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▲Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative and customizable SVG-patterns (bookofshapes.com)
kachnuv_ocasek 10 hours ago [-]
Beautiful. Reminds me of the amazing visual art of Adam Fuhrer[1].

[1]: https://adamfuhrer.com/

paulirish 6 hours ago [-]
Etienne Jacob has similar vibes: https://bleuje.com/animationsite/2024_1/ And quite satisfying.
fireproof_ 9 hours ago [-]
I've been building something similar[1], but focused more on generating desktop/mobile wallpapers based on a desktop theme.

Most of the designs is build via python-scripts that generate the final SVG's which then can be recolored in browser. Claude + a harness is surprisingly adept at generating these scripts, i guess pelicanmaxxing might be the reason?

[1] https://github.com/nickolaj-jepsen/walldye

sampsn 21 minutes ago [-]
yah i like this, i downloaded a bunch, thanks
virtualritz 11 hours ago [-]
Is this a rip of turtletoy[1] content?

[1] https://turtletoy.net/

tiborsaas 10 hours ago [-]
Why would it be a ripoff? Generative art sites are like this.

Turtle toy is really neat, thanks for the tip.

nsokolowski 6 hours ago [-]
Cool Page. But I did not know it when creating bookofshapes ;)
virtualritz 6 hours ago [-]
But your clanker probaly did. ;)
kdkdiwkdiwzjj 3 hours ago [-]
What’s with calling AI “clanker”? I’m seeing it more and more, and, honestly, the more I see it the stupider it sounds.
iFreilicht 2 hours ago [-]
It's basically a derogatory term for AI. I've seen it used the same way a slur would be used to berate a person.
kdkdiwkdiwzjj 27 minutes ago [-]
Got that from context; I’m just baffled, really. Seeing people call AI “clankers” is like watching a third grader call another “poopy head”. It’s just depressingly infantile.
kanapala 11 hours ago [-]
who knows with vibe-coded stuff?
haktan 30 minutes ago [-]
This site is great, very cool.
albert_e 10 hours ago [-]
Looks useful. I was experimenting with making an SVG creator tool that can churn out shapes that go beyond the shape library of microsoft powerpoint -- so my slides can stand out. Things like a hexagon with rounded corners, squircle, swooshes and blobs etc.

Patterns like these are useful as well.

WillAdams 8 hours ago [-]
One problem which I've had working in this space is the difficulty of naming specific shapes --- worked up a list in my current project:

https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview/blob/main/gcodepre...

(should be section 3.8.1.1 on pg. 97, not sure, since I need to push up an update)

and I'd be glad of any comment or correction or point of improvement.

kn330 6 hours ago [-]
Forgive my non-creative brain but who is this for? and how/where can this be used?
LEDThereBeLight 5 hours ago [-]
It’s research. It’s not for anyone, until someone who needs it sees it and starts using it.
robobo96 2 hours ago [-]
Wow, how did you create these?
iFreilicht 2 hours ago [-]
AI obviously.
dominicrose 9 hours ago [-]
unimportant detail but the Liked button doesn't show any shape
ericyd 8 hours ago [-]
Very nice collection!
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