Tag: Art

  • Free Happy Textures! Download My Favorite Filters to Make More

    Free Happy Textures! Download My Favorite Filters to Make More

    "FloxMonster™ Favorites" ©2022 A.M. Coy - All Rights Reserved. (you may not use this image) Free textures, and the photoshop plugin Filter Froge.
    “FloxMonster™ Favorites”
    ©2022 A.M. Coy – All Rights Reserved.
    (You may not use this image.)

    Free textures and Photoshop plugins here!

    Free textures on this page? Absolutely! Please honor our license (which basically says you won’t sell them, put them elsewhere without a link, or use them for hate). The filters to make these are also free, but you do need Filter Forge.

    What is Filter Forge? It is a useful program for making textures, along with matching normals, bumpmaps, specular maps, etc. It can be a standalone program, or a Photoshop plugin. FloxMonster™ has been using it for over a decade. Until early 2023, when the company that owns Filter Forge made some unsavory changes, FloxMonster™ also created filters for the program.

    What is & ISN’T Free?

    NO, Filter Forge is NOT a free program. However, YES, there’s a 30 day free trial. Once you have Filter Forge, then YES, all filters listed on this page are FREE!

    Also… YES, all textures on this page are FREE to download (except the two FloxMonster™ ones that specifically say “You May Not Use This Image” lol). Just right-click the images you want, and “Save As.”

    ~ This page lists all Floxmonster™’s filters ~
    Below are just a few favorites 🙂


    Endless Cookies!

    "Endless Cookies!" sample by A.M. Coy.  512x512 seamless.
    “Endless Cookies!” sample by A.M. Coy. 512×512 seamless.

    This is one of my fave filters because I love cookies! It is based on Orteil’s Cookies filter, which created fantastic cookie textures… except they were round with pale/transparent backgrounds. I needed seamless textures to make 3-D cookies in Second Life, so I tweaked Orteil’s creation to make this version.

    Gobs of Monster

    Gobs of Monster by A. M. Coy
    “Gobs of Monster!” sample by A.M. Coy. 512×512 seamless.

    This awesome filter is fantastic for organic, bumpy, ripply things like pumpkins, candle wax, monster skin, even mud. You can increase the shine and metallic qualities, plus alter the size of the bumps on two different scales.

    Van Gogh Lives

    Van Gogh Lives by A. M. Coy
    “Van Gogh Lives” sample by A. M. Coy. 512×512 seamless.

    Ever wonder what your favorite image would look like, if Van Gogh painted it? Run it through this filter. Inspired by “Starry Night.”

    Funky Punkin

    Funky Punkin by A. M. Coy
    “Funky Punkin” sample by A. M. Coy. 512×512 seamless.

    Funky Punkin. Because there are enough ordinary pumpkins in the world. 🙂 You can get not only weird pumpkins, but alien tree-bark, colorful candle wax, or even bizarre throw rugs out of this one! Use your imagination!

    Coy’s Horrid Foam

    Coy's Horrid Foam by A. M. Coy
    “Coy’s Horrid Foam” sample by A. M. Coy. 512×512 seamless, partly transparent.

    Foam for all your frothy purposes! This has a wide range of uses: sea form, horror monster drool, frosting, whipped cream, ejaculate, pearls… use your imagination! I was in a Halloweeny mood when I made it, thus the name. It can be made any color, any metallic/reflection combo, and seamless for your repeating pleasure.

    Coy’s Heavenly Pearls

    Heavenly Pearls by A. M. Coy
    “Coy’s Heavenly Pearls” sample by A. M. Coy. 512×512 seamless.

    Heavenly Pearls is great for making either light or dark colored pearls. It has controls for color and reflectivity. There is also a rainbow overlay to lend extra color to your pearls. Make them seamless for easy wrap on 3-D mesh.

    Coy’s SuperMoss

    Supermoss 1 by A. M. Coy
    “Coy’s SuperMoss” sample by A. M. Coy. 512×512 seamless. partly transparent.
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    Coy’s SuperMoss can cover an existing OR new image with clusters of rippled moss. You can control moss colors, highlights, shadow, height, and much more. This filter is VERY detailed and thus runs slowly. As a bonus, the normal/bump maps incorporate any image you plug in.

    Coy’s Big…Moss

    Big Moss 1 by A. M. Coy
    “Coy’s Big Textured Clumps of Moss” sample by A. M. Coy. 512×512 seamless, partly transparent.

    Not as complicated as the SuperMoss filter, this one runs quicker and covers larger portions of the image. You can use it to cover existing pictures, or a new one. Very flexible and pretty for making landscapes. You can change the colors, too, so you can add “alien” vegetation to things.

    Watch This Space!

    FloxMonster™ will probably add more filters and more textures as they come about.

    Please visit our shop – Great prices on custom giftS… and all genuine Floxmonster™ art! 🙂

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  • Haunted Nawlins Needs You – Help Save Virtual New Orleans!

    Haunted Nawlins Needs You – Help Save Virtual New Orleans!

    Haunted Nawlins Project - ©2022 A.M. Coy, All Rights Reserved
    Haunted Nawlins Project – ©2022 A.M. Coy, All Rights Reserved

    Please help save Haunted Nawlins! It is both Wyvern’s art… and his virtual home. He spends 90% of his waking hours there.

    What is Haunted Nawlins?

    Over the course of 2022, Wyvern Dryke worked endlessly to create an enormous, virtual art project called “Haunted Nawlins.” The build displays his representation of historic New Orleans from October 1901. He created it in a spooky, dark style. The art juxtaposes and contrasts beauty with decay, splendor with poverty and loss.

    Haunted Nawlins exists virtually in the meta-grid called Second Life. If you have a Second Life account, you can visit (see below). You can also see screenshots here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/196737113@N02/.

    Visitors can explore the bustling, ghost-filled French Quarter; the stately, rotting mansions of the Garden District; the swampy Bayou where Rougarou and gators tread; the quiet columns of Lafayette cemetery; and so much more! It overflows with interactive games, vehicles, and characters

    Why Does Haunted Nawlins Need Help?

    Rent for “virtual land” in Second Life is expensive. Because Wyvern is permanently disabled, his income is very low. Therefore, he had a sponsor for the project, who paid the necessary rent. Unfortunately, in March 2022 that sponsor became ill, and by mid-October, his account disappeared from Second Life. That means the virtual land on which Haunted Nawlins sits will shortly disappear, too.

    How Can You Help?

    Please help rent virtual land for this project. There is so much left to add! Wyvern wants to improve the AI of his characters so that they can interact better with visitors, and tell the history of New Orleans. Also, Mardi Gras is coming! How great would that be? 😀 Haunted Mardi Gras? Yaaaas.

    There are three SUPER EASY ways to help…


    Option 1 – donate Via “GoFundMe” or Paypal to help Haunted Nawlins continue!


    Option 2 – Purchase Items From Floxmonster™ Shop!

    In late October, we added a new section to the FloxMonster™ website. There is now a SHOP! where you can buy custom, print-on-demand gifts like shirts, hoodies, blankets, and other great stuff!

    FloxMonster™ Shop! - ©2022 A.M. Coy, All Rights Reserved

    10% of all proceeds from the shop will go toward Environmental Causes. The rest will be split between evenly helping Wyvern and paying our own bills.


    Option 3 – Purchase Items From Coyoteas.com!

    Coy o’Teas is a member of the Dreaming Gates Partnership, which has pledged to contribute a portion of every sale toward the preservation of Haunted Nawlins! They sell gourmet and dessert tea, fresh incense, and some handmade jewelry.

    (c)Copyright 2025 FloxMonster - coyoteas general ad 200x200 animated w border

    Where Can You See More of Haunted Nawlins?

    Here are pictures we took of the project: https://www.flickr.com/photos/196737113@N02/

    To visit, you need a Second Life account (basic ones are free). At least for now, you can still visit the build. We do not know how long it will be there!

    Instructions for Second Life: 1) Log into your account. 2) Open the map by pressing Ctrl+M. 3) Type “Mieville Poe” into the search window. 4) Click “Teleport” button. You’re there.

    FloxMonster™ ©2022 A.M.Coy - All Rights Reserved. You may not use this image.
    FloxMonster™ ©2022 A.M.Coy – All Rights Reserved. You may not use this image.


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