Freeform canvas
The freeform canvas is the blank one. Drop in images, text, shapes, small grids, a knockout bracket or a freehand drawing, then arrange them however the idea needs. It is what you reach for when the chart in your head is not a tier list, an alignment grid, a map or any of the other formats.
Also known as: blank canvas chart maker, meme collage maker, image board maker, freeform chart maker, mood board maker, open canvas editor, mixed layout chart maker.
Free. No account needed. Export a PNG.
Start with a blank canvas
Popular freeform canvas templates
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How to make a freeform canvas
- Start with an empty canvas. Nothing is laid out for you, nothing has to be filled in, and there is no frame to work inside. Pan and zoom the board to give yourself room, then decide the layout as you build it rather than before you start.
- Add the pieces. Images, text boxes, shapes, a small grid, a bracket or a freehand drawing. Each one arrives as a separate object, so you can keep adding without committing to a layout.
- Arrange, resize and layer. Drag anything anywhere, resize from the corners, rotate, flip, and send items behind or in front of each other. Lock the ones you are happy with so they stop moving while you work around them.
- Export or publish. Download a PNG of the finished canvas, or publish it for a shareable link with a preview card and a page other people can remix.
What you can do
- Images you can move, resize, rotate, flip, fade and give a drop shadow.
- Text with your own font size, colour, alignment, background and outline.
- Thirteen shapes, from circles and stars to arrows and hearts.
- Grids up to twenty by twenty, with a picture or a label in each cell.
- Freehand drawing with a pen and an eraser, on its own movable layer.
- A knockout bracket element for when part of the canvas needs one.
- Locking and layer order, so a finished piece stays where you put it.
- 36 bundled fonts on every text object, so a caption can read like a poster, a receipt or a handwritten note.
- An open board you pan and zoom, with undo, redo and a draft that saves itself in this browser as you work.
- Full size PNG, JPEG or PDF export, or a published page with a preview card.
Make your own freeform canvas
Charts that do not have a name
Half the good ones do not. If the layout only exists in your head, this is the editor that will let you build it without bending it into rows or a grid first.
Collages and image boards
Pictures placed by hand, captions where you want them, and a background that ties it together. Nothing snaps, so overlapping and off-angle placements stay possible.
Mood boards
Collect a palette, a texture, a few reference pictures and the words that belong with them. The canvas stays loose on purpose, so the board can stay a direction rather than a finished chart.
Mixed layouts
A small grid in one corner, a bracket in another, and notes around both. The grid and bracket elements exist precisely so a canvas can borrow from the other formats without becoming one of them.
Annotating a picture
Drop in a screenshot, then circle things with the pen, point at them with arrow shapes and label them with outlined text that stays readable over a busy image.
Common questions
What is a freeform canvas for?
Anything the other six formats do not fit. It gives you the same elements they are built from, images, text, shapes, grids and drawings, with no structure imposed on top, so the layout is entirely yours.
Can I start from a template instead of a blank canvas?
Yes. Community freeform templates are grouped as collages, mood boards, image boards, mixed-layout charts and other. Open one, rearrange it, and publish your own canvas. A blank canvas is still one click away when none of those fit.
How big can the canvas be?
Large enough that you will run out of ideas before you run out of room. You can zoom out to see the whole thing and zoom in to place small details, and the export captures what you have made rather than a fixed frame.
Can I stop things moving once they are placed?
Yes. Lock any element and it stays put while you work around it, which is what you want for a background image or a finished section. Unlock it whenever you need to change it again.
Do I need to sign up?
Not to make one. The editor opens straight away, keeps your canvas in this browser, and exports without asking anything of you. Publishing is the one action that needs an account, because a published canvas is a public page with a name on it. Signing in at that point also collects your published charts on a profile page and lets you edit them from another device.
Is the download watermarked?
Only by the site address in small type in the bottom corner of the picture. Nothing is drawn across the canvas itself, and the preview image on a published page carries no mark at all.
Can I make a collage or an image board with it?
Yes, that is one of the things it is best at. Drop the pictures in, drag them into an arrangement, overlap them as much as you like, and add captions where they belong. Nothing snaps to a grid, so a hand-placed board stays hand-placed rather than being tidied into rows.
What can I do to an object once it is on the canvas?
Move it, resize it from a corner, rotate it, flip it, fade it, give it a drop shadow, put a border or rounded corners on it, send it behind or in front of the others, and lock it so it stops moving while you work around it. Every object carries its own settings, opened from the gear on the small toolbar that appears when you select it.