Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by aljmyl » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:13 PM UTC

Show HN: Face Generator
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Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by aljmyl » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:13 PM UTC

This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings.

The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that.

You may want to switch "randomize" off, so all variables are in use. Try out frepeatx and frepeaty, while randomization is on.

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by EFFALO » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:28 PM UTC

aljmyl wrote: post #2

This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings. The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that. You may want to switch "randomize" off, so all variables are in use. Try out frepeatx and frepeaty, while randomization is on.

Love the faces your tool makes! So wonderfully weird. Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by raymondgh » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:39 PM UTC

fun! made one: https://i.imgur.com/KwBNzWQ.png

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by lotyrin » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:39 PM UTC

Is it intended to be a Little My generator, or is it just me?

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by blensor » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:40 PM UTC

aljmyl wrote: post #2

This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings. The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that. You may want to switch "randomize" off, so all variables are in use. Try out frepeatx and frepeaty, while randomization is on.

Funny thing, for some inexplicable reason playing around with the sliders made my feel agressive, not against something in particular but an overall feeling ( that's the best I can describe it ). At first I thought it was the unreal faces, but after reading about the randomness I figured out it was the jumping between completely unrelated faces.

After switching off randomness I immediately felt calmer due to the smoothly changing faces.

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by rectangletangle » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:48 PM UTC

EFFALO wrote: post #3

aljmyl wrote: post #2

This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings. The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that. You may want to switch "randomize" off, so all variables are in use. Try out frepeatx and frepeaty, while randomization is on.

Love the faces your tool makes! So wonderfully weird. Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face

Reminds me of some of the characters from the old Moomins cartoon. https://www.dw.com/image/47520360_303.jpg

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by michaelvoz » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 6:59 PM UTC

lotyrin wrote: post #5

Is it intended to be a Little My generator, or is it just me?

I too, see Little My.

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by laputan_machine » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 7:04 PM UTC

this is actually a really cool, really fast-feedback way to see what tiny changes to the shape or positioning of a mouth or nose gives a dramatically different visual cue. People who've been drawing for years probably know all the little tweaks to make characters look differently, but as someone who isn't, I learnt a something new. Nice!

Re: Show HN: Face Generator

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Post by dymk » Mon, Sep 02, 2019, 7:06 PM UTC

aljmyl wrote: post #2

This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings. The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that. You may want to switch "randomize" off, so all variables are in use. Try out frepeatx and frepeaty, while randomization is on.

I took a look at this and thought, wow, this would be great for generating plotter art. Good job!