The add-on is great for people who want to annotate while they are reading something online, or to help users figure out what they have to do when they arrive at a specific webpage. For example, which button to click to make an account on Dropbox, etc.

Just visit the add-on page for Screen Draw and install it. Once you have installed the add-on, click on the little “Draw” icon at the bottom of your browser window to start painting over the webpage, and once you are done click the “Save” icon to save.

Features

• Great for making annotations and saving image easily to desktop computer.
• Free add-on – the app can be used by anyone.
• Easy and simple to use.

Check out Screen Draw @ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screen-draw (via AddictiveTips)

How To Draw Cartoon Animals is a free smartphone application for Android devices. The app is sized at at 12MB and is compatible with devices running version 1.6 or later. With the app you get an outline of more than 70 cartoon animals that you can trace with your finger. These 70 drawings include animals, fairy tale characters, cartoon characters, cars, and various other items and characters you find in cartoons.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with Android devices.
• Helps you draw cartoon characters.
• Includes outlines for over 70 cartoon characters and objects.
• Similar tools: Draw.to, 3DTin, SketchPad and Myoats.
• Also read related article: 3 Free Doodling Apps For The iPad.

Check out “How to Draw cartoons animals” @ market.android.com/details?id=com.artelplus.howtodraw&feature=top-free (by MOin from Thumb Press)

It does quite a good job. I drew a number of shapes and characters and it always had the right match in its list of possible matches.

The tool was created to recognize unicode characters that we only roughly know the shape of. As you see in the screenshot above, it shows the possible shape along with information related to that character. It doesn’t require any sign up, so you could just start drawing in the box and hit “recognize” to get the results.

Features

• Draw shapes and characters and find their names.
• No registration needed.
• Similar tools: Unicodinator, NiceEntity, UnicodeTable and JoyLy.

Check out ShapeCatcher @ www.shapecatcher.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

You can perform Google Image search by drawing anything in the area provided or use your webcam to take a picture and search the web. The site also supports drag and drop features meaning that you can search the web by dropping the image from your computer.

When you open the website, you will see a blank drawing area on your screen. All you have to do is select the pencil size and color, and click on Search by Drawing button. It will display all the results related the picture you drew. It will even show you any related image Google can find on the internet.

The service only works with Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Features

• Free and simple
• Search Google by drawing images
• Use your webcam to take snapshots and search Google
• Works in Firefox and Chrome
• Similar sites: Gazopa, Pixolu and more in recent MakeUseOf article about alternative image search engines.

Check out Unofficial Google Image Search @ www.search-by-drawing.franz-enzenhofer.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

The best thing about the service is that you do not have to install any third party tool on your PC and the service works with all modern based browsers.

To get started, just click on the Start Drawing button and it will take you to an AWW whiteboard where you can select the drawing tool and its size. You can even invite your friends to collaborate on the whiteboard and once you are done, you can either save the drawing on your computer or share it on Facebook or Twitter.

Features

• Simple and easy to use.
• Works on all modern browsers.
• Collaborate and share drawings online.
• Works on mobile browsers.

Check out AwwApp @ http://awwapp.com (via FreeTech4Teachers) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Draw a Stickman is a website that plays a fun animation using characters and objects that you can draw. You start by drawing your character. This character is then animated into opening a box; you open the box with a key you draw and then battle a dragon with a sword you draw. The animation goes on with objects you draw making the entire experience interactive and fun.

The next time you find yourself with a few minutes to kill, be sure to pay Draw a Stickman a visit.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Animates characters that you draw.
• Uses objects in animation that you draw.
• Helps pass your time in a fun way.
• Similar tools: DrawBang, Drawisland and Doink.
• Also read related article: 3 Free & Easy Stick Figure Animation Programs.

Check out Draw a Stickman @ www.drawastickman.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Your drawing can be saved by logging in with your Facebook account. You can also undo or redo any step and delete a drawing if its not to your liking. The app has a dead simple functionality and provides a really hassle-free way to draw simple images.

Features:

• Create 16 x 16 images online.
• A simple drawing with only 16 colors.
• Redo, undo a step or delete an image completely.
• Save an image by logging in to your Facebook account.
• Similar tools: ASCIIFlow, Drawisland, CreateAgif, GIFmake, SketchPad and SimpleDiagrams.

Visit DrawBang @ www.drawbang.com

DoodleLy is a free to use web tool that lets you create online doodles. You can create all sorts of doodles using the various colored brushes available on the site. The doodling canvas is white, and when you are done with your piece you can name it to save on the site. It can then be shared with friends on Facebook and Twitter. If it is really creative, it might show up on the site’s homepage where you will find some of the best doodles on the site.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create doodles online.
• Offers variously colored brushes to complete your doodles.
• Lets you share your doodles on Facebook and Twitter.
• Similar sites: OdoSketch, SketchSwap, XSketch and some more.

Check out DoodleLy @ http://doodle.ly (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

VectorPaint is a free to use tool that comes as an extension for Google Chrome. After installation, it can be accessed through a button that appears when you open a new tab. Users are quickly familiarized with the app’s interface: the drawing tools are located on the left, the canvas in the center, and the right contains colors, opacity tools, strokes, and layers.

Using a variety of drawing tools – such as lines, shapes, text, inserting online images, writing text, and layering objects – you can create wonderful drawings. Then using the File menu in the top left you can export your images to PNG or SVG files. SVG files can also be opened by the app; this helps save your drawing in SVG and then opening it for editing later.

Features:

• A user-friendly tool.
• Compatible with Google Chrome.
• Lets you create drawings with lines, shapes, text, and layers.
• Lets you export drawings to SVG and PNG.
• Similar tools: Klowdz, ScribLink, SketchPad and FlockDraw.
• Also read related article: 3 Free Doodling Apps For The iPad.

Check out VectorPaint @ chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hnbpdiengicdefcjecjbnjnoifekhgdo (by MOin from ThumbPress)

ASCII Flow also lets you create lines made up of text characters, and lets you create boxes, arrows, and draw lines. The boxes, arrows, and lines are made up of hyphens, plus signs, and vertical lines. When you are done with your drawing you can export it to simple text so it can be copied and used wherever you want. Alternatively you can export the drawing to HTML and obtain its code that appears in a box on top of your drawing.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create drawings made up of text.
• Lets you draw lines, arrows, and boxes.
• Exports your drawings to simple text or HTML.
• Similar tools: ASCII Art, ASCIImeo and ASCII-O-Matic.

Check out ASCIIFlow @ www.asciiflow.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)