It's a little generative art trinket. Just draw and watch. Hold shift while moving your mouse to control the wind. :-)
Let me know what you think!
My winter break project — Silk
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My winter break project — Silk
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Re: My winter break project — Silk
#2I'm probably the wrong person to reply here...
As someone who never uses "desktop" or "background" images, I actually do think the example images are beautiful and enjoyable.
I'll admit there are probably very few idiots like me who refuse to use background image decorations, but let me explain why as well as what.
The background image I use on X is called the "root weave" and although it is horribly ugly, it is exceedingly useful. The "root weave" image is designed to help you detect errors in display rendering. If there's something wrong in your display drivers, display settings, or even cable connections, the refresh makes the root weave look like it's moving and can show other very obvious signs of corruption.
I got into this function-over-fashion mindset many decades ago when it was very easy to destroy a very expensive display by configuring or driving it the wrong way. Modern displays typically have safe-guards to prevent destroying equipment, but my ancient habit is still very useful for debugging.
The X.org and XFree code base includes the rootweave and a few other similar images designed to help identify display problems. You might have fun incorporating the ideas behind these test images into something more beautiful to look at?
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#3That looks pretty amazing.
Check out Fracture - http://www.fractureme.com/ - I bet they would look unreal printed with their tech.
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#4That looks pretty amazing. Check out Fracture - http://www.fractureme.com/ - I bet they would look unreal printed with their tech.
Ooh, thanks for that link. I've been meaning to get one printed for quite some time. I'll definitely check them out!
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#5I'm probably the wrong person to reply here... As someone who never uses "desktop" or "background" images, I actually do think the example images are beautiful and enjoyable. I'll admit there are probably very few idiots like me who refuse to use background image decorations, but let me explain why as well as what. The background image I use on X is called the "root weave" and although it is horribly ugly, it is exce…
That's a pretty interesting idea; do you have links to the "root weave" image? I googled but the search didn't turn anything up.
I'm not sure it's quite the direction I want to take Silk, but thanks for sharing -- I never thought about using desktop images for a pragmatic purpose such as that.
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#6Absolutely beautiful. I am not very "artistic" but it sure gave me the feeling like I was. Can't wait to see how the experience turns out on the mobile devices. I hope you decide to give it a go on Android devices as well.
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#7Great work, it's simply stunningly beautiful. I think (and hope) your iPhone/iPad apps will do well, best of luck!
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#8Stunning! Can you give us some technical details? How are you producing the images (libraries, custom scripts, etc.)? I've thought about a project like this (your execution is light-years ahead of anything I could accomplish) using Nodebox -perhaps- as an excuse to learn something new about python.
Edit: I see it's in JavaScript? Excellent! Any other tools or techniques you found helpful would be interesting to read. Congrats!
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#9The democoder in me loves this. Very well done, and an awesome effect.
Re: My winter break project — Silk
#10I'm probably the wrong person to reply here... As someone who never uses "desktop" or "background" images, I actually do think the example images are beautiful and enjoyable. I'll admit there are probably very few idiots like me who refuse to use background image decorations, but let me explain why as well as what. The background image I use on X is called the "root weave" and although it is horribly ugly, it is exce…
That's a pretty interesting idea; do you have links to the "root weave" image? I googled but the search didn't turn anything up. I'm not sure it's quite the direction I want to take Silk, but thanks for sharing -- I never thought about using desktop images for a pragmatic purpose such as that.
Root weave is a rendering definition, rather than a bitmap image, so that's probably why you're having a hard time finding it. Someone could probably grab a screenshot for you though.