Silk — Interactive generative art

Could someone list another apps that can make "beautiful" graphic like this app? (Or at least, something that could be done by non-artist, no photoshop / pattern / texture needed to generate the graphic).

pnewman2• 14 years ago

My attempt at Ringo: http://new.weavesilk.com/?czix

hendi_• 14 years ago

Frightening. http://new.weavesilk.com/?czjy

hankScorpi0• 14 years ago

Interesting idea - I had implemented a similar symmetry concept in one of my ios apps (http://gravitypaint.com - if you want to check it out).

Why not extend it to also cover radial symmetry - should be easy to add and you can let the user set the angle etc...

karolist• 14 years ago

All I get is a parked domain on gravitypaint.com

vog• 14 years ago

All okay here. I can access the website without any trouble.

However, a website with some picture of an iOS app is much less interesting than an interactive web application, at least for me.

ChuckMcM2• 14 years ago

Ok this was mine : http://new.weavesilk.com/?czgl

Would love to see a retina iPad version of this.

ecubed• 14 years ago

If you took this graphical art concept and combined it with the generative music concept of apps like Brian Eno's bloom, you'd have an absolutely amazing app

anigbrowl3• 14 years ago

You'll probably like Borderlands: http://www.borderlands-granular.com/app/

I'm a hardware guy, but that tempts me to pick up an iPad.

jQueryIsAwesome5• 14 years ago

Just for fun here are yours and mine combined: http://i.imgur.com/vpB4i.jpg (Michael Angelo have nothing on us!)

Alex3917• 14 years ago

"Would love to see a retina iPad version of this."

There are several other iPad generative art apps. Check out Art of Glow.

spyder2• 14 years ago

mine: http://new.weavesilk.com/?d640 http://new.weavesilk.com/?d6bb

thinkdevcode• 14 years ago

dueling dragons: http://new.weavesilk.com/?d7h7

daniel-cussen• 14 years ago

Nice! Took a while to load, though, wonder why that is.

Void_• 14 years ago

This is implemented with canvas. Cleaned source: http://pastie.org/5391134

pavlov• 14 years ago

FYI: that's a copyright violation because the original source doesn't carry a license that would allow it to be modified and reproduced.

jrajav• 14 years ago

That may be a matter of debate: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/26548/what-is...

anigbrowl3• 14 years ago

Quite impressed with this; only thing 'wrong' with it is that the gray/black color should erase rather than add. Thanks for the source link Void_.

I do a fair bit of generative music stuff, so I'm impressed with that part as much as the pretty colors: http://new.weavesilk.com/?czw6

dualogy2• 14 years ago

> I do a fair bit of generative music stuff

Wow, got any of that online somewhere yet?

anigbrowl3• 14 years ago

I'm kind of shy about my music :-)

Dilan• 14 years ago

It would be great if you could easily set the picture as your desktop background.

Kiro• 14 years ago

Works really good on the Android browser where things like this usually lag out (Galaxy S3). Smooth.

riffraff• 14 years ago

previously on HN, the non-new url

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2089615

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2101422

Zolomon• 14 years ago

I am sorry, but what am I missing - where is the interaction? I can't interact with the art I create. What is the difference between this and Photoshop (or any other image editor for example) except for it being browser based and playing some sounds in the background?

It is very well done, and what you can make with it is very impressive. Good work!

zalew• 14 years ago

> I am sorry, but what am I missing - where is the interaction?

you can paint on creations while they play. try it http://new.weavesilk.com/?d07e

jff• 14 years ago

http://new.weavesilk.com/?d07y

Simply doodling, when out pops the angel of death. Lovely :)

jQueryIsAwesome5• 14 years ago

Its not an angel... is actually the Devil! http://new.weavesilk.com/?d2du

lywald• 14 years ago

Made an angel too (tried to do Tyrael but can't pull it off) http://new.weavesilk.com/?d9he

Techasura• 14 years ago

i would keep this background music running during my work.. makes me refreshed.

nmb• 14 years ago

hi yuri! :)

SenorWilson2• 14 years ago

Look, I made a cat http://i.imgur.com/KK9fk.png

cwilson• 14 years ago

I've literally had this on repeat for almost 3 hours now: http://new.weavesilk.com/?d06a

So cool.

merlincorey• 14 years ago

Even cooler is that you can select another color and DRAW ALONG WITH IT!!!

apha• 14 years ago

I think I made a demonic, dual-wielding Samurai: http://new.weavesilk.com/?d119

Or it may just be a mess.

alan-saul• 14 years ago

This is superb, thanks for posting I must have missed it the previous times. What is the ambiant music playing in the background?

pirateking• 14 years ago

http://new.weavesilk.com/?d1q4

Very awesome. Needs undo!

casinaroyale• 14 years ago

Ha, here is mine. Fire and ice. http://new.weavesilk.com/?d1q5

ohashi• 14 years ago

Everytime I play with Silk it feels wildly beautiful. I don't know what it is about it, but I love it.

ofca• 14 years ago

Super! I'd love the option to change the color of the background. Any way to do that?

kettlelakes• 14 years ago

Yeah, you can edit CSS with Inspector, change background-color for <body>.

fumar2• 14 years ago

mine...sadness. http://new.weavesilk.com/?d323

pwenzel• 14 years ago

PAUL http://new.weavesilk.com/?d36f

rumberg• 14 years ago

Frightening chicken cat: http://new.weavesilk.com/?d376 ;)

zoba• 14 years ago

These make a good 'just because' mini gift :)

Here is a heart: http://new.weavesilk.com/?d38q

jQueryIsAwesome5• 14 years ago

You have to think a little different to create smooth curves. http://new.weavesilk.com/?d3hr

jamesbritt• 14 years ago

Some amazing generative art, done with Processing, here: http://complexification.net/gallery/

You can grab the source for these and play around with them, tweaking values to see how things work.

One of my favorites is Sand Traveler. The underlying algorithm is relatively simple, but the results are stunning.

These are presented as Java applets, but Processing 2.0 now lets you export code to JavaScript (processing.js).

It also exports to Android apk files, so you can build Android apps with Processing.

earroway• 14 years ago

Superb.

ghostblog• 14 years ago

This is so dumb. Why is this art, because it's pretty? God listen to the music. So cheesy. It's the "Alienware" aesthetic. Nerd

yonilevy• 14 years ago

With the symmetry setting disabled, this is an interesting way of freestyle sketching (more so with a Wacom) http://new.weavesilk.com/?d4e6

spyder2• 14 years ago

one more:

http://new.weavesilk.com/?d6v4 (needs 1920x1200 or above)

geuis• 14 years ago

Works great on the iPhone five. The ad is a bit annoying in that it covers the entire interface.

fumar2• 14 years ago

Interesting this works better on my Galaxy Nexus than on my four year old MacBook. Chrome on my Nexus rules...

viviantan• 14 years ago

Do I need the app for this to run on iPhone4? I tried pulling up the site but it didn't work.

phate• 14 years ago

Mine: http://new.weavesilk.com/?dao2

gpmcadam• 14 years ago

Probably obvious. A nuclear explosion: http://new.weavesilk.com/?dayj

wavesounds• 14 years ago

Wow, just wow, amazing!

pseut• 14 years ago

-> "Note, Silk has sound, Mute?"

That was considerate and awesome. Thanks.

contravert• 14 years ago

Can someone explain the technical details on how this program works?

mkelley• 14 years ago

Genisis - http://new.weavesilk.com/?e4xj

Silk — Interactive generative art

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