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Yeah. What would make it really stand out is if it were compositional. Judging based on the demo animation, it doesn't appear to be so.

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I'm not sure what you mean by "compositional", but you can keep drawing after you've matched a shape and it will start suggesting matches for your new shape as well--though unfortunately it doesn't seem to auto-scale the icon you pick to the size of your original drawing, so unless they're already the size you want it's not as helpful as one might hope.

I guess GP means, I start drawing a cat, and it becomes a nicely drawn cat, then I add wings and a horn and a pistol and it becomes a flying laser unicorn cat.

I assumed this was the big idea in TFA, but it seems it's a collection of clip arts, with a terrible interface for looking them up.

I am super confused by the existence of this.

I guess GP means, I start drawing a cat, and it becomes a nicely drawn cat, then I add wings and a horn and a pistol and it becomes a flying laser unicorn cat.

Yes, exactly. And then you start sketching a few rough buildings, a beam, some comets, some explosions, and a helicopter: it becomes a drawing of a giant flying unicorn laser cat from space, attacking Tokyo.

Edit: something like this [0].

[0] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/78/9c/99/789c99430...

Your use of the word compositional is still a little confusing to me. Cool cat though...

OP's example is maybe a little odd, but I admit that the very first thing I tried was "compositional" as well. I drew a mountain, clicked the icon to make it into a mountain, and then drew a bike going up it. However, there was no way to have a drawing with both a mountain and a bike.

It is easy enough to scale them though. And you can flip them horizontally or vertically too.

I could have sworn none of those controls were there an hour ago. At any rate, now that I can scale things here's a random icon I drew to demonstrate the point: https://www.autodraw.com/share/G2IIQMITW0BB

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