Crazy Painting
by omoflop
Crazy Painting lets players make and display their own art in-game through custom paintings, palettes and canvases.
What it does
The mod adds a dynamic, immersive painting system. A palette can be crafted from a single wooden slab, and dyes add extra colors to it. Larger canvases are made by combining several smaller canvases in a crafting table recipe. A help button sits in the top left of the editor screen, and its overlay explains each control; a companion book goes further into the features. Finished paintings can be displayed on easels, walls, floors, ceilings and even shields.
The mod is client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Only the client needs the mod to show the editor, but the server must run it for paintings to be saved and shared. It is published for Fabric only, for four game versions: 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.11 and 26.1.2, with 1.3.7.3 for 26.1.2 as the latest file. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the source and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Palette crafting
A palette is crafted from one wooden slab, and dyes add more colors to the palette for painting.
Larger canvases
Several smaller canvases can be combined in a crafting table recipe to form one large canvas.
Painting copies
Combining a completed painting with a blank canvas of identical size yields a duplicate, and duplicates degrade like vanilla written books, eventually reaching a state where they cannot be copied again.
Data-driven brushes
Each brush is described as data and saved as a .qoi image in assets/crazypainting/brushes, grouped into folders named after its category and brush.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want to make and display their own paintings in survival or creative worlds, and server owners who want shared art on a multiplayer server.
How it compares
Mario 64 Paintings is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.5, server required with the client optional, under CC0 1.0 Universal and not open source. Canvas Copyright is also Fabric, for 1.21 – 26.2, server-side only, and open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Paint Blocks is Fabric for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, runs on client and server, and is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy Painting | Fabric | 1.21.7 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-28 |
| Mario 64 Paintings | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-07 |
| Canvas Copyright | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-29 |
| Paint Blocks | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-28 |
Questions
Does Crazy Painting need to be on the server?
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In the catalog
Crazy Painting is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Welcome to Crazy Painting! The mod allows players to create and show off art in-game through paintings! You can also craft larger canvases by combining multiple smaller canvas into a large one in the crafting table, the recipe book can help you with this.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/crazy-painting
- Owner
- omoflop
- Published
- 2025-08-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15