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

 (bookofshapes.com)

185 points | by eustoria 2 days ago

10 comments

  • kachnuv_ocasek 4 hours ago
    Beautiful. Reminds me of the amazing visual art of Adam Fuhrer[1].

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

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  • fireproof_ 4 hours 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

  • virtualritz 6 hours ago
    Is this a rip of turtletoy[1] content?

    [1] https://turtletoy.net/

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    • tiborsaas 5 hours ago
      Why would it be a ripoff? Generative art sites are like this.

      Turtle toy is really neat, thanks for the tip.

    • nsokolowski 1 hour ago
      Cool Page. But I did not know it when creating bookofshapes ;)
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      • virtualritz 1 hour ago
        But your clanker probaly did. ;)
    • kanapala 6 hours ago
      who knows with vibe-coded stuff?
  • kn330 1 hour ago
    Forgive my non-creative brain but who is this for? and how/where can this be used?
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    • LEDThereBeLight 5 minutes ago
      It’s research. It’s not for anyone, until someone who needs it sees it and starts using it.
  • albert_e 5 hours 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.

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    • WillAdams 3 hours 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.

  • dominicrose 4 hours ago
    unimportant detail but the Liked button doesn't show any shape
  • ericyd 3 hours ago
    Very nice collection!
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