https://github.com/abey79/sketches
My personal collection of sketches made with vsketch
https://github.com/abey79/sketches
generative-art pen-plotter
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My personal collection of sketches made with vsketch
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/abey79/sketches
- Owner: abey79
- License: other
- Created: 2021-02-09T21:44:00.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-25T10:39:59.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-09T02:22:59.370Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: generative-art, pen-plotter
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 34.7 MB
- Stars: 45
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# sketches
My collection of personal plotter generative art sketches made with [vsketch](https://github.com/abey79/vsketch) and [whiskers](https://github.com/abey79/vsvg/tree/master/crates/whiskers). Sketches made with _vsketch_ can generally be run and interacted with using the following command:
```bash
$ vsk run hline
```
Some additional dependencies might be needed, including but not limited to:
- [vpype-explorations](https://github.com/abey79/vpype-explorations)
- [hatched](https://github.com/abey79/hatched)
- [vpype-text](https://github.com/abey79/vpype-text)
The sketches made with _whiskers_ can be run and interacted with using the following commands:
```bash
$ cd hex_cells
$ cargo run --release
```
A working installation of [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org) is needed.
**Disclaimer**: Though I wrote it, note that this code doesn't necessarily match my standards—here the end justifies the means :)
The code is available under the MIT license and the artworks under [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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### `hex_cells`
My #ptpx23 postcards. First sketch made with _whiskers_ on this repo.
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### `layers`
Quick and dirty sketch to serve as banner for my [article on layers, *vpype*, and the Axidraw](https://bylr.info/articles/2023/03/17/layer-names/).
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### `kare`
Tribute to Susan Kare's iconic work on the early Macintosh. These were my #ptpx22 postcards. Made with [vpype-pixelart](https://github.com/abey79/vpype-pixelart).
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### `snowflake`
A quick-and-dirty snowflake generator for Xmas giftwrap decoration.
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### `world`
Rotating earth, 280-frame loop I made to illustrate my [article](https://bylr.info/articles/2022/12/22/automatic-plotloop-machine/) on the Automatic #plotloop Machine.
Here is a video of the process:
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_PPPImmEN8)
And the resulting loop:
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### `warp`
Hyperspace jump, 200-frame loop made automatically with a couple of Raspberry Pi, some LEGOs and a [Doit](https://pydoit.org) script.
Highly compressed/dithered, 40-fps GIF:
Other versions:
- Uncompressed 4-fps GIF [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abey79/sketches/master/warp/output/warp.gif).
- YouTube version at the intended 120 fps [here](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hSoPIU3s5DE).
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### `fill_test`
Details [here](https://bylr.info/articles/2022/04/28/sketch-fill-test/).
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### `machine_typography`
17 letters for 17 recipients. This is my winter '21-'22 [`#ptpx`](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ptpx) contribution.
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### `postcard`
Helper sketch to create postcards with addresses and a custom message. Very useful for `#ptpx`.
Instructions:
1) Create the following files next to the sketch script:
- `addresses.txt`: all the addresses, separated by two new lines
- `header.txt`: header text (typically, your address)
- `message.txt`: postcard message, may contain $FirstName$, which will be replaced as you expect
2) Run the sketch: `vsk run postcard`
3) Adjust the parameters and your message until everything looks good, then save a configuration (`my_config`)
4) Export all SVGs: `vsk save --config my_config --param addr_id 0..8 postcard` (adjust the address ID range as needed)
**Added Jan. 2023**: support for bitmap font rendering using the [Monocraft](https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft) font:
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### `liquid_neon`
Small experiment which combined the `neon` [module sets](https://github.com/abey79/vpype-explorations/blob/master/vpype_explorations/moduleset.py) with some deformation filter that would eventually become the [`squiggles` command](https://vpype.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference.html#squiggles).
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### `drift_poly`
My design for early 2021 `#ptpx`. The config for the 9 cards I made are included in the repo.
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### `dots`
Just a bunch of dots drawn with `vsk.point()` on a regular grid. Sometime they are skipped, sometime in a different color.
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### `random_lines`
That's 500k Perlin noise values obtained in a single call of [noise()](https://vsketch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/vsketch.Vsketch.html#vsketch.Vsketch.noise).
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### `circular_patterns`
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### `fish`
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### `hline`
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### `perlin agents`
