Myoats has pretty advanced editing tools compared to other online drawing tools. The flash-based workspace has all the features that you need to create your craft. You can also use pre-defined geometries to create complex patterns for your drawing. The designs with the most number of “likes” will be featured front-and-center in the home page.

Myoats could have easily been a simple “MS Paint” application for creating amateurish drawings. But in fact, the talented community behind Myoats provides an excellent source of inspiration for creative types.

Features:

• Create simple or complex design drawings online.
• Share your drawing to the community.
• Rate and decide which drawing gets featured in the home page.
• Download your drawings as plain image, transparent PNG, or desktop/mobile wallpaper.
• Video tutorials available for Myoats artists.
• Similar tools: FlashPaint, SketchSwap and XSketch.

Check out Myoats @ www.myoats.com

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• FontPark: Create Art Drawings Using Letters
• X3Studios: Create Cool Artsy Wallpapers
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• TypoGenerator: Generate Random Nonsense Posters
• TextureKing : Free High Quality Texture Photos

The app can come in very handy for things like distance tutoring or training, collaboration or interacting with your website visitors.

GroupBoard offers both free and paid accounts. The free account lets you create as many group-boards as you like but limited to 5 users per session. The premium accounts provide more features and include voice conferencing.

Getting started is easy, you don’t even need to register for a free account. Simply enter the name of your group-board, select the tools you want to have (whiteboard, chat, message board and games) and hit “Get my Free Groupboard!” button. Get an embed code for embedding and a direct link for sharing your group-board with others. You can also password protect your group-board.

Feature overview:

• Embeddable group-boards which come with whiteboard, chatting, messaging tools.
• Easily integrate group-boards onto you site or personal webpage.
• Share your group-boards by forwarding a link.
• Your group-board participants can collaboratively draw, upload images, chat, send emails and play games.
• The free account lets you create as many group-boards as you like but limited to 5 users per session, and only 20 images can be stored online.
• Option to password protect your group board.

Check out GroupBoard @ www.groupboard.com (get free Groupboard here).

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• ScribLink: Web-based Drawing Sketchpad
• SaneBull: Add Financial Market Tracking Widget to your Site or Desktop
• Lists Widget: Get A Widget For Twitter List
• ImaginationCubed: Collaborative Online Drawing Application
• FeedSweep: Turn RSS To Widget

ASCIIPaint provides you with an editor where you can pick a character and then easily draw lines, boxes and fill selected areas. Once ther ASCII is ready it can be shared via URL and saved onto your computer as a text file.

Features:

• Draw an ASCII art online.
• Provides an editor where you can easily select any character and then draw lines, boxes, and fill in selected areas.
• Share created arts with others.
• Save onto you computer as text commented in six different styles.
• Similar websites: Text-Image, ASCIIPoster and PicASCII.

Check out ASCIIPaint @ www.asciipaint.com

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• YourFonts: Creating Fonts Online From You Own Handwriting
• YourDraft: Create and Share Drafts Online
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• WriteBoard: A Collaborative Text Editor
• Write Like An Egyptian

For those who never heard of Jackson Pollock before, he was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. Some of his paintings were sold for millions.

To create your own masterpiece, just visit the website and move your mouse around the screen. Click on the mouse to change its colors and press any key to sign your painting. When you’re done you can also print it out. Check out the video demo below.

Features:

• Create Jackson Pollock style art paintings online.
• Print put ready paintings.
• iPhone app available.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar tools: Mr.Picassohead, PsykoPaint, FlashPaint and others.

Check out JacksonPollock.org @ www.jacksonpollock.org

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• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• RateMyDrawings
• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings

The application is really simple to use and there is no sign up, just drag and drop objects (junctions, roads, cars, signs, lights.. etc) from the menu onto the canvas, rotate, move and scale them, draw and add notes to indicate important factors. There is also an option to attach a detailed text description. When sketch is finished you can print it out or download it as a PDF file.

See AccidentSketch in action in the video below:

Features:

• Draw accident sketches online.
• Create as many sketches as you like.
• Drag and drop objects such junctions, roads, cars, traffic signs, lights.. etc.
• Rotate, move and scale objects the way you want.
• Draw and add notes to indicate important factors.
• Attach text explanations.
• Print out sketches or save as PDF.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out AccidentSketch @ www.accidentsketch.com

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• Project Draw : Draw Plans and Diagrams Online
• LovelyCharts: Free Online Diagram Editor
• Depicter: Simple Diagram Creator
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator

Drag-and-drop face parts (eyes, noses, lips, ears, eyebrows etc.) onto the canvas from the left column and use provided menu buttons to apply different colors and manipulate the objects (scale up/down, rotate, flip).

When you are done, forward the painting to an email address and/or save it in the website’s gallery. There are many other user-submitted paintings in the gallery as well.

Features:

• Make Picasso art face drawings online.
• Forward your painting to an email address or save it in the site gallery.
• Browse over 1 million user submitted paintings online.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar tools: PimpTheFace, PsykoPaint, FlashPaint and others.

Check out Mr. Picassohead @ www.mrpicassohead.com

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• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• RateMyDrawings
• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings

Apart from creating your pixel art you are free to browse and check out popular arts created by other Q-Block users. The cool thing you can select any art image you like and load it inside the editor to make additional changes and later download it to your computer.

Features:

• Cool 3D free pixel art making tool.
• Switch between pixel colors, rotate 360°, customize background, show and hide canvas.
• Easily edit, copy and extrude layers.
• Save created arts online or download them as wallpaper or animated GIFs.
• Browse pixel art shared by others and save ones you like.
• Free, no registration required.
• Similar tool: CubeScape, Pixie and Colorpx.

Check out Q-Block @ www.kyucon.com/qblock

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• Pixie: Draw Pixel Art Online
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• WhatsItsColor: Find the Average Color in any Image
• Web2.0Write: Converts Text To Image Using Popular Web Icons
• Web2.0Badges: Web Badge Generator

The best part about the tool is that you can upload your own image and use it as a background to get the best matching photorobot possible. Ready face images can be saved online, printed out and shared on your blog or Facebook profile in seconds.

Below I posted a couple of videos shwoing PimpTheFace in action. Check them out.

Features:

• Create people faces online.
• Easy to use face editor with a drag and drop interface.
• Control scale and opacity effects on different face parts.
• Upload background image to get better results.
• Print out or save created images online.
• Similar tools: BeFunky, FaceMaker and PhotoFace.

Check out PimpTheFace @ www.pimptheface.com

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• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings
• Word Mosaic: Make Cool Word Mosaic Images
• WetFloorMaker: Add Reflection To Image
• Watermark-images: Batch Watermark Images Online
• Tuxpi: Make Your Own Wanted Poster

Features:

• Quickly draw and save diagrams online.
• Create as many diagrams as you like.
• Draw free-hand or straight lines.
• Add shapes such as Rectangle and Ellipse.
• Enter text and customize color and size.
• Save created diagrams online or export as JPEG, PNG or SVG images.
• Some more similar apps were mentioned in 6 Great Brainstorming and Mindmapping Sites.

Check out Depicter @ www.depicter.com

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• LovelyCharts: Free Online Diagram Editor
• Project Draw : Draw Plans and Diagrams Online
• AccidentSketch: Draw Accident Sketches Online
• ZohoShow
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software

Once started you will be provided with a set of brushes that vary in thickness and color, simply select one you like and start drawing. Completed images can be saved online and then shared with others.

You can also browse pictures created by others, view recent/latest drawings and watch how they were drawn.

Features:

• Draw fun pictures online.
• Save them online and share with others by forwarding a URL.
• Check out drawings of others and watch how they were drawn.
• Free and easy to use.
• Similar drawing apps: SketchSwap, XSketch and some more.

Check out Odosketch @ www.sketch.odopod.com

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• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• RateMyDrawings
• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings

Once you are done, just save it and send it out. You can also browse and send eCards created by other artists and even see how they created it with the “replay” option.

Features:

• Draw and send personal ecards.
• Choose and send from hundreds of eCards made by other users.
• Rate eCards created by others and download them as wallpapers.
• Post comments on eCards or share them with your friends.
• Use your Facebook ID to login.
• Also see YouTube’s Holiday Cards and Disney E-Cards.

Check out PenCake @ www.pencake.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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• FlyGreetings: Stylish, Quality Designer e-Cards
• BirthdayDialer: Send Free Singing Birthday Telegrams By Phone
• Wishpot: Create Wish Lists by Adding Items From Any Website
• VoxCard: Send Cards With Your Voice Greetings
• RemiMe: Online Birthday Reminder Calendar

• Simple online pixel editor.
• Draw as many pixel images as you like.
• Save created drawings to computer.
• Quick and simple to use.
• Other sites to generate pixel art are CubeScape and Colorpx.

Check out Pixie @ www.app.strd6.com/creation/images/new

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• Q-Block: Free Pixel Art Creator
• WhatsItsColor: Find the Average Color in any Image
• Web2.0Write: Converts Text To Image Using Popular Web Icons
• Web2.0Badges: Web Badge Generator
• VectorMagic: Convert Pixel-based Image to Vectorized

When the image is ready you can download it to your computers or publish on PsykoPaint gallery for everyone to see. You may also check out its public gallery and see what others came up with.

Feature Roundup:

• Online painting tool to give your images an original painting feel.
• Apply different brushes: strokes, polygons, particles, shapes, ribbons and geometrics.
• Apply variety of blend modes: erase, darken, hardlight, multiply, overlay, screen and more.
• Color selection is done automatically.
• Save ready images onto your computer or publish them on PsykoPaint gallery.
• Browse gallery of images created by others.
• Free, no sign up needed.
• Similar tools: ImageMixer, Viscosity,  Mutapic, Bomomo, Dekaf and Wordle.

Check out PsykoPaint @ www.psykopaint.com

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• Word Mosaic: Make Cool Word Mosaic Images
• PimpTheFace: Create A Face Online
• WetFloorMaker: Add Reflection To Image
• Watermark-images: Batch Watermark Images Online
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator

You may download pictures to your computer in different sizes or print them out directly from the website.

Furthermore, you can rate, download and print pictures – all without any registration. Although egistered users get an extra option to bookmark and save favorite pictures to personal album for later use.

All of the drawings and photos are free to use for educational, non-commercial purposes.

Features:

• Free educational photos and coloring drawings for kids.
• Browse pictures by categoriessuch as animals, geography, circus etc.
• Download and save pictures in different sizes (small, average, large).
• Print out colouring drawings online.
• Register to save favorite pictures to personal EduPics album.
• Similar websites: TheColor.

Check out Edupics @ www.edupics.com

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• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• WatchKnow: 1000s of Educational Videos
• Voicethread: Create Powerful Multimedia Slideshows
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
• Lectr: Educational Video Sharing Website

The maps can be also downloaded as KML/GPX file.

Features:

• Draw lines and mark on maps online.
• Scribble or draw lines and arrows.
• Add markers and text.
• Share maps by forwarding email or embedding on your site.
• Save maps on to your computer as KML/GPX.
• Similar apps: UMapper and QuickMaps.

Check out ScribleMaps @ www.scribblemaps.com

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• Tmeet.me: Easy Way To Tweet Locations
• GetLatLon: Find latitude and longitude coordinates of any place
• Filmaps: Film Locations Finder
• FamousLocations: Find Out Where Movies Were Filmed
• Zipdecode: Visualize Zip Code Location as You Type

The site lets you create drawing from scratch or re-use the works of other site members. Completed drawings can be shared by forwarding a URL or posting on Facebook, Myspace,and embedding on your webpages.

Animation editor

Additionally to animation drawing you can also browse animations of other users , rate them and leave comments.

To see Doink in action watch demo video below:

Features:

• Easily create art drawings, custom animations online with intuitive animation editor.
• Create your animations from scratch or re-use works of other users.
• Share your works on MySpace, Facebook and embed them on your webpages.
• Browse most popular drawings and clips by other users, collaborate with members, share props and comment on their works.
• Search animations.
• Free, sign up to get started.
• Similar websites: AniBOOM and Xtranormal.

Check out Doink @ www.doink.com (via Webware)

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• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• WittyGraphy: Online Caricature Community
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• StoryTop: Story Board App for Making Cartoonish Stories
• RateMyDrawings

Additionally you can easily embed the whiteboard on your blog or personal webpage and let your visitors draw on it as well. Check out a sample whiteboard below:

Features:

• Instant and easy to use online whiteboard tool.
• Collaboratively draw, brainstorm or just have fun.
• Invite others by forwarding a URL.
• Draw and customize the color, erase, redo/undo entries.
• Embedding supported.
• Similar whiteboard tools: Dabbleboard and Twiddla.

Check out Sneffel (Doodle) @ www.doodle.gegn.net

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• WiseMapping: Online MindMapping Tool
• Wisdomap : Online Mindmapper
• Twiddla : Online Whiteboard
• Top Picks: Coolest Brainstorming Applications (makeuseof.com)
• Thinkature : Real-time Collaboration Dashboard

After a quick registration process you can start drawing diagrams. The application lets you draw basic diagrams or more complicated flowcharts, sitemaps, organization charts etc. They have a nice 90 seconds tutorial that would make your drawing experience even easier. Once you are done drawing diagrams you can save and export them in JPG or PNG file format. You also have an option to specify the width and height of picture.

Whether you are a student or a professional this is the tool for you. For sure it is going to make my life easier.

Some important features:

• Web based diagram editor.
• Lets you create beautiful charts with wonderful colour combination in minutes.
• Draw simple diagrams or complicated flowcharts, sitemaps, organization charts etc.
• Save and export file in PNG or JPG format.
• Free and very easy to use.
• Also see 6 Excellent Brainstorming and Mindmapping Sites.

Watch the LovelyCharts demo video below:

Check out LovelyCharts @ www.lovelycharts.com ( by Ankur Jain from LearnQTP)

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• Project Draw : Draw Plans and Diagrams Online
• Depicter: Simple Diagram Creator
• Doodle: Instant & Easy Whiteboard App
• Best4C : Create and Share Diagrams Online
• AccidentSketch: Draw Accident Sketches Online

The application lets you draw with up to two people at the same time. You can draw free lines, add shapes and stamps, add background grid,  type in text,  print and send your drownings to others. The recipient of you drawings can replay and see how that picture was created.

Features:

• Online drawing app.
• Lets you draw with up to 2 people at once.
• Customize color, thickness and style of lines.
• Draw straight lines, add text, shapes and stamps.
• Add background grid, print and send your drawings to others.
• Option to replay and see how image was drawn.
• Free and no registration.
• For more drawing tools see MakeUseOf’s drawing section.

Check out ImaginationCubed @ www.imaginationcubed.com

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• ScribLink: Web-based Drawing Sketchpad
• GroupBoard: Cool Embeddable Whiteboard For Groups
• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• Yugma: Make Conference Calls & Collaborate With Others Online

When you’re done with your pixel art you can download and save it on your computer and optionally publish it on Colorpix public pictures page, where other users can vote it up or down.

You can also see pictures of other users and rate them.

Features:

• Create pixel drawing online.
• Customize grid sizes from small (S) to extra large (XL).
• Customize number of pixels: 256, 512 or 1024
• Download generated picture or post it on the site
• Free and no registration.
• Other site to generate pixel art is CubeScape.

Check out Colorpx @ www.colorpx.com

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• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• TextureKing : Free High Quality Texture Photos
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• RateMyDrawings
• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online

You can browse paintings created by other users, check out  most viewed and the very best. There is no registration or sign up needed.

Features:

• Draw paintings online.
• Simple and easy to use drawing editor.
• Browse images created by others and leave comments.
• Check out most viewed and the very best.
• Similar websites: SketchSwap, XSketch and more.

Check out FlashPaint @ www.flashpaint.com

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• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• SketchSwap: Online Drawing Board
• SketchCast: Create and Share Sketches Online

The application has multifunctional editor with a drag and drop interface. It offers tons of features to choose from, insert images, add objects, color objects, add text, add lines, import/edit existing diagrams, offline mode and more.

Feature overview:

• Draw diagrams and plans online
• Add basic shapes, arrows, callouts, text and images.
• Free to use clipart objects (firewall, PC, printer wireless device,etc)
• Create diagrams using shapes and buttons from Mac and Windows user controls.
• Create workflow diagrams.
• Create a house plan using T & L shaped rooms, doors, windows, staircases and etc.
• Create office layout plan using L shaped desks, chairs, monitors, etc.
• Create kitchen and bath layout plan using sinks, baths, washing machine etc.
• Create room furniture layout plans.
• Create electrical diagrams.
• Import and edit existing diagrams (supports only .mmd and .fmd formats).
• Offline mode available
• Download and save diagrams on your PC.

See it in action

Check out Project Draw @ draw.labs.autodesk.com/ADDraw/draw.html

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• LovelyCharts: Free Online Diagram Editor
• Solvr: Group Problem Solving Tool
• Ekpenso : Free Online Mind Mapping Software
• Doodle: Instant & Easy Whiteboard App
• Diagrammr: Really Easy Way to Create Diagrams Online

When you’re done you can share whatever you created with friends. Users are also able to browse and rate most popular and recently added drawings by other users.

Features:

• Create art drawings from Japanese and Latin letters.
• Share stuff you created with others.
• Browse drawings producted by other FontPark users.
• Watch replays for your favorite drawings to see how they were created.
• No sign up or registration.

Check out FontPark @ fontpark.morisawa.co.jp

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• Myoats: Draw Cool Designs Online & Share
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• TypoGenerator: Generate Random Nonsense Posters
• TextureKing : Free High Quality Texture Photos
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching

It gives various modification options like changing colors, text, adjusting shape and edge properties, deleting and splitting images on graphs and many more functions.

Features

• Easily create graphs and shapes online
• Resize and modify shapes to your liking
• Clone, delete and add text to shapes
• Use file manager to copy, rename, save and delete graph files.
• Templates: Start new files from scratch or use the existing one as a template.
• Coming soon: drop shadows and reflections, option to import your images, share and rate shapes, embedding and some more.

Check out Graphsy @ www.graphsy.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.
• ChartTool: Flexible Online Chart Generator
• Charts: Track and Chart any Data from your iPhone

Features:

• Collectively draw funny cartoon sketches.
• Browse pictures created by others.
• Check out newest, random, and most popular pictures.
• Rate, comment and edit skethes created by others.

Check out Scribbls @ www.scribbls.com

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• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• SketchSwap: Online Drawing Board
• SketchCast: Create and Share Sketches Online

Features:

• Create abstract art pictures in your browser. Works only with Firefox and Safari browsers.
• There are 18 different drawing brushes to choose from.
• Donwload and Save ready art to your computer.
• No sign up or registration required.

Visit Bomomo @ www.bomomo.com

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• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• RateMyDrawings
• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings

Features:

• Create favicons from existing images or draw them manually.
• Supported image formats: JPG and PNG.
• Download and save newly created favicons.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: FaviconCC, GenFavicon and FaviconTool.

Go to Online Icon Maker @ www.rw-designer.com/online_icon_maker

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• GetFavicon: Grab Favicon From Any Website
• Favicon-Generator: Create Favicon Icon Online
• WebGraficMaker : Create Backgrounds, Lines and Bulleted Points
• TextureVault: Free Textures For Artists & Designers
• TextureKing : Free High Quality Texture Photos

Additional Features

• Play Pictionary against other users in real-time.
• Stats: Top 100 gamers, Quickest Average Guessing/Sketching, Most Winning Sketches/Guesses etc.
• Option to become premium member. See membership details here

Go to XSketch @ [ www.xsketch.com ]

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• You Don’t Know Jack
• Vying Games: Play Turn-based Strategy Games Online
• Typeracer : Improve your Typing Skills
• Top 5: Addictive and Challenging Web Games (makeuseof.com)
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching

Features:

• Create abstract drawings online and download them to your PC
• Publish and share drawings on Viscocity.
• Browse, rate and download abstracts created by others.

Some abstracts:

Check out Viscosity @ [www.windowseat.ca/viscosity ]

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• TypoGenerator: Generate Random Nonsense Posters
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• SocWall : Free Desktop Wallpapers
• SimpleDesktops: Original & Simple Desktop Wallpapers
• RateMyDrawings

And here is the trick, each user who gets to visits SwarmSketch can only contribute one small line. Additionally, users may improve sketches by voting on the lines drawn by others, browse and playback previously created drawings, and more …

Extra Features:

• Browse gallery of collectively drown pictures. About 200 sketches in total.
• View history of animation and visual replay of any sketch.
• View larger scale and detailed statistics of an image
• RSS feed: Follow-up on latest sketches from a feedreader.

Join and contribute to current sketch here.

Check out SwarmSketch @ [ www.swarmsketch.com ]

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• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• Doink: Create Fun Animated Drawings Online
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• WittyGraphy: Online Caricature Community
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator

Sketchcast Features:

• Record and Save sketches online (with or without voice).
• Embed sketchcasts in your blog or profile page.
• Create sketchcast channel and let others subscribe to your sketchcasts (via iTunes or RSS feed).
• Explore community sketchcasts by categories (Tutorial, Fun, Art, etc.), by ‘Top Viewed’, and by Tags.
• Rate, email and comment on sketchcasts.
• Multi-Lingual: Available in over 10 languages.

Sketchcast Introduction:

How To Sketchcast:

Go to SketchCast [www.sketchcast.com]

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• ZohoShow
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• YourDraft: Create and Share Drafts Online
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game

ScribLink: “Sorta like pen and paper, minus the dead trees, plastic, and the inconvenience of being at the same place at the same time.”

Scriblink Features

• Draw online with your colleagues/friends in real-time.
• Draw, add shapes (squares, circles, etc.), add text, draw lines, etc.
• Add drawing grid to aid you in drawing evenly and proportionally (on/off.)
• Undo latest changes or Clear board.
• Color Settings: Change board background, marker color, or marker thickness.
• Invite up-to 5 people (by email, or private link) to collaborate on your drawing board.
• Save, Print, and Email resulting boards.
• Communication Tools: integrated chat window + conference calling (by FreeConferenceCall).
• Learn more in ScribLink FAQ page.

Go to Scriblink @ [www.scriblink.com]

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• ImaginationCubed: Collaborative Online Drawing Application
• GroupBoard: Cool Embeddable Whiteboard For Groups
• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• Yugma: Make Conference Calls & Collaborate With Others Online

SketchSwap: “Draw cartoons, art, brainstorms, anything. If you add text, please use English so we can approve it. A graphic tablet helps sketching.”

SketchSwap Features:

• Draw one picture and receive one in return. (You can draw anything you want, even a simple line.)
• Each drawing comes with video showing how the person on the other end actually drew the picture.
• Over 25,000 user-submitted and approved sketches.

Leo Laporte (this WEEK in TECH) on SketchSwap: “I can’t stop sketching… it’s so fun!”

Visit SketchSwap [www.sketchswap.com]

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• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• SketchCast: Create and Share Sketches Online
• ScribLink: Web-based Drawing Sketchpad

Queeky Features

• Draw and Share your drawings online.
• Browse drawings from others by: category (Fun, Tech, Art, …), highest rated, most viewed, etc.)
• Learn techniques by replaying any drawing as a flash movie.
• Subscribe to the latest gallery additions (via RSS).
• Participate in community drawing contests.
• Download and Save drawings in image (JPG, PNG, GIF) or flash movie (SWF, SVG) formats.
• Multi-Draw: Invite others to draw together in real time.
• Integrated chat room.
• Embed favorite drawings on your blog or website (see below).
• Add ‘Queeky MicroPainter’ tool to your blog, social profile (Myspace, Facebook, …), iGoogle or Netvibes page.

Embed Queeky pictures

Visit Queeky @ [www.queeky.com]

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• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game
• WittyGraphy: Online Caricature Community
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
• RateMyDrawings

Quick Feature Overview

• Create and Rate drawings
• Browse Top Drawings: by recently added, Top 200, or by top in category (Cartoons, Landscapes, Animals, Animation, Fantasy, Portraits, Still-life, Anime/Manga, Abstract)
• Check out drawings from top rated artists
• Embed drawing videos on your website, blog or anywhere on the web. (see below)
• Participate in monthly competitions
• Lots of cool drawing tutorials from experts
• Questions? Check out FAQ section here

See video replay for one of the highest-rated drawings: ‘Geisha’.

Go to RateMyDrawings (http://www.ratemydrawings.com/)

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• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator
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• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings
• OdoSketch: Cool Online Drawing Pad