aesthetics – Page 5

aesthetics ben January 25, 2018

Snow, ice & wind

aesthetics, self sustainability, wood ben January 07, 2018

Super Moon Chimney Smoke Snow Shadow

There are many spectacles for which I’ll want a low light camera at some point.

aesthetics, all out geekery, I.T., web development ben December 31, 2017

Been programming – Tessellation preview

Between the brutal cold and children, I haven’t had as many untainted brain cycles as I’ve been wishing for; still, I just finished the core engine for a universal way to apply translations to pen strokes. It allowed me to rewrite the mandala engine better, and expand it to allow for tessellations, and really any kind of translations on any center at any orientation. It’s been a ton of ground work so it’s nice to finally get some eye candy :).

I can’t wait to see what the internet does with it. Here’s a preview:

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aesthetics, self sustainability, wood ben December 29, 2017

I heart wood

aesthetics ben December 26, 2017

Scintillating world

aesthetics, nature encounters ben December 05, 2017

Dawn Supermoon

Not the only morning glow

aesthetics, nature encounters ben November 28, 2017

No words needed

aesthetics, agriculture, apiculture, apple, canning, maple syrup, preserving, self sustainability ben November 26, 2017

Food Pantry Rainbow

aesthetics, self sustainability ben January 17, 2017

Cool frost pattern

aesthetics, self sustainability ben January 10, 2017

The fiery skies never get old

aesthetics, all out geekery, I.T. ben December 29, 2016

Multiaxis symmetrical drawing – A Mandala maker that doesn’t suck

I’ve had a terrible time finding a good piece of software to draw mandalas with. To be honest, I don’t care what mandalas are but I’m obsessed with how cool it is to draw with replicated symmetry on multiple axis.

Without further ado, here it is (drag your mouse to draw):

I hope you find it addictive. Click to pop out.

So wow… just wow, this blew up. This little tool ended up making the front page of Reddit in one amazing thread in which many people shared their mandalas. It was an amazing day in many ways, first of all I’ve never seen so many positive comments in a single thread online. The amount of people who seem to have been positively touched by this program is humbling. Drawing mandalas is apparently great stress relief for many and I’ve received several personal notes on how much this program had done for them. I did not see that coming to say the least. Then the fact that this tools was picked up by real artists pushed it to build creations I didn’t even know it was capable of. Lastly, my solar powered raspberry Pi handled hundred of thousands of connections in a single day which turned out to be a technical challenge on top of the overwhelming response. When I set out to create this program, I did not have the slightest idea that it would hit such a sweet spot. I mainly wanted to scratch an itch and couldn’t find any good apps out there. It is a true privilege to have had the chance so see so many people use a tool I made, and have them report they were positively touched by it.

Here is a few of the most amazing mandalas that were posted on the Reddit thread, this is what it looks like when real artists take over your tool 🙂