Show HN: Color Orbs (Generative Art)

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Post by dannyking » Mon, May 02, 2022, 10:39 PM UTC

Hi all,

This is a generative art project I worked on over the past year or so consisting of about 100 little artworks generated using P5.js.

I have an overview and technical write up here: https://dannyking.uk/artwork/colororbs

You can play with my interactive demo and make your own here: https://dannyking.uk/artwork/colororbs/designer

And the gallery is here: https://dannyking.uk/artwork/colororbs/gallery

This project came about after reading a HN post about a year ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25712767) by Atul Vinayak on generating beautiful 'Noise Planets' and I got kind of obsessed from there!

Show HN: Color Orbs (Generative Art)
dannyking.uk

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 04, 2022, 1:21 AM UTC

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Post by teruakohatu » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:29 AM UTC

A well written post, and beautiful art.

Thanks for writing it up instead of creating 10,000 NFTs!

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Post by jackstraw14 » Wed, May 04, 2022, 3:01 AM UTC

teruakohatu wrote: post #3

A well written post, and beautiful art. Thanks for writing it up instead of creating 10,000 NFTs!

why not both :)

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Post by dannyking » Wed, May 04, 2022, 3:20 AM UTC

teruakohatu wrote: post #3

A well written post, and beautiful art. Thanks for writing it up instead of creating 10,000 NFTs!

Thanks! I wanted to keep the focus on the art, especially since it was directly inspired by someone else's art, so NFT-free.

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Post by nhecker » Wed, May 04, 2022, 3:55 AM UTC

I suppose my comment is more supportive than constructive, but I really like this concept; everything from the site design to the art itself is A+. I wasn't at all familiar with p5.js but the explanation you make is pretty accessible and gets me thinking. I'd love to have a slow-running b&w orb being drawn in a framed e-ink display. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by dannyking » Wed, May 04, 2022, 4:02 AM UTC

nhecker wrote: post #6

I suppose my comment is more supportive than constructive, but I really like this concept; everything from the site design to the art itself is A+. I wasn't at all familiar with p5.js but the explanation you make is pretty accessible and gets me thinking. I'd love to have a slow-running b&w orb being drawn in a framed e-ink display. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you! I really appreciate that. That sounds like a great project idea. To draw a black and white one, this write up (from the person that inspired my project) would be a great place to start: https://avinayak.github.io/art/2021/01/09/noise-planets.html

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Post by browningstreet » Wed, May 04, 2022, 4:10 AM UTC

On mobile but the first thing I did was search page for “marble”. Not found. These seem like digital marbles.

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Post by dannyking » Wed, May 04, 2022, 4:34 AM UTC

browningstreet wrote: post #8

On mobile but the first thing I did was search page for “marble”. Not found. These seem like digital marbles.

This guy beat me to that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uHtffYrXww

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Post by chapliboy » Wed, May 04, 2022, 4:46 AM UTC

I think one of the hardest parts of procedural generation is curation. Finding the interesting results and then somehow highlighting them.

Your approach of having both the curated galleries as well as an interactive version is really nice.

I wonder whether you have also experimented with a 3d version. It would be nice to spin these around.