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My winter break project — Silk

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Re: My winter break project — Silk

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Post by arethuza »

callahad wrote: post #25
yurivish wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's probably this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Twm_en.pn... The "probably" up there makes me sad; I miss my Linux desktops.

TWM - that takes me back about 20 years!

Re: My winter break project — Silk

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Post by StavrosK »

boredguy8 wrote: post #47
adatta02 wrote: post #3

That looks pretty amazing. Check out Fracture - http://www.fractureme.com/ - I bet they would look unreal printed with their tech.

This is the first time I've seen a product where my first thought was, "They need to charge 5-10x more." Looks amazing, thanks for sharing.

This is the first time I've seen a product and couldn't find a price anywhere on the site.

Re: My winter break project — Silk

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Post by beilabs »

StavrosK wrote: post #83
boredguy8 wrote: post #47

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This is the first time I've seen a product where my first thought was, "They need to charge 5-10x more." Looks amazing, thanks for sharing.

This is the first time I've seen a product and couldn't find a price anywhere on the site.

http://www.fractureme.com/about/prices

Re: My winter break project — Silk

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Post by StavrosK »

beilabs wrote: post #84
StavrosK wrote: post #83

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This is the first time I've seen a product and couldn't find a price anywhere on the site.

http://www.fractureme.com/about/prices

Oh wow, I was wondering why there were no prices in their "prices" page. Talk about situational blindness, I was about to reply that there were no prices there when I saw them. I think they should make them stand out more, it's probably because I was ignoring the dimensions as well (inches mean nothing to me) :/

Re: My winter break project — Silk

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Post by yurivish »

robjama wrote: post #86

Beautiful work! This project definitely needs some publicity...did you think about putting it up on Kickstarter ( http://www.kickstarter.com/ )?

I applied to Kickstarter last night after it began getting all this publicity. Unfortunately, their FAQ states that they need 1-2 days to get back to me after the initial application.

Stay tuned, though. It will be on Kickstarter soon.

Re: My winter break project — Silk

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Post by alex_c »

yurivish wrote: post #76
alex_c wrote: post #28

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If I could download the images with a transparent background, I would probably use them as a design element on pages I need to spruce up.

Alex, try hitting 'e' once you've woven a Silk. The little transparent that pops up to the top right is full-size. Right-click it to save, and double-click it to hide.

Very impressive :) Thank you!
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