a milestone of 6 million downloads worldwide, with significant download numbers from the US. This was the perfect start to our creative journey at 4 Axis!

2015
December 16, 2014

Finding a New Workspace

Our 4 Axis team moved into a homely work space, with an improvised interior and an environment designed to inspire new ideas and creativity!

2014
January 26, 2013

Drawing Desk is Released

Our flagship product Drawing Desk was released, signaling the start of our creative journey at 4 Axis. Drawing Desk was introduced as a family-friendly art app designed to help others explore art and creativity in multiple forms!

2012

Achievements