Silk(weavesilk.com)

332 pointsby luu7 anni fa36 comments

http://weavesilk.com/

36 comments

flixic7 anni fa

Silk inspired my Christmas Postcards project. It's now offline, but I have displayed best drawings on my site:

https://lekevicius.com/projects/postcards/

At the time it was discussed quite a bit on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6966004

dmix7 anni fa

> and have been developing a different online experiment each year until 2017. The 2013 experiment was by far the most successful. It allowed visitors to draw their own postcards with 6-axis symmetry, creating a snowflake-looking drawing almost no matter what was being drawn.

Nice. What were the other experiments you tried doing besides snowflakes? Any reason they didn't work out?

flixic7 anni fa

Went back to the archives to actually remind myself all the ideas.

2012 - Virtual snowy field to plant trees and post a wish on them. A couple hundred trees planted.

2013 - This one, drawing postcards. Thousands drawn.

2014 - Live streamed a Raspberry Pi printing wishes posted on the site. 8 wishes posted. Great ROI.

2015 - Creating animated swirling "stars" drawn using spirograph patterns. A couple hundred created, later adapted to my app Spiralflow: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spiralflow/id1086402345

2016 - Cutting out snowflakes from paper. Less than a hundred made, experience of making them wasn't great.

2017 - skipped. Had an idea of making a Christmas-themed game similar to http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ but couldn't build it in time.

2018 - One last experiment: "baking" and decorating gingerbread cookies. A couple hundred made.

That was it. I don't plan to build anything this year.

dang7 anni fa

Original Show HN from 2011: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2089615

2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4797236

2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9593507

drcursor7 anni fa

Very similar to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17600629 (always makes me think of Deluxe Paint)

envolt7 anni fa

I present to you, The Mortal Warrior -

https://imgur.com/a/ucFexc8

yreg7 anni fa

I, for one, welcome our new overlords

https://imgur.com/1pqfvOA

nerdponx7 anni fa

These two reminded me of the UNITINU meme: https://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/002/423/UN...

tyree7317 anni fa

Definitely Spark Man - https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Spark_Man_(Mega_Man)

arxpoetica7 anni fa

Dragon: http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=vyx2p8443im

luastoned7 anni fa

It's odd that on Android you can play with it, whereas on iOS you are only prompted to download the 3,49€ app.

kossae7 anni fa

It seems to work on iOS if you 'Request Desktop Site', although it's not that responsive (likely by design).

nerder927 anni fa

Blame it on Apple 99$/Y vs the 25$/Lifetime on Android.

el_tone7 anni fa

Interactive gyneacological art.

drawnwren7 anni fa

I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw that.

stefs7 anni fa

for some reason, i only ever draw skulls.

Double_a_927 anni fa

Reminds of of Mr.doob's creations: https://mrdoob.com/#/120/harmony

rebuilder7 anni fa

Krita has incorporated precisely this toolset. It's one of those rare instances of what seems like a cheap gimmick actually being a great tool.

ermir7 anni fa

I was just messing around with this and experimenting with the features, when a human shape slowly started coming out of my unconsciousness. At the end when I realized what was coming out, I strove to finish, and it turns out quite angelic.

http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=dwz2p4vwngg&fbclid=IwAR3Z4W8Y...

ProAm7 anni fa

I found if you pressed and held the mouse in one spot often a human-like head would form. Really neat.

oftenwrong7 anni fa

Silk: Interactive generative art

pfista7 anni fa

Wow that's pretty cool. This was the first thing that came out: http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=drz2p5fz9r9

earth2mars7 anni fa

I just created this and it turned out good. http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=yvy2p5dc8o7

andrelaszlo7 anni fa

I had a similar idea. I guess face shapes are natural given the vertical symmetry, and since the outcome is a bit random our bias towards seeing faces even in vaguely face-shaped patterns helps.

http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=zmb2p5d9l1f

lijogdfljk7 anni fa

This is great! If I had a way of using it to create animations for my iOS lock screen I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

godman_87 anni fa

I remember seeing this and a ton of similar sites on StumbleUpon nearly a decade ago.

brokenkebab7 anni fa

Most produced pictures look more like an X-ray of alien insectoids than silk.

garysahota937 anni fa

I just spent 30 mins on this site... It's mesmerizing!

loa_in_7 anni fa

Would you consider adding multiple touch points? Why (not)?

yurivish7 anni fa

Hi, the app does support up to 11 multiple touch points. I'm not sure if the API was around to implement it on the web at the time this website was made, or if it was I wasn't aware of it. Multitouch on the iPad works with both fingers and the pencil.

abhinuvpitale7 anni fa

good question, I am guessing keeping the symmetry fixed with multiple points and tracking them could make it messy, I guess

smdz7 anni fa

Whenever I try something it looks like an X-ray image :|

skilled7 anni fa

Love how smooth it is on mobile as well. Great project.

Fluid_Mechanics7 anni fa

I made a satanic pentagram :3

2038AD7 anni fa

I was still in school when I first found this :)

chirau7 anni fa

umm, what is this? The randomness defeats the purpose, i think