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Show HN: Graphite, a Blender-inspired 2D procedural design Rust app

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783 points Keavon | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 22:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source

For the past three years I've been building what I hope will be the next Blender, tackling the lack of any good 2D design or image editing tools outside the Adobe monopoly. This was our first year participating in Google Summer of Code and this Q3 update includes the big payoff from that, covering the most progress we've made so far as a project. If you're a Rust dev, consider getting involved as we apply for the next GSoC in the new year— you could be our intern next summer :)

Q3 progress report: https://graphite.rs/blog/graphite-progress-report-q3-2024/

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ChadNauseam ◴[16 Oct 24 02:07 UTC] No.41854952[source]▶
Wow, cool! I think I remember a post years ago about this project. IIRC you did a thesis in something to do with simulating brush strokes? Anyway, congrats on releasing this, super impressive to have worked on this for so long and come out with something that looks so good. (And it's awesome that you're looking into using Vello too.)
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1. Keavon ◴[16 Oct 24 03:42 UTC] No.41855394[source]▶
You remember correctly! Here's that thesis code <https://github.com/Keavon/Brush-Nodes>. You can ignore the readme since it doesn't talk about brushes and open the GitHub Pages site (or, I can just link it here: <https://keavon.github.io/Brush-Nodes/>). Then press Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, or Ctrl+4 and reload the page after each. Be patient as it takes a couple seconds to load the page once a demo is chosen. That'll load the four brush demos:

- Ctrl+1: dotted stamp roller - Ctrl+2: bristle brush - Ctrl+3: diluted ink - Ctrl+4: ragged solid ink brush

This concept will be reimplemented in Graphite eventually. Maybe as a GSoC project.

The actual thesis write-up is here <https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2653/> in case you're really interested for some reason.