Digital Art #
Raster, Vector, Pixel, Voxel, ASCII, Mesh, Fractal, Generative, #
Projection Mapping, Creative Code, …
Raster Art #
PhotoGIMP is a patch for Gimp that makes it look more like Photoshop, adds fonts and some filters.
Unsplash is a good source for ‘Freely usable images’ if you need some source material
Pixel Art #
Vector Art #
inkscape
dotgrid
3D Art #
Meshes #
blender
Voxel Art #
magicavoxel, minecraft
Generative Art #
Fractals #
Creative Code #
Ascii Art #
Projection Mapping #
Screen Considerations
Pixel Art & Ascii art #
Pixel Art Tutorial from @saint11 https://saint11.org/blog/pixel-art-tutorials/
JPixel - editor for pixel art animation and tilesets
Hexels ($49)
Strike - 1-bit paint tool, primarily for quick sketching or line-drawing.
Noodle, 1-bit browser based art tool
Wobblepaint on the Pico-8, by Zep
Voxel Art #
Minecraft??
Color Palette Tools #
https://lospec.com/palette-list
The Nerdy bits #
Why Dark Video Is A terrible Blocky Mess (YouTube)
- Squoosh, a tool for trying out different image formats to check their relative size and quality. Particularly useful if you’re targeting web
- Keep in mind not all devices and browsers support all formats
- Demo of how Fourier Filtering works
- Color Emulation of the GameBoy
- Hello hsluv - blog post about how hsluv works
- Graphics & Palettes - Super Nintendo Entertainment System Features Pt. 01 (YouTube)
- Digital Video Introduction (Github) - “A hands-on introduction to video technology: image, video, codec (av1, vp9, h265) and more (ffmpeg encoding).”
- Oklab, An interactive review of Oklab (Raph Levien’s Blog) - “A perceptual color space is desirable when doing many kinds of image processing”
- The hyperbezier pen tool (cmyr.net)
Compression #
Whenever I make foliage I always find myself hoping nobody else is as lazy as I am. I just make a bunch of random shapes and copy paste to victory... Please don't call the cops pic.twitter.com/Vz63AOBuZo
— mog (@wtfmig) November 22, 2019