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Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative and customizable SVG-patterns

246 points by eustoria - 23 comments
kachnuv_ocasek [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Beautiful. Reminds me of the amazing visual art of Adam Fuhrer[1].

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

paulirish [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Etienne Jacob has similar vibes: https://bleuje.com/animationsite/2024_1/ And quite satisfying.
plmpsu [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Wow.
fireproof_ [3 hidden]5 mins 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 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
yah i like this, i downloaded a bunch, thanks
virtualritz [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Is this a rip of turtletoy[1] content?

[1] https://turtletoy.net/

tiborsaas [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Why would it be a ripoff? Generative art sites are like this.

Turtle toy is really neat, thanks for the tip.

nsokolowski [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Cool Page. But I did not know it when creating bookofshapes ;)
virtualritz [3 hidden]5 mins ago
But your clanker probaly did. ;)
kdkdiwkdiwzjj [3 hidden]5 mins 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 [3 hidden]5 mins 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 [3 hidden]5 mins 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 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
who knows with vibe-coded stuff?
loclol101 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Amazing! this is beautiful.
albert_e [3 hidden]5 mins 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 [3 hidden]5 mins 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.

haktan [3 hidden]5 mins ago
This site is great, very cool.
kn330 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Forgive my non-creative brain but who is this for? and how/where can this be used?
LEDThereBeLight [3 hidden]5 mins ago
It’s research. It’s not for anyone, until someone who needs it sees it and starts using it.
robobo96 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Wow, how did you create these?
iFreilicht [3 hidden]5 mins ago
AI obviously.
dominicrose [3 hidden]5 mins ago
unimportant detail but the Liked button doesn't show any shape
ericyd [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Very nice collection!