Astro Hacker News - Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative and customizable SVG-patterns

kachnuv_ocasek |next [-]

Beautiful. Reminds me of the amazing visual art of Adam Fuhrer[1].

paulirish |root |parent [-]

Etienne Jacob has similar vibes: https://bleuje.com/animationsite/2024_1/ And quite satisfying.

plmpsu |root |parent [-]

Wow.

fireproof_ |next |previous [-]

I've been building something similar[1], but focused more on generating desktop/mobile wallpapers based on a desktop theme.

Most of the designs is build via python-scripts that generate the final SVG's which then can be recolored in browser. Claude + a harness is surprisingly adept at generating these scripts, i guess pelicanmaxxing might be the reason?

[1] https://github.com/nickolaj-jepsen/walldye

sampsn |root |parent [-]

yah i like this, i downloaded a bunch, thanks

virtualritz |next |previous [-]

Is this a rip of turtletoy[1] content?

[1] https://turtletoy.net/

tiborsaas |root |parent |next [-]

Why would it be a ripoff? Generative art sites are like this.

Turtle toy is really neat, thanks for the tip.

nsokolowski |root |parent |next |previous [-]

Cool Page. But I did not know it when creating bookofshapes ;)

virtualritz |root |parent [-]

But your clanker probaly did. ;)

kdkdiwkdiwzjj |root |parent [-]

What’s with calling AI “clanker”? I’m seeing it more and more, and, honestly, the more I see it the stupider it sounds.

iFreilicht |root |parent [-]

It's basically a derogatory term for AI. I've seen it used the same way a slur would be used to berate a person.

kdkdiwkdiwzjj |root |parent [-]

Got that from context; I’m just baffled, really. Seeing people call AI “clankers” is like watching a third grader call another “poopy head”. It’s just depressingly infantile.

kanapala |root |parent |previous [-]

who knows with vibe-coded stuff?

albert_e |next |previous [-]

Looks useful. I was experimenting with making an SVG creator tool that can churn out shapes that go beyond the shape library of microsoft powerpoint -- so my slides can stand out. Things like a hexagon with rounded corners, squircle, swooshes and blobs etc.

Patterns like these are useful as well.

WillAdams |root |parent [-]

One problem which I've had working in this space is the difficulty of naming specific shapes --- worked up a list in my current project:

https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview/blob/main/gcodepre...

(should be section 3.8.1.1 on pg. 97, not sure, since I need to push up an update)

and I'd be glad of any comment or correction or point of improvement.

loclol101 |next |previous [-]

Amazing! this is beautiful.

kn330 |next |previous [-]

Forgive my non-creative brain but who is this for? and how/where can this be used?

LEDThereBeLight |root |parent [-]

It’s research. It’s not for anyone, until someone who needs it sees it and starts using it.

haktan |next |previous [-]

This site is great, very cool.

robobo96 |next |previous [-]

Wow, how did you create these?

iFreilicht |root |parent [-]

AI obviously.

dominicrose |next |previous [-]

unimportant detail but the Liked button doesn't show any shape

ericyd |next |previous [-]

Very nice collection!

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