Links
None of these are affiliated. These are just recommendations how I found them useful. Enjoy :3
Coding
- W2 School - Best go-to coding source for HTML and CSS.
- Magic Pattern - A website that generate patterned backgrounds without the use of images!
- Visual Code Studio - A nice tool to help visually generate your wbesite without having refresh your pages over and over again.
- Codepen - Same as Visual Code Studio but coded directly in your browser.
Art Resource Websites
- Line of Action - Free to use website that has timed drawing practices of humans, animals, life drawings, and backgrounds.
- JustSketchMe - Free to use website where you can pose a 3D model with joint points and camera angles.
- Posemaniacs - Free to use of royalty free photos of human models and Écorché.
- Coolors - Color pallete generator.
- Colorhunt - An assortment of hand-created color palletes.
- Da Font - Largest library for fonts
- Google Fonts - Royalty free and open source fonts at your disposal
Recommended Art Programs and Tools
- GIMP - Free to use art and graphics programs. I've used this along with MS Paint back in the day.
- Kirita - Free to use art program and recommended if you're starting digital art!
- PaintTool Sai - The myth and the legend. I started taking my art journey seriously with this program along with a totally not cracked Photoshop program. Artwork made before 2025 was fully made in Sai.
- Clip Studio Paint - Art and animation program with a ton, and I mean TON, of community-made brushes.
- Blender - Free to use art program for 3D modeling, sculpting, animation, and much more! A very versitile application than most subscription-based programs out there.
- DaVinci Resolve - Free video editing program used by the post-production cinematography and videography industry.
- Aesprite Really great pixel art program if you're aiming to make some games!
- V Hand - A tool made with Live2D to help visualize your cursor as you're drawing while streaming! You are able to customize your hand, nails, and tablet pen as well.
- Affinity Photo Super lightweight photo editing prgram if you just need a quick edit. The biggest bonus is it is a one-time payment with paid updates every few years.
- TourBox - I am a proud owner of a TourBox Elite! With macro-mapping, I am able to activate shortcuts with one or two clicks max. There are ton of pre-sets of major programs ranging from art, music, and modeling.
Game Engines
- Godot - User-friendly free and open source app and game engine. Very lightweight with a ton of tutorials for it out there!