Color Orbs

Creative

generative art

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49points
21comments
#978of 2,570 in 2022
Top 39%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.36.

Design: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Beautiful art and well-written write-up

    From 2 comments
    • A well written post, and beautiful art. Thanks for writing it up instead of creating 10,000 NFTs!
      teruakohatu on HN
    • I suppose my comment is more supportive than constructive, but I really like this concept; everything from the site design to the art itself is A+. I wasn't at all familiar with…
      nhecker on HN
  • Each orb has a lot of character

    From 1 comment
    • I feel a bit silly, but I didn’t realize at the beginning that each art piece is a video to be played. (My bad for skimming the text probably, but the UI is a bit unusual as…
      BadCookie on HN
  • Interesting concept and curation approach

    From 1 comment
    • I think one of the hardest parts of procedural generation is curation. Finding the interesting results and then somehow highlighting them. Your approach of having both the…
      chapliboy on HN

Objections

  • Art takes up too little screen space on the page

    From 1 comment
    • For a webpage [0] about visual art, the art itself disappointly gets less than 5% of screen space. When you present art you're supposed to present the art. This page is a massive…
      hypertele-Xii on HN
  • Gallery page stuck loading or unresponsive in Firefox

    From 2 comments
    • For a webpage [0] about visual art, the art itself disappointly gets less than 5% of screen space. When you present art you're supposed to present the art. This page is a massive…
      hypertele-Xii on HN
    • Very good. > On the gallery page not working, could you let me know what browser and device you're using? Firefox on Windows desktop. Further testing reveals that the animation…
      hypertele-Xii on HN
  • Not obvious that each piece is a video

    From 1 comment
    • I feel a bit silly, but I didn’t realize at the beginning that each art piece is a video to be played. (My bad for skimming the text probably, but the UI is a bit unusual as…
      BadCookie on HN

Requests

  • Make the art larger on the page

    From 1 comment
    • For a webpage [0] about visual art, the art itself disappointly gets less than 5% of screen space. When you present art you're supposed to present the art. This page is a massive…
      hypertele-Xii on HN
  • A 3D version that can be spun around

    From 1 comment
    • I think one of the hardest parts of procedural generation is curation. Finding the interesting results and then somehow highlighting them. Your approach of having both the…
      chapliboy on HN
  • Source code release

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Is this open source?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Perlin planets 3D version by Vinay Bhaip

    From 1 comment
    • Check out this repo for a 3D version of the same idea by Vinay Bhaip: https://github.com/vbhaip/perlin-planets
      dannyking on HN
  • Noise Planets by Atul Vinayak

    From 1 comment
    • Thank you! I really appreciate that. That sounds like a great project idea. To draw a black and white one, this write up (from the person that inspired my project) would be a…
      dannyking on HN
  • Marbles video project by another creator

    From 2 comments
    • On mobile but the first thing I did was search page for “marble”. Not found. These seem like digital marbles.
      browningstreet on HN
    • This guy beat me to that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uHtffYrXww
      dannyking on HN

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