FlowScape
($10) As much game as tool- the 3d Bob Ross experience. Usable as a landscape composer.
From Tiny Tools Directory
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Wander the web like a shoreline.
Something new washes up every time: pages from all kinds of people, made with all kinds of tools. Beachcomb shows you what it found, then gets out of the way.
Pick a few topics
Aseprite
($15) A a sprite editor that lets you create 2D animations, heavily used.
Something different
Pure Particles, an open source art particle toy built with Three.js
Particle smoke in a glass cube. Free and open source, made with three.js by Pure Studio.
Something different
Pretty Git Tree – Your Git history as generative art
Turn a slice of git history into a diagram worth looking at. Runs entirely in your browser.
From Show HN
Blender
The general standard open-source & free 3d modeling program. Complicated but powerful.
From Tiny Tools Directory
Planet Painter
A tool that allows you to create and edit nice little spherical planets.
Something different
glitch-this!
highly customizable glitched images and GIFs in the command line.
From Tiny Tools Directory
andrewmarsh.com/software
Various generative tools - model weather, parametric shapes, sunpaths, trees, more.
Something different
The Grove
Growing (€119) Extremely competent tree growth software, works with Blender. Almost didn’t include because $ but it does what it does well.
From Tiny Tools Directory
Paint of Persia
A rotoscoping tool that lets you draw pixel art over video frames.
From Tiny Tools Directory
Substance Suite
A unique ecosystem of tools and content dedicated to 3D Materials.
Something different
PureRef
Organize your inspiration references and speed up your creative process for free.
From Tiny Tools Directory
MagicaVoxel
A free lightweight 8-bit voxel art editor and GPU based interactive path tracing renderer.
From Tiny Tools Directory
openFrameworks
C++ libraries aimed at visual artists, a "toolkit for creative coding".
Something different
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