Highly recommend checking out Andreas' other work on https://ertdfgcvb.xyz/. Probably one of my favorite websites of all time, his body of work is what complete commitment to an idea looks like. Couple cool hardware projects in there too.
performative 20 days ago [-]
ugh this is maddeningly cool
brcmthrowaway 20 days ago [-]
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tarsiel 20 days ago [-]
From my experience in the generative art scene, there’s 2 main types of people making NFTs. There’s the crypto-first people who are into them for ideological or monetary reasons, and existing digital artists who saw it as a way to monetize their digital art and cash in on the gold rush.
I have a ton of issues with NFTs and while I don’t love that a lot of my favourite artists got involved with them, I at least understand that perspective a bit more.
latexr 20 days ago [-]
> there’s 2 main types of people making NFTs.
> (…) monetary reasons (…)
> (…) monetize their digital art and cash in on the gold rush.
Those are the same thing. Doing it for money is doing it for money.
I do think there was a short period where established artists going into NFTs was understandable. If you’re still promoting yours in 2026, not so much.
gf000 19 days ago [-]
> Doing it for money is doing it for money.
I'm fairly sure artists have to eat as well.
gatkinso 16 days ago [-]
grow up
fragmede 20 days ago [-]
your loss
zen928 20 days ago [-]
im sure the pictures on the snake oil bottles looked really cool too
I'm surprised it's so little base64 to encode a font? Like, I would've thought it would be orders of magnitude more, lots of shapes per character etc.
kens 20 days ago [-]
This reminds me of mid-1970s ASCII computer graphics, except more advanced and orders of magnitude faster. In particular, it brought to mind "Mandala" from the book "What to Do After You Hit Return", which was an amazing book in 1975, full of BASIC games and graphics programs that you could type in. If you want the vibe of early home computers, take a look at this book.
Press CMD+. a couple of times to bring up a sidebar with more info and other demos.
CMD+I will enable Immediate Mode, so that every edit you make is reflected in the output as you type.
userbinator 20 days ago [-]
Why do people use domains like this for actual content? If I saw "ertdfgcvb.xyz" in a search result I'd ignore it as "likely SEO spam".
omoikane 20 days ago [-]
Looks like it makes a 3x3 pattern on a qwerty keyboard:
ert
dfg
cvb
I am not sure if it's mostly meant to be a meaningless but unique identifier (like "xkcd") or if it's a challenge to the readers to find the real meaning (like "lcamtuf").
d-lisp 20 days ago [-]
u n d e r g r o u n d
c u l t u r e
omoikane 20 days ago [-]
For some reason, the box drawing characters aligns properly for me in Chrome but not in Firefox, as seen in the right edge of the blue box. The misalignment is more pronounced in the SDF circle demo:
I wonder if it's just me (different browser locale, maybe?)
smusamashah 20 days ago [-]
Looking at this it looks like that Moore pattern is just waves/signals interacting with each other. Also that low cost effects can be created using these patterns.
lifetimerubyist 20 days ago [-]
I have no idea what I'm looking at but it's cool AF.
Adama_Now 20 days ago [-]
Wow I feel like I can see into the Matrix.
xnx 21 days ago [-]
Very cool. Is there a pause button?
xtiansimon 20 days ago [-]
No, but you'll come down in about eight hours... LOL.
I like this project--
The layout is well designed--image area, editable code window, and compact navigation--pleasantly proportioned with an excellent demonstration of thematic font choice. And, surprise, some are interactive.
I imagine it's an excellent way to organize and store your collection of animation algos. The 'about' is detailed (https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/abc.html#play:about) and interesting to read.
Thanks to OP for sharing.
maplethorpe 20 days ago [-]
Ctrl+shift+c lets you copy a frame to clipboard.
blamestross 20 days ago [-]
Am I the only person Moire patterns induce instant and intense nausea in? Is it just a personal "crucifix glitch?"
bschmidt25017 20 days ago [-]
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Rendered at 02:57:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
I have a ton of issues with NFTs and while I don’t love that a lot of my favourite artists got involved with them, I at least understand that perspective a bit more.
> (…) monetary reasons (…)
> (…) monetize their digital art and cash in on the gold rush.
Those are the same thing. Doing it for money is doing it for money.
I do think there was a short period where established artists going into NFTs was understandable. If you’re still promoting yours in 2026, not so much.
I'm fairly sure artists have to eat as well.
https://archive.org/details/Whattodoafteryouhitreturn/page/n...
CMD+I will enable Immediate Mode, so that every edit you make is reflected in the output as you type.
c u l t u r e
https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/#/src/sdf/circle
I wonder if it's just me (different browser locale, maybe?)
I like this project--
The layout is well designed--image area, editable code window, and compact navigation--pleasantly proportioned with an excellent demonstration of thematic font choice. And, surprise, some are interactive.
I imagine it's an excellent way to organize and store your collection of animation algos. The 'about' is detailed (https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/abc.html#play:about) and interesting to read.
Thanks to OP for sharing.