Fleuron [creative tools and toys] : episode 1 @DonWhitaker

Uploaded September 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Welcome to the first episode of a new series of vids where I showcase all kinds of creative tools and fun toys that you can find on the web. In this episode I share a collection of tools to construct geometric 3D shapes, web apps to create free sounds and music, an app that turns your webcam video into an animated 3D avatar, and more fun stuff.

I'd love to hear your ideas for the show and suggestions for apps or topics to cover.

Timecodes:

00:54 New and Nifty (FaceRig)
04:05 Collection (Geometric 3D models)
11:03 Sound and Music (Generate songs and sound effects)
14:47 ToyBox (Web-based photo filter)
15:58 Follow (Henry Segerman and Jessica Rosenkrantz)
18:12 kthanksbai

Links:

FaceRig by Holotech Studios
facerig.com

Polyhedronisme by Anselm Levskaya
levskaya.github.io/polyhedronisme

Geo Editor by Marcin Ignac
marcinignac.com/projects/geo-editor/app/v1

TopMod by Ergun Akleman
https://www.viz.tamu.edu/faculty/ergun/research/topology/index.html

Structure Synth by Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen
structuresynth.sourceforge.net/index.php

Fugu by Ben Porter, James Wetter and Jon McCormack
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/fugu/index.html

Incendia by Ramiro Perez
incendia.net

Groboto by Braid Art Labs
groboto.com/v3

Fake Music Generator by Corban Works, LLC
fakemusicgenerator.com

BFXR by increpare
bfxr.net

Geometric Photo Filter by Zden Hlinka
chromeexperiments.com/detail/geometric-photo-filter

Henry Segerman
on Google+ plus.google.com/+HenrySegerman/about
Website segerman.org

Jessica Rosenkrantz
Twitter twitter.com/nervous_jessica
Website n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com

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