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HTML

              
                <div id="wrapper">
  <!-- (A) CANVAS -->
  <canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

  <!-- (B) DRAW CONTROLS -->
  <div id="controls">
    <input type="button" value="Clear" id="cClear">
    <input type="color" id="cColor">
    <input type="number" min="1" max="9" value="1" id="cSize">
    <a id="cSave" download="draw.jpg">Save</a>
  </div>
</div>


<!-- (X) VISIT CODE-BOXX -->
<div id="code-boxx">
  Visit
  <a href="https://code-boxx.com/javascript-drawing-app/" target="_blank">
    Code Boxx
  </a> for more details.
</div>
              
            
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CSS

              
                /* (A) WHOLE SITE */
* {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

/* (B) WRAPPER */
#wrapper {
  width: 600px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* (C) CANVAS */
#canvas {
  width: 600px;
  height: 400px;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

/* (D) CONTROLS */
#controls {
  display: flex;
  border: 1px solid #aaa;
}
#controls * {
  height: 50px;
  padding: 10px;
  border: 0;
}
#cClear, #cColor, #cSave { cursor: pointer; }
#cColor { flex-grow: 1; }
#cClear {
  color: #fff;
  background: #c51c1c;
}
#cSave {
  display: flex;
  color: #fff;
  background: #4e74cb;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}


/* (X) NOT IMPORTANT */
body {
  background: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1606926693996-d1dfbed4e8c9?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwzMjM4NDZ8MHwxfHJhbmRvbXx8fHx8fHx8fDE2NjAxMTcxMDE&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center;
  background-size: cover;
}
#code-boxx {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-top: 30px;
}
#code-boxx a {
  display: inline-block;
  border: 0;
  padding: 5px;
  text-decoration: none;
  background: #b90a0a;
  color: #fff;
}
              
            
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JS

              
                // CREDITS
// https://dev.to/0shuvo0/lets-create-a-drawing-app-with-js-4ej3
// https://riptutorial.com/html5-canvas/example/11659/detecting-mouse-position-on-the-canvas

var draw = {
  // (A) PROPERTIES
  canvas : null, // html canvas
  ctx : null, // html canvas context
  px: null, py : null, // previous mouse coordinates
  cx: null, cy : null, // current mouse coordinates
  go : false, // flag to control paint

  // (B) INIT
  init : () => {
    // (B1) GET HTML ELEMENTS
    draw.canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
    draw.ctx = draw.canvas.getContext("2d");

    // (B2) SET CANVAS WIDTH & HEIGHT
    draw.canvas.width = draw.canvas.offsetWidth;
    draw.canvas.height = draw.canvas.offsetHeight;

    // (B3) DEFAULT DRAW SETTINGS
    draw.ctx.fillStyle = "#ffffff";
    draw.ctx.strokeStyle = "#000000";
    draw.ctx.lineWidth = 1;
    draw.ctx.fillRect(0, 0, draw.canvas.width, draw.canvas.height);

    // (B4) ATTACH DRAW CONTROLS
    // (B4-1) CLEAR CANVAS
    document.getElementById("cClear").onclick = () => {
      draw.ctx.fillRect(0, 0, draw.canvas.width, draw.canvas.height);
    };

    // (B4-2) DRAW COLOR
    document.getElementById("cColor").onchange = (e) => {
      draw.ctx.strokeStyle = e.target.value;
    };

    // (B4-3) DRAW SIZE
    document.getElementById("cSize").onchange = (e) => {
      draw.ctx.lineWidth = e.target.value;
    };

    // (B4-4) SAVE CANVAS
    document.getElementById("cSave").onclick = (e) => {
      e.target.href = draw.canvas.toDataURL("image/jpg");
    };

    // (B5) ENGAGE/DISENGAGE PAINT
    let disengage = () => {
      draw.px = null; draw.py = null; draw.go = false;
    };
    draw.canvas.addEventListener("mousedown", (e) => draw.go = true);
    draw.canvas.addEventListener("mouseup", disengage);
    draw.canvas.addEventListener("mouseout", disengage);
    draw.canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", draw.paint);
  },

  // (C) PAINT
  paint : (e) => { if (draw.go) {
    // (C1) GET CANVAS MOUSE COORDINATES
    let cRect = draw.canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
    draw.cx = Math.round(e.clientX - cRect.left);
    draw.cy = Math.round(e.clientY - cRect.top);

    // (C2) SET INITIAL COORDINATES
    if (draw.px == null || draw.py == null) {
      draw.px = draw.cx;
      draw.py = draw.cy;
    }

    // (C3) DRAW
    draw.ctx.beginPath();
    draw.ctx.moveTo(draw.px, draw.py);
    draw.ctx.lineTo(draw.cx, draw.cy);
    draw.ctx.stroke();

    // (C4) UPDATE COORDINATES
    draw.px = draw.cx;
    draw.py = draw.cy;
  }}
};
window.onload = draw.init;
              
            
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