Kid Pix just became pubic domain, so the remade (but pretty much exactly the same) version is now available here.
Drawing Bot is a free, open source software for converting images to line drawings for Plotters / Drawing Machines / 3D printers. It also serves as an application for visual artists to create stylised line drawings from images / video.
It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
If you want to support the development of DrawingBotV3 you can donate here or contribute to the Drawing Bot Collection!
Features
15 Path Finding Algorithms - all highly configurable to create unique drawing styles
Automatic Path Optimisation for Faster Plots - Line Simplifying, Merging, Filtering, Sorting
Pen Settings: configurable colour / stroke width / distribution weight / blend modes - perfect for multi-layered plots.
Image Sequences: You can export image sequences animations of your creations!
Version Control: Save your favourite versions as you go and reload them.
Project Saving & Loading
60+ Image Filters for pre processing the imported image
Automated CMYK separation
Advanced User Interface with live drawing preview
User configurable Drawing Area, with Padding / Scaling Modes
Special pens for Original Colour/Grayscale Sampling
Presets: can be saved/imported/exported for sharing different styles with other users
Exports can be exported per/pen or per/drawing in multiple file types
Batch Processing: Convert entire folders of images automatically.
GCode - configurable Drawing Area, XYZ Offsets / Auto Homing.
vpype Integration
Path Finding Modules
Sketch Lines PFM
Sketch Curves PFM
Sketch Squares PFM
Sketch Quad Beziers PFM
Sketch Cubic Beziers PFM
Sketch Catmull-Roms PFM
Sketch Shapes PFM
Sketch Sobel Edges PFM
Spiral PFM
Voronoi Circles
Voronoi Triangulation
Voronoi Stippling
Voronoi Diagram
Mosaic Rectangles
Mosaic Voronoi
More info here
Supported File Types
Import Formats:
Images: [.tif, .tga, .png, .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .jpeg]
Export Formats:
Vectors: [.svg, .pdf],
Images/Image Sequences: [.tif, .tga, .png, .jpg, .jpeg]
GCode: [.gcode, .txt],
This timeline is the result of researching the origins of digital paint and draw software, and the tools that were developed to allow for hand manipulation (versus plotter drawn) drawing and painting - the mouse, light pen & drawing tablet. If we look at the software that has become commonplace today (such as adobe photoshop), which allows for painting, animation and photo manipulation in one, we can trace the roots of this software to the University and Corporate Labs that housed large computers with advanced capabilities for their time - MIT Lincoln Labs & Radiation Labs, DARPA & the Augmented Research Centre (ARC), Bell Labs, NYIT’s Computer Graphics Lab, Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (Xerox PARC), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL). The artistic collaborations that grew out of these labs fueled the advent of Computer Graphics, Computer Art and Video Art from the 1960's to the 1990's.
This visual timeline starts by tracing the paint systems, frame buffers, and graphic user interfaces created out of these labs, with a focus on the first paint/draw software and the various drawing tools. I am interested in how the larger corporate, and often Military Funded laboratories, effected the dawn of the personal computer and the introduction of the personal computer to the home. This timeline continues through the 1980’s, with a focus on the software and hardware that was developed for the home market from late 1970's to the 1990's.
Paint and Animate Live!
Tagtool transforms your iPad into a visual live instrument. Paint with light, create animated graffiti or tell improvised stories.
https://www.tagtool.org/
https://bibliogram.art/u/tagtoolcrew
Strike is a web-based, 1-bit paint tool, primarily for quick sketching or line-drawing.
Features
brush / eraser / fill tools with different brush shapes and sizes
16-'color' palette via dither patterns. Each pattern is treated as a separate color for fill tool
~50 step undo / redo (it's fragile, so don't rely on it too much)
import PNG and JPG files, which will be converted to 1 bit form
zoom via mouse scroll or two-finger pinch
basic image transform tools (flip / mirror / resize canvas)
save images as a 16-color greyscale (which will import back into Strike with all patterns intact), or as 1-bit black and white image
autosave (see notes)
Animation playground
We’d like to show you a new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators.
Wonderfully musical
Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm.
Everyone in the loop
Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age, and is already being used by some influential indie animators.
REXPaint is a powerful and user-friendly ASCII art editor. Use a wide variety of tools to create ANSI block/line art, roguelike mockups and maps, UI layouts, and for other game development needs. Originally an in-house dev tool used by Grid Sage Games for traditional roguelike development, this software has been made available to other developers and artists free of charge. While core functionality and tons of features already exist, occasional updates are known to happen.
With Multipaint, you can draw pictures with the color limitations of some typical 8-bit computer platforms. The screen formats supported are Commodore 64 high resolution, Commodore 64 multicolor, Commodore Plus/4 Hires, Commodore Plus/4 multicolor, ZX Spectrum, MSX 1 and Amstrad CPC0.
Multipaint features common drawing tools, color clash emulation, cut brushes, dither patterns, grid / snap, 20-step undo, spare page, magnify modes, direct executable export, export as source, import/export in native formats and much more.
PabloDraw is an Ansi/Ascii text and RIPscrip vector graphic art editor/viewer with multi-user capabilities.
GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing, it includes a very large number of tools and effects that make it particularly suitable for pixel art, game graphics, and generally any detailed graphics painted with a mouse. The program is mostly developed on Linux and Windows, but is also portable on many other platforms.
Draw from your browser sketchy, shaded, chrome, fur, long fur and web style.