Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns • Hacker News Board

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by ostrophonics » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 12:25 AM UTC

dvt wrote: post #5

I remember when I first started making websites how hard it was to find patterns, and often times you'd have to make them yourself. It's sadly ironic how we have these great tools today for customizing, styling, etc., and yet much of the internet is a carbon copy and all websites, blogs, and social profiles seem to look exactly the same.

make your own kind of net! HTML and CSS are cool again

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by russh » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 1:03 AM UTC

Excellent doodad.

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by LASR » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 1:20 AM UTC

What is this UI framework? Very neat.

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by airstrike » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 2:18 AM UTC

marcodiego wrote: post #7

Nice! I still miss the generated patterns that were available for backgrounds on geocities.

And Windows 95 https://doodad.dev/pattern-generator?share=hex-4-255_0_0_1-0...

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by astronautjones » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:03 AM UTC

man this is a beautiful achievement

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by cush » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:07 AM UTC

Damn this is some delightful mobile UI

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by Daub » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:19 AM UTC

I teach pattern design as part of an illustrator module. The patterns generated by this app are cool. But for serious pattern making look at the wallpaper designs of William Morris (at the bottom of the linked page is a good example). The craft lays in defining the limits of the repeat element. Sometimes even finding the repeat is tough work. Google his wallpaper designs and try it yourself.

https://www.design-is-fine.org/post/47801446193/repeat-patte...

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by adamsiem » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

Fantastic. Added it to the design toolkit. It’s rare something new gets in there. This is a new category for me.

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by bricemo » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 5:22 AM UTC

I thought this was amazing until I realized there’s only 12 base patterns. I expected the base patterns to be generated too, not hand authored. While you can make adjustments the changes are minor. Really undercuts the name of the tool. Sorry to be a downer.

Re: Pattern Generator – Create Seamless, Royalty-Free Patterns

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Post by tartoran » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 6:42 AM UTC

bricemo wrote: post #19

I thought this was amazing until I realized there’s only 12 base patterns. I expected the base patterns to be generated too, not hand authored. While you can make adjustments the changes are minor. Really undercuts the name of the tool. Sorry to be a downer.

It is not claiming to be ‘the tool’, just a royalty free pattern generator that can be used in thousands+ of combinations. There are other similar tools out there and there are even open source tools that can be extended in custom ways. Only search for it, don’t expect things to come to you exactly how you want them.