Choosey Painter
by OmniPraxis
Choosey Painter adds a placeable Canvas Easel that lets players choose which painting appears on a canvas, rather than receiving a random one.
What it does
Normally a painting item rolls a random variant. With the Canvas Easel, a player opens the easel's interface, inserts a painting item into the canvas and picks the exact painting to export. The exported item then carries the chosen artwork instead of a randomly selected one. Players who keep rerolling a painting until the right one appears can skip that step by selecting the design directly.
The easel is a freestanding block that can be set down anywhere in a world, and it is crafted from sticks, wool and wood planks. Because the mod is built for NeoForge and needs to run on both the client and the server, server owners and every player must install it. Files exist only for NeoForge 1.21.1, with 0.1.1 as the latest build from 2026-08-02, released under the MIT License but not open source.
Key features
Canvas Easel block
A placeable easel stands freely in the world and serves as the place where paintings are chosen.
Painting selection
The canvas screen lists the paintings available and lets the player pick one before exporting.
Exact painting export
Exporting the selected painting produces that artwork rather than a random variant.
Crafted painting items
The easel and its painting outputs are made from sticks, wool and wood planks through a standard crafting recipe.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Decorating a specific room
Builders who want a particular artwork on a wall can export that painting directly, without repeated attempts.
Collecting specific paintings
Players aiming for one variant of a painting can choose it, instead of breaking and replacing the item until the right one appears.
Who it’s for: Builders and players who decorate bases with paintings and want a named artwork rather than a random roll. Server owners who run a shared build world can install it on both sides.
How it compares
Easel Does It! covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is released under All rights reserved. Pixel Painter is NeoForge-only for 1.21.1 and is also under All rights reserved. Pigmentum API is a NeoForge API for 1.21.1 released under the MIT License, and it is open source, so it is a library rather than a painting tool. Choosey Painter differs by focusing on choosing one painting for export.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choosey Painter | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-02 |
| Easel Does It! | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-30 |
| Pixel Painter | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-18 |
| Pigmentum API | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
Questions
Which loader does Choosey Painter need?
Does the server need Choosey Painter too?
Can a painting still be randomly selected?
In the catalog
Choosey Painter is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Choosey Painter adds a placeable Canvas and Easel that lets you choose which painting you want to display. No more breaking and replacing them until the correct one appears.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/choosey-painter
- Owner
- OmniPraxis
- Published
- 2026-08-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15