Grease Pencil
Using positive reinforcement and artifacts to improve creative vision
OVERVIEW
Modern day photography is a process that begins before the shutter press and ends as an export in photo editing software like Lightroom. However, a photographer’s vision is clearest when looking through the viewfinder. Grease Pencil enables them to capture their brief epiphanies, stories, and details in-camera using intuitive features inspired by traditional photography techniques and the art of sketching.
THE PROBLEM
“Photographers are unable to fully convert their vision to an end result.”
THE SOLUTION
Grease Pencil
Photographers lack the tools to jot down their creative vision the moment they hit the shutter button. Grease Pencil allows them to quickly overlay stylistic-choice notes in camera with Dodge, Burn and Pencil; fundamental photo-manipulation tools.
 These overlays are directly exported to the photo-editing tools of choice like Adobe Lightroom to aid the editing process and retain creative memory.
RESEARCH
Applied Photography
The Twilight Bridge
1. THE MYSTERY Visual Intrigue
A strong focal point is often what draws attention and asks to be photographed. Qualities like scale, contrast, and hierarchy pulls the viewer in instantly.
Budding photographers are captivated by the objects and attempt to freeze the qualities in their images.
Usually such photos are striking but do not tell a broader story that resonates with audiences, making it difficult to stay with it longer.
The Descent into Deep Waters
2. THE EPIPHANY Aesthetic Composition
A vital tool to present the idea of the photo in the most intuitive way, composition allows the audience to feel the qualities in relation to its environment. Embracing composition is a pivotal step any a photog rapher’s journey as it allows them to guide the viewer with patterns and design principles like balance, symmetry, repetition and most importantly, lines.
A composed photo brings clarity to the intent behind the image, honing it brings out a shift in perspective.
The Adventurer’s Reward
3. THE MANIFESTATION Narrative Vision
Viewing the world through the lens of composition enables photographers to constantly see stories, narratives, subjects and objects around them. Capturing it in a fleeting moment becomes the pursuit of photography.
Seasoned photographers find themselves attracted to stories waiting to be told, anticipating and preparing to press the shutter at the perfect time.
The elements in the story and their roles are vital. The interplay between light and shadow is the guidance mechanism.
Hypothesis
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION Creative Reinforcement
When users interact with the screen to draw, they’re leaving behind artifacts of their intent—visual traces of their creative decisions aka “Positive Reinforcement with Artifacts”. These serve as tangible reminders of their vision, which can be satisfying and reinforce their creative process.
Phenomena
Generation Effect
Dual Coding Theory
Motor & Spatial Memory
“It’s not just about remembering; it’s about feeling in control of the narrative.”
MINDSET EVOLUTION Contrasting Film & Digital
Film
No. of Shots: ~36
Time to access images: Hours - Days
Cost per image: High
Digital
No. of Shots: 2000+
Time to access images: Seconds
Cost per image: Very Low