[HN Gopher] Sketch Machine ___________________________________________________________________ Sketch Machine Author : bpierre Score : 175 points Date : 2021-10-13 12:49 UTC (10 hours ago) (HTM) web link (sketchmachine.net) (TXT) w3m dump (sketchmachine.net) | steve_adams_86 wrote: | My kid is going to love this. It isn't often you find something | like this that immediately makes you dig in and play. Thanks for | sharing! | tptacek wrote: | This is much cooler at 64 pixel resolution; it had a sort of | shadebob thing going for it. | astroalex wrote: | This was created by Casey Reas, who also is one of the original | creators of the programming language & IDE called Processing | (https://processing.org/). | | I'm not sure how well known Processing is within the HN | community, but in the media arts and education space, Processing | is pretty famous. | | I met Casey at a festival once and he was a remarkably kind and | interested person. I think his playful approach to technology | shines through in projects like the sketch machine. | outworlder wrote: | > I'm not sure how well known Processing is within the HN | community, but in the media arts and education space, | Processing is pretty famous. | | Probably relatively well known due to its usage in some Arduino | projects. | crumpled wrote: | The Arduino IDE was originally based on the Processing IDE, | so that's the main connection there. | | I rarely, if ever, see a Processing/Arduino project. I do a | lot with Arduinos, including interactive art, but maybe I'm | hanging with the wrong crowd. | speg wrote: | Gosh, I feel slow. | | Everyone is commenting how neat this is and all I got is some | dots that follow my line? Then I tried to clear all frames and | now it just draws a fat blobby line that doesn't move anymore? | dcuthbertson wrote: | Perhaps you were drawing with the "Select All" checkbox | checked. I got stuck with no animation until I clicked "Clear | Frames" with "Select All" checked and then unchecked it before | drawing again. It's kind of a clunky UI, but the animation is | fun | PeterBarrett wrote: | A fun program for the sake of fun, so nice to see! | john-tells-all wrote: | Awesome, so much fun! My wife's curious about animation but busy, | I'll send this to her. | ProfAesop wrote: | I love Casey. | bound008 wrote: | That was fun! Thanks for sharing! | daveslash wrote: | Yeah.... that was a surprising amount of joy to play around | with for quite a while! | dmje wrote: | Love it. Fun, great interface, love the Gif export. Ace :-) | kderbyma wrote: | it's needs a drum machine attachment | Folcon wrote: | Ingenious, simple idea executed really well. | kylestewart wrote: | I bet this influenced the idea behind Looom. Fun app if you have | an iPad. https://iorama.studio/ | granularity wrote: | Agreed, and I second the Looom recommendation. | riidom wrote: | That's a great tool for some frame-to-frame animation training, | it's so very friction-less! Here's my little "I dont care"-doodle | :D https://media.giphy.com/media/fRECiVW4vyGMBkv6X6/giphy.gif | amazing_stories wrote: | Uh oh, I'm going to be wasting a lot of time with this... | nickcw wrote: | I just figured out you can draw on it while it is animating the | frames - that is really fun! (And perhaps the point, but only | just figured it out!) | | https://giphy.com/gifs/sketchmachine-6WvwbFin0jmeX8lnRU ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-13 23:00 UTC)