Since you are on Reddit, there’s a good chance you own a computer. Here’s a list of things you can do for free:
#3D modeling
• 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.
#Digital Painting:
• 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.
#Vector Drawing:
• https://inkscape.org/
#Digital Music Production:
• https://lmms.io/
• u/HP40 says: https://www.audiotool.com/
#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/just_not_ready says: Audacity
• u/lime_slime adds https://www.justinguitar.com/ for learning guitar!
#Photo/Image Editing:
• http://www.gimp.org/
• u/TunaLobster and u/blastermaster555 adds: https://www.getpaint.net
• u/Comrade_Bender adds: https://pixlr.com/editor/
• u/Efeler_Gibi and u/TwinLeaf04 share https://www.photopea.com, which is a free Photoshop made by a redditor
#Video Editing
• u/gaverex and u/laundmo add: DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/davinciresolve/
#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!
• u/starlinguk adds: Future Learn
#Learn programming:
• 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/Hanta3 adds: Visual Studio with Monogame is great for getting started with object oriented programming.
• 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
• u/Fl1pzomg recommends:http://www.w3schools.com/
#Watch TV:
https://www.my90stv.com
#Learn about Cyber Security!
• u/Pedigree_Dogfood says: https://www.cybrary.it
#Livestream/Broadcast!
• u/cormTiger says:https://obsproject.com/
#Make a game:
• 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
• u/ViKomprenas says: http://superpowers-html5.com/index.en.html
#Learn a language:
• Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net
• 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/
#Learn Morse Code!
• u/Vetrol says: https://www.morsecode.io
• u/shampoocell says : http://www.lcwo.net
#Play old arcade games:
• https://archive.org/details/internetarcade
• Play old PC Games: https://archive.org/details/classicpcgames
#Learn how to fly a flight sim:
• u/FlightGearLego says: http://www.flightgear.org/ – Free Flight Sim
#Nothing Needed
• Write a book or short story. No Internet needed. Just word and your imagination.
• u/bumbletowne shares this huge list of art stuff. :
• MORE ART! (shameless plug for r/drawing and r/learnart )
#Also for digital painting:
• http://www.ctrlpaint.com/
#And for regular painting/figure drawing:
• http://www.proko.com/
• https://www.drawspace.com/
• http://www.drawmixpaint.com/
• u/mdhe adds: http://drawabox.com and its subreddit r/artfundamentals for drawing.
(New Masters Academy-they have gesture practice there too)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliUF1c8m7MUspaCykJljSg
#To practice gesture:
• http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
• http://www.quickposes.com/
#Reference libraries for people:
• http://characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=photosets
• http://senshistock.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0
Palette selector (A THING THAT HELPS YOU PICK COLORS THAT GO GOOD TOGETHER)
• http://paletton.com/#uid=1000u0kllllaFw0g0qFqFg0w0aF
Can’t think of what to draw? Here’s an image randomizer of things to draw
• http://something-to-draw.com/
Edit: I didn’t post the original post, credit is up top. But I am adding things others are suggesting.
Edit: added formatting which I just learned. So that’s a free thing.
• http://reddittext.com/
• I just added this comment to my profile u/BakaSandwich as a sticky announcement to future proof it. It’ll be there for those that want to check it out. Feel free to save that one as a backup!
*https://redd.it/hsswb5*
*Edit 2: I’ll continue adding more resources in the morning! I need to get to bed!*