Is This Is Sand free?

Yes. This Is Sand is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does This Is Sand take?

One quick round, then you can leave. We file it under "A minute" — pour coloured sand and let it pile up in drifts.

Does This Is Sand work on a phone?

Yes. This Is Sand works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.

What kind of site is This Is Sand?

We list it under Generative Toys — move the mouse, make something you can keep. Burying an old layer and then eroding it away again reveals the earlier colours underneath in bands, like a cliff face.

Generative Toys

This Is Sand

Pour coloured sand and let it pile up in drifts

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What This Is Sand actually is

Hold the mouse down and grains stream onto the canvas, settling into slopes at a believable angle of repose. Colour shifts gradually as you pour, so long strokes come out as gradients, and a public gallery collects what other people have built.

Why it is worth your time

Burying an old layer and then eroding it away again reveals the earlier colours underneath in bands, like a cliff face.

Common questions

Is This Is Sand free?: Yes. This Is Sand is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does This Is Sand take?: One quick round, then you can leave. We file it under "A minute" — pour coloured sand and let it pile up in drifts.
Does This Is Sand work on a phone?: Yes. This Is Sand works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is This Is Sand?: We list it under Generative Toys — move the mouse, make something you can keep. Burying an old layer and then eroding it away again reveals the earlier colours underneath in bands, like a cliff face.

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Generative Toys

This Is Sand

Pour coloured sand and let it pile up in drifts

Visit thisissand.com More Generative Toys

thisissand.com

A minute · Works anywhere

Free, no sign-up · online since 2012

What This Is Sand actually is

Why it is worth your time

Burying an old layer and then eroding it away again reveals the earlier colours underneath in bands, like a cliff face.

Common questions

Is This Is Sand free?: Yes. This Is Sand is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does This Is Sand take?: One quick round, then you can leave. We file it under "A minute" — pour coloured sand and let it pile up in drifts.
Does This Is Sand work on a phone?: Yes. This Is Sand works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is This Is Sand?: We list it under Generative Toys — move the mouse, make something you can keep. Burying an old layer and then eroding it away again reveals the earlier colours underneath in bands, like a cliff face.