# MIKO.ART > Miko Meow is a creative developer, designer, and musician making browser-native apps, drawing tools, and sound experiments — creator of Sketchpad, Color Piano, and ColRD. Generated: 2026-08-16T06:49:53.577Z Author: Miko Meow Website: https://miko.art Full content: https://miko.art/llms-full.txt Miko Meow is the creator of Sketchpad (sketch.io), a browser-based drawing app used by millions of people, and a collection of creative software including Color Piano, ColRD, Be Here Meow, Sand Art, and Zendala. This site collects the apps themselves, a journal of process notes dating back to 2006, and a music archive. ## Primary pages - [About Miko](https://miko.art/about/): Creator biography, background, and contact details. - [Apps collection](https://miko.art/): Full catalog of browser-native creative tools. - [Music](https://miko.art/music/): Tracks, demos, and sound experiments. - [Art](https://miko.art/art/): Visual art archive and showcases. - [Contact](https://miko.art/contact/): How to reach Miko for collaborations. ## Journal - [Journal index](https://miko.art/journal/): Full archive of process notes, release announcements, and experiments. - [Journal RSS feed](https://miko.art/journal/rss.xml): Machine-readable journal feed. - [llms-full.txt](https://miko.art/llms-full.txt): Full journal content for one-shot ingestion. ### Categories - [Apps](https://miko.art/journal/category/apps/): Journal entries filed under Apps. - [Open Source](https://miko.art/journal/category/open-source/): Journal entries filed under Open Source. - [COLRD](https://miko.art/journal/category/colrd/): Journal entries filed under COLRD. - [Code Art](https://miko.art/journal/category/code-art/): Journal entries filed under Code Art. - [Portlandia Foods](https://miko.art/journal/category/portlandia-foods/): Journal entries filed under Portlandia Foods. - [Diy](https://miko.art/journal/category/diy/): Journal entries filed under Diy. - [Music](https://miko.art/journal/category/music/): Journal entries filed under Music. - [Talk](https://miko.art/journal/category/talk/): Journal entries filed under Talk. ### Recent entries - [Color Piano, Reintroduced](https://miko.art/journal/2026/04/color-piano-reintroduced/): Music theory for visual learners. - [Be Here Meow v1.0](https://miko.art/journal/2024/07/be-here-meow/): Pause, reflect, and discover calm. - [Sketchpad 5.0](https://miko.art/journal/2018/01/sketchpad-5-0/): Hot off the press, released January 2018! Introducing Sketchpad v5.0 (codename Fancy Fox), a year after 4.1. The biggest change: brushes now - [Sketchpad 4.1](https://miko.art/journal/2017/01/sketchpad-4-1/): Extra extra! Released January 2017. There’s a new SketchPad in town, focused on making it feel at home in more places around the world. Them - [Sketchpad 4.0](https://miko.art/journal/2016/06/sketchpad-4-0/): I’m excited to announce Sketchpad 4.0! The focus of this release was making the app more colorful, faster, and easier to use. That meant rew - [C.A.R.D.S. Project](https://miko.art/journal/2015/10/c-a-r-d-s-project/): I was recently asked to create artwork for the C.A.R.D.S. Project. Chris & John gave me no restrictions, and only one task: Create something - [Sketchpad 3.7](https://miko.art/journal/2015/02/sketchpad-3-7/): Sketchpad v3.7 has arrived, February 2015! This is the release I’d been hearing the most requests about: 300DPI export for print, automatic - [Made with Code](https://miko.art/journal/2014/06/made-with-code/): I recently had the pleasure of working on Google’s Made with Code initiative with the Red & Co. creative studio and Mash, a group of develop - [Sketchpad for Custom Print](https://miko.art/journal/2013/10/custom-print/): Sketchpad has been used in applications from scientific machine learning, to kids drawing, but we haven’t had much chance to focus on any co - [Sketchpad 3.0](https://miko.art/journal/2013/07/sketchpad-3-0/): Sketchpad 3 is available in the Chrome Webstore (for free), combining WebGL effects with vector editing, and lots of HTML5 goodness! You can - [WebcamFX - GLSL Shaders](https://miko.art/journal/2013/07/filterstack-webcam-effects/): Take photos with your webcam: mix and match combinations of filters to come up with your own unique effects. FilterStack includes a large co - [Sketchpad 2.1](https://miko.art/journal/2012/11/sketchpad-2-1/): UPDATE: Read about Sketchpad 3.0 Where Sketchpad 2.0 introduced non destructive vector + bitmap editing on the web. Sketchpad 2.1 (SP2.1) ta - [Sketchpad 2.0](https://miko.art/journal/2012/10/sketchpad-io/): UPDATE: Read about Sketchpad 3.0 Introducing a new way to create graphics online. Sketchpad 2.0 is a non destructive vector & image editor, - [Presets on Google Developer Live](https://miko.art/journal/2012/10/making-web-magic/): I recently had the honor to be part of a new series called Presets on Google Developer Live hosted by Paul Irish, and lovingly put together - ["Time Traveler" piano song](https://miko.art/journal/2012/09/the-traveler/): It’s time to start going out of my comfort zone and pursuing music a bit more! This is a song that I wrote earlier this year for the harpsic ## Optional - [Human sitemap](https://miko.art/sitemap/): Human-readable site map. - [XML sitemap](https://miko.art/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable route index.