3-D TOOLS
Art in the third dimension doesn't have to be intimidating. get into these links and get cozy with medium of the future.
(accessible intro to CAD style 3d tools)
tinker cad
(lightweight 3d sculpting)
Sculpt gl
(low-poly 3d design suite)
block bench
(simple voxel based 3d design)
Voxelator
(simple 3d design suite)
figuro.io
(customizable 3d art galleries w/ multiplayer)
oncyber
(quick & easy 3d model viewer)
creators-3d viewer
(hella 3d reference + free model downloads)
sketchfab
(browser-based game engine)
playcanvas
(image-to-normal map tool)
normalmap-online
VIDEO/ANIMAITON
We live in a world of increasingly non-static media. Its all reels, shorts, & tiktoks, so it's a good idea to get cozy with video editing, timelines, and keyframes.
(video editing app)
vidmix.app
(background removal)
unscreen
(gif creator/converter)
ezgif.com
(video editing app)
mastershot.app
(video editing app)
veed.io
PRODUCTIVITY/ADMIN
Tools for the business end of things. get paid,be efficiet, and stay rested, so you have more time to draw.
(let's get this bread)
invoice generator
(collaborative whiteboard)
whiteboard
(file transfers w minimal hassle)
justbeamit.com
(real-time collaborative drawing board)
TLDRAW
(concept design / moodboard)
milanote.app
(handy file converter w many available options)
online-convert
(random name picker for giveaways)
wheelofnames
(open source virtual desktop for file transfers)
puter
(custom QR's for your stickers & cards)
qr generator
(take breaks and stretch dummy)
egg timer
(youtube vid alarm clock)
alarm dj
FEDIVERSE
Over the last decade, social media has become an overbearing maelstrom of noise & advertising. Go decentralized and escape the dumpster fire. This is the future of the social internet.
(insta alternative)
pixelfed
(twitter alternative)
mastodon
(youtube alternative)
peer video
(reddit alternative)
lemmy world
(fediverse platform directory)
fediverse.party
AI
A red hot & rapidly expanding category of tools. I'll attempt to limit it to free options, but due to the nature of these platforms utilizing a ton of compute power on their end, its fair to assume you'll have at best a free teir or free trial. AI platforms are inherently more expensive to run than the webapp tools i've featured in other categories
(advanced prompt generation for txt2img generators)
promptomania
(openAI's flagship)
chat-gpt
(generative 3d from image or text)
meshy.ai
(image upscaler)
upscale.media