PAINTBOX95
Remember when every computer came with a tiny art studio?
Before layers, filters and a thousand brush presets, there was Paint. A bucket that flooded the whole screen because you missed one pixel. An airbrush that made you feel like a graffiti legend. Stick figures, wobbly suns and your name in rainbow letters.
It's all back, jagged edges included. No undo anxiety though: Ctrl+Z works this time.
11 classic toolsPencil, brush, airbrush, bucket, shapes and text. Left click paints, right click uses the back color.
Claude paints for youType an idea. Claude plans the picture and paints it with the same tools, one stroke at a time.
Keep your masterpieceSave as PNG at a proper 640 × 400, the canvas size of the old days.
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GALLERY95
Fresh pixels from people everywhere. Click any painting to see it big, copy its link or remix it.
Left click picks the drawing color, right click picks the background color.
For Help, open the Help menu.
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640 × 400
Need an idea? Pick one:
Claude plans the strokes, then paints them on your canvas one by one.
Effective October 24, 2026
The short version
Paintbox 95 does not ask who you are and does not track you around the web. What you paint stays on your device, unless you use AI drawing or share a painting to the gallery.
What we collect
There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising trackers and no cookies set by Paintbox 95. The only personal information we ask for is the email address you choose to give us in the newsletter box. To run AI drawing and the gallery we also keep the records described below.
Newsletter
If you subscribe, your email address is sent to Kit (kit.com), the service The Resonance uses for its mailing list, and added to The Resonance newsletter. We use it only to send you that newsletter. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can ask us to delete your address at any time.
Your drawings
Your canvas lives in your browser while the page is open. When you save, the PNG goes straight to your device. We never receive a copy, unless you use AI drawing or share it to the gallery as described below.
AI drawing
If you use AI drawing, the idea you type is passed through our server and OpenRouter to Claude, the AI made by Anthropic, so it can plan the picture. If you choose to add to your current picture, an image of your canvas is sent too; we don't store that image. We keep a log of each request (the idea you typed, the plan Claude sent back, its cost and whether it worked) to run the service, control costs and stop abuse. The log is linked to a random ID kept in your browser and to a scrambled (hashed) form of your IP address, never your name or your actual IP address. OpenRouter and Anthropic process requests under their own terms and privacy policies.
Gallery
When you share a painting we store the picture, its name and the signature you choose, and give it its own link. Anyone with the link can see it, and if you leave "Show it in the public gallery" checked it can appear on the gallery wall too. To keep Paintbox family friendly, the ideas you type and the paintings you share are checked automatically, by our own filter and by Claude through OpenRouter, and may be hidden or removed. To have one of yours removed, contact The Resonance.
Third party services
- The site is hosted on Vercel, which, like any web host, receives your IP address and basic browser details when pages load.
- AI drawing requests and the automatic check of shared paintings are processed by OpenRouter and Anthropic, and newsletter signups by Kit, as described above.
- Shared paintings are stored with Cloudflare and Neon, and the AI drawing log with Neon, our storage and database providers.
Children
Paintbox 95 does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will appear here with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to The Resonance.
Effective October 24, 2026
Not affiliated with Microsoft
Paintbox 95 is an independent, original fan tribute to the simple paint programs of the 1990s. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or connected to Microsoft Corporation in any way.
Trademarks
Microsoft, Windows and Paint are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Any mention of them is only to describe the era and style this project celebrates. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Original work
Paintbox 95 contains no Microsoft software, code, icons, artwork or other assets. Its interface, icons, graphics and code were created from scratch for this project.
AI generated images
Pictures made with AI drawing are generated automatically and may be imperfect or unexpected. You are responsible for how you use and share what you create. Ideas and shared paintings are checked automatically to keep Paintbox family friendly, and may be hidden or removed.
As is
Paintbox 95 is provided as is, for fun, with no warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent allowed by law, The Resonance is not liable for any loss or damage arising from its use, including lost drawings.