Steve Mitchell
For stencil artists, muralists, and painters seeking to digitize and scale reference images for physical reproduction.
StencilStack - Layered Stencil
Snapshot
Who is Steve Mitchell?
Providing artists and muralists with digital tools to streamline the transfer of reference images onto physical canvases.
Target audience
Portfolio
Last updated
StencilStack - Layered Stencil
v1.0.2
4mo ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Steve Mitchell?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Graphics & Design utility tools
Scale
indie
Target audience
Stencil artists, muralists, and painters seeking to digitize and scale reference images for physical reproduction.
Signature Patterns
- •Focus on single-purpose design utilities for physical art creation
- •Monetization via paid app model
- •Core functionality centered on multi-page PDF tiling and export
- •Targeting professional and hobbyist creators in the graphics and design space
Portfolio momentum
Released 2 updates across 2 apps in the last 6 months, indicating a consistent development cadence for their current utility suite.
Portfolio
What does Steve Mitchell ship?
Apps
4 apps analysed
Analysis in progress
Analysis in progress
Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.
Based on 1 of 4 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States1 / 1
Core markets (1/1 apps)
Rivals
Who does Steve Mitchell compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Both apps target artists transferring reference images to physical canvases, but they utilize different technical approaches: ArtScaler uses static PDF tiling while AR Drawing uses real-time camera-based projection.
Same space(25)
This app provides a professional-grade stencil workflow, acting as a specialized alternative for tattoo artists using ArtScaler.
It offers a drawing projector utility that functions similarly to ArtScaler by converting images into traceable outlines.
It focuses on the stencil creation aspect of ArtScaler's utility, specifically catering to the professional tattoo design market.
This tool complements ArtScaler by providing color-matching and value-simplification features for painters working from references.
This app provides a similar AR-based tracing utility for artists to transfer designs onto paper, acting as a direct alternative to ArtScaler.
It provides a similar tracing utility to ArtScaler, expanding the scope to non-traditional surfaces like cookies and shoes.
It serves the same mural-creation audience as ArtScaler but requires a dual-device setup to facilitate large-scale projection.
While ArtScaler focuses on line templates, this app complements the workflow by helping artists analyze image values for better shading.
This app competes for the same hobbyist audience by providing AR-based tracing tools that replace manual grid-drawing workflows.
known for
Graffiti AI: Mural & Wall Art
This app offers a generative AI alternative for visual content creation, serving artists who need mural or street art inspiration.
It provides AI-driven stencil creation tools, serving as a modern alternative for users who prefer AI over manual grid scaling.
It serves the same beginner artist segment as ArtScaler but focuses on a hybrid learning model combining AR tracing with video lessons.
This app focuses on the visualization stage of the art workflow, helping users scale and preview work on walls.
This app offers a broader generative design tool that overlaps with the creative image-processing needs of stencil creators.
known for
AR Tracing: Easy Art Drawing
This app provides an AR tracing assistant that overlaps with ArtScaler's core utility of projecting images for manual sketching.
This app targets the same crafter and designer audience by converting images into scalable vector graphics for cutting machines.
This app provides a digital tracing camera that competes with ArtScaler by offering both classic and AR-based tracing modes.
This tool provides a complementary utility for digitizing physical sketches into clean assets for professional design workflows.
This app captures casual creators with generative tools that compete for the same user time as stencil-making workflows.
This app provides a camera-based projection tool for novice artists, serving as a direct functional peer to ArtScaler's template conversion.
This app uses AR to provide guidelines for drawing, serving the same hobbyist market as ArtScaler's template-based approach.
This app provides a grid-overlay tool that serves as a basic alternative to ArtScaler's automated template conversion.
This app competes in the stencil generation space but fails to provide value due to technical instability.
It offers a digital version of the classic grid-drawing technique, directly mirroring the manual process ArtScaler seeks to replace.
This app serves the same digital-to-physical design niche by converting photos into pixel-based assets for game development.
New entrants(2)
This app provides a grid-based drawing tool that serves as a direct, manual-style alternative to ArtScaler's automated workflow.
This app provides specialized stencil generation for tattoo artists, focusing on ink-behavior calibration rather than general art scaling.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Steve Mitchell
Bottom line
This publisher maintains a focused, high-utility portfolio that serves a specific niche of physical media creators. Their commitment to paid, functional design tools provides a clear value proposition for artists looking to automate manual preparation workflows.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 2
- With full intel:
- 0
- With overview:
- 2
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no