abey79/le280-vsketch

vsketch port of the "<=280" book sketches

le280-vsketch

What's this?

This sketch collection is adapted from <=280 by Jean-Noël Lafargue.

The goal is to port as many sketches as possible to vsketch, so that they may be plotted. Several of the <=280 sketch are readily adaptable thanks to the similarities between vsketch and Processing, some might be trickier to convert, while others outright impossible due to their raster nature. Regardless, let's port as many as possible, even if some degree of interpretation is occasionally needed.

Though the collection is primarily an homage to this great book, it also aims to serve as vsketch examples. As a result, keeping sketches under the 280-character limit is a non-goal. Rather, the port should favour idiomatic approaches such as using Numpy.

To contribute

Create sketch using the template I created for this project:

vsk init --template https://github.com/abey79/cookiecutter-le280-vsketch le280/XXX

Ignore page size and landscape prompts.

To keep with the book spirit, all the sketch are set up with a 500x500px size, and pixels are kept as unit in the code (i.e. no vsk.scale("cm") or similar). In addition to optimisation, the sketches' finalize() functions also draw a frame around the sketch, and lay it out on a page with configurable page format and margins. This way, the SVG output can readily be plotted while the interactive experience mimics the book's layout.

License

The <=280 book states that "[its content] can be adapted, remixed, borrowed or stolen". The same goes for this repository.