Explore the top AI-powered tools for generating, editing, animating, and evolving digital art. Curated for creators, developers, and curious minds.
Image Generation
Tools that turn text, sketches, or photos into images — across styles, subjects, and formats.
- Midjourney – Surreal and stylized prompt-to-image generation via Discord
- DALL·E – Flexible image generation with inpainting and style blending
- Playground AI – Fast browser-based platform with Stable Diffusion support
- Leonardo.Ai – Feature-rich image creator with fine-tuning and private training
- Dream by Wombo – Mobile-friendly AI art tool with slick UX and fast results
- NightCafe – Multi-model generator with credit-based pricing and community gallery
- StarryAI – Mobile app that lets you customize output style, runtime, and detail
- CF Spark – AI image creator built into Creative Fabrica’s asset platform
- Fotor AI Art Generator – One-click image creator for portraits and design
Prompt Builders & Assistants
Tools to help you craft better prompts — faster, clearer, and more stylistically refined.
- PromptHero – Massive prompt library for image models (Midjourney, SD, etc.)
- Promptist – Refines plain language into optimized image prompts
- PromptLayer – Prompt performance analytics and versioning for devs
- Visual Electric – Prompt-powered design ideation tool with real-time feedback
- AIPRM – SEO and art prompts for ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and beyond
- FlowGPT – Share and explore AI prompts across creative domains
- Magick Prompt – Uses GPT to auto-enhance your base prompt
- Prompt Engineering Guide – Not a tool, but an essential resource for creators
Animation & Video
Tools that convert images or prompts into motion, loops, or cinematic video.
- Runway ML (Gen-3) – AI video generation and editing, inpainting, motion tracking
- Kaiber – Text or image to video — popular with musicians and creators
- Pika Labs – Rapid growth platform for prompt-based video clips
- Genmo – Animate concepts and images into stylized short scenes
- PixVerse – Browser-based AI video creation from text
- DeepMotion – Turn 2D characters into motion-capture animation
- EbSynth – Style-transfer-based animation from keyframes (human-guided AI)
- DiffusionBee (Video Mode) – Local AI tool for generating video loops
- Stable Video Diffusion (via Replicate) – Developer-first pipeline for diffusion video
Style Transfer & Image Editing
Transform existing images with AI-powered filters, blends, and touch-ups.
- Artbreeder – Evolutionary image mixing and portrait generation
- DeepArt – Classic neural style transfer — turn photos into paintings
- VanceAI – Full suite: enhance, upscale, remove background, anime styling
- Fotor AI Retouch – Portrait cleanup, makeup, and stylization tools
- Remove.bg – Background removal with AI (great for composites)
- Let’s Enhance – Upscale and sharpen artwork without quality loss
- Pixelcut – AI for product images and creative photo editing
- PhotoRoom – AI image studio with background tools and scene generation
Developer Tools & APIs
For creators building their own AI tools, workflows, or custom applications.
- Replicate – Run ML models via API (Stable Diffusion, ControlNet, etc.)
- Hugging Face Spaces – Build, share, and deploy models and apps
- Stability AI SDK – Programmatic access to Stable Diffusion + fine-tuning
- RunPod – GPU hosting for model inference at scale
- ComfyUI – Node-based interface for Stable Diffusion workflows
- ControlNet – Conditioning system for precise image guidance (open-source)
- InvokeAI – Developer-friendly interface for locally hosted image gen
- Clipdrop API – Tools for background removal, relighting, text-to-3D
- Diffusers (by Hugging Face) – Hugging Face’s Python library for diffusion models
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