- https://www.blender.org/
- /u/M4nusky says: www.tinkercad.com for very easy 3D modeling.
- /u/JCthulhuM says: http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make
- /u/BlenderGuy shares Free Online CAD Place: OnShape https://www.onshape.com/
- /u/danbo1221 says: For 3D CAD, you may want to consider AutoDesk Fusion 360 .
- For 2D, I recommend Dassault DraftSight
- For 2D Animation /u/DarkLinkXXXX says : Don't forget OpenToonz and Synfig for 2d animation.
- https://krita.org/
- /u/MudkipOverlord says CtrlPaint: http://www.ctrlpaint.com
- /u/Fiishbait says : Terragen has a free version of its amazing software, with only some restrictions on image render size, quality levels, but can still create stunning images.
Digital Music Production:
Music MIxing:
- http://mixxx.org/
- From /u/TaTayou :For digital music production there is also reaper, you can use the demo (which is like the full version) as long as you want(and not only during 60days as advertised). : www.reaper.fm
-/u/TunaLobster adds: Paint.Net Go to school and take courses:
- https://www.edx.org/
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
- /u/Kong_Dong and /u/zzgoogleplexzz say: http://www.coursera.org/ - I knew I was forgetting one!
- https://www.udacity.com/
- https://www.codecademy.com/
- /u/TricksterofU says: http://cscircles.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/
- /u/GSRoTu says: http://scratch.mit.edu/
- /u/PaulJP says : Visual Studio Community is free, and is basically pro without enterprise-level stuff: /. The MSDN (documentation) is free online ( https://msdn.microsoft.com ), as well as Stack Overflow for questions.
- /u/CounterSeal says: http://www.theodinproject.com/
- /u/Stiino0 says: http://www.freecodecamp.com/
- /u/PM_ME_YOUR_IPv6 says: LearnCPP is a great source for learning C++ and some C
- http://unity3d.com/get-unity
- https://www.unrealengine.com/
- /u/HeavyHDx says: http://www.godotengine.org/
- /u/zxj4k3xz says: http://www.yoyogames.com/get
- /u/thug-gamer says : https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/
- https://play0ad.com/ - free, open-source, historical RTS game, being built, and could use more help
- https://www.duolingo.com/ (App is free for iOS and Android)
- http://readlang.com/ - I just remembered this one, it's Chrome extension which translates to teach.
- /u/Ihmed says: https://www.memrise.com/
- /u/jjanpi says : https://lingvist.io/
- /u/wakawakafoobar says : https://www.clozemaster.com/
- https://archive.org/details/internetarcade
- Play old PC Games: https://archive.org/details/classicpcgames
- /u/FlightGearLego says: http://www.flightgear.org/ - Free Flight Sim
- Write a book or short story. No Internet needed. Just word and your imagination.
And for regular painting/figure drawing:
(New Masters Academy-they have gesture practice there too) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliUF1c8m7MUspaCykJljSg To practice gesture:
Reference libraries for people:
- http://characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=photosets
- http://senshistock.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0
Can't think of what to draw? Here's an image randomizer of things to draw
More
- http://khanacademy.com - video lessons about every subject
- http://socratic.org - learn chemistry and physics
- http://codecademy.com - learn to code
- http://fuckinghomepage.com - daily advice, facts, and links delivered with a lot of profanity
- http://artofmanliness.com - a blog on what it means to be a man
- http://documentaryheaven.com - watch hundreds of free documentaries
- http://findtheinvisiblecow.com - a game where you find a mooing cow
- http://roughguides.com - find somewhere to travel
- http://nerdydaytrips.com - find something nerdy to do in your area
- http://sporcle.com - every type of trivia quiz
- http://stumbleupon.com - stumble across interesting stuff on the internet
- http://favoriteandforget.com - useful internet tools and tutorials
- http://simplesciencefitness.com - get into shape
- http://wikinvest.com - learn how to invest
- http://mint.com - track your spending
- http://ctrlpaint.com - learn photoshop
- http://justinguitar.com - learn guitar
- http://dailyzenlist.com - daily self improvement lists
- http://drawspace.com - learn to draw
- http://youtube.com/minutephysics - learn about physics
- http://youtube.com/crashcourse - learn about science, literatue, and history
- http://newsmap.jp - all of your news in one place
- http://ninite.com - free software bundles for your PC
