Finally Launched! Any Feedback?

Good to know! I like that everyone I talk to seems to like a different subset of the examples I show them, because it shows that there's enough variation in the output to satisfy diverse tastes.

Ah, thanks for pointing that out :-P
I should make an actual logo at some point soon (and use that for the favicon). Right now I'm just using some font-awesome font as the logo...!

Here's an example painting I made to illustrate the generalized strategy I mentioned in the other post: https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=OuIs3I6vHAyqV-PoMb6EFiRVAFwRb5

I used the pixelate brush, start with 128px and work my way down to 8px.

Hey Victor, thanks for the feedback! The trouble you had is a very important issue for which I need to figure a way around.

The simplest solution I can think of is a "Surprise Me" button, which would pick some random brush, with random parameters, and create a random set of brushstrokes on the canvas...

But there is actually a generalized strategy for making nice paintings using Artbuffer that comes from traditional painting. Basically you want to start with a large brush size and paint the entire canvas. Then choose a lower size and paint the parts that you feel need more detail. And then keep doing that working your way down to smaller brush sizes, and stop when you're happy. It might be something I can automate for users...

The most complex alternative is to apply more sophisticated techniques like machine learning to draw things for you, tailored to the image you provide...

Thanks again, and welcome to IH!

Yeah I'm going to keep iterating till it picks up :-)

Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion on the tour! I just added one that walks the user through the major parts of the UI :-)

Thanks!

Wow that looks incredible! Really cool stuff. And yeah, in the editor you basically select the brush on the left, and the various parameters on the right, and then draw with it.

I've actually thought very hard about making it like a real painting with the feel of, say something like oil paint. The closest I can think of is to use a plotter (https://www.axidraw.com/) with a paintbrush on it, but it's still messy ( see the section on "Brushes and paint" over here https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2018/executing-generative-art-with-a-plotter).

One alternative I considered was to use a service like instapainting.com to get a painted canvas made of an image generated via Artbuffer. Basically have an artist copy the exact image, but using physical paint.

At least with Artbuffer I'm going to try to stick with plain fine-art prints initially and see if there's interest.

Thanks for the comment! :-)

Thanks!

One of the cool features of Artbuffer is something that isn't launched yet and currently invisible to the user. All the brushes you see were implemented using simple javascript and run in a sandboxed web worker. While I've implemented all the brushes you see, the goal is to get it to a point where anyone can contribute brushes. There is an entire community of generative artists who would find value in this.

That's what makes it extremely powerful compared to the other options out there, in my opinion :-)