(This is a thumbail. Click for full size.)
I recently got a tablet. Drawing seemed like a natural thing to do with it, so I searched the Android app store for a drawing tool and found Sketch n Draw. So I’ve discovered procedural drawing, which is apparently a thing.
The world needs a wikipedia article on the subject, but I think the term refers to drawing that is algorithmicly enhanced. So, you draw with a pen, and it algorithmically adds shading. It feels amazing. There is an on-line, all open source, client side JavaScript implementation called Harmony. Click that link and play. It’s worth it.
People have been messing around with it, sometimes impressively.
I’m pretty blown away by this. I’ve been trying to draw my whole life. It’s always frustrating when the limitations of a creative medium limit what you’re trying to express or put down. I’ve been experimenting with the Wacom/GIMP combination lately and enjoying the options there. I guess many of the pictures I’ve been posting here have been ‘procedural drawing’ in a sense because I’ve often painted with a brush that involves randomized coloring and/or sizing. Also, I’ve been using computer-generated gradients, etc….
What the hell, I guess I’ve been ‘procedurally drawing’ here for a while. But something feels different about these tools. Somebody’s designed an algorithm that fits brains better, I guess.
This one is also a thumbnail.
