Show HN: Kipplr – Draw abstract images in seconds

kipplr.xyz

22 points·gioscarab··7 comments

Hi! I made this opensource single page application to master javascript language and in general programming. I had really much fun experimenting with capabilities (and limits) of canvas with this project. This is the source code: https://github.com/gioblu/Kipplr

After a lot of testing i found this tool able to render 10.000x10.000px (or more with certain browsers like firefox) abstract pictures in seconds. Images before impossible to be created by hand with photoshop or illustrator now can be rendered with Kipplr!! So can be used to generate huge unique pictures (1mx1m) in seconds! I hope you will like!

What does the name mean?

The 'INFO' button on the app says:

'Kipplr's name is inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and by the concept of "Kipple"'.

Is that all a custom UI, or are you using a UI library? (A quick look at the code didn't show anything obvious other than jquery/zepto.)

I ask because I'm going to want to do something like that soon, and it's really slick.

A useful option would be tiling: if a polygon crosses the frame edge, draw the rest of it on the opposite edge. This would let me use the tool to generate repeating patterns.

Ciao flashman this is a really intelligent suggetion I never took in consideration I will immediatly estimate the code effort to make it as you say

Could you add an option to edit each value as a number as well as a slider? Sometimes you want to get the same value again, and you can't get the slider in the same position as before.

Loving the app :D

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