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New Site Navigation
Zeta Comic Generator has been updated with a new site navigation. It is now more mobile friendly be switching to a popout menu on small screens. The mobile menu design is inspired by the corner badges Marvel put of the cover of Infinity Gauntlet crossover issues.
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Disgusted
Alpha Zeta’s emotional range grows again with “Disgusted,” a pose perfect for moments of revulsion, cringe, or comic catastrophe. What scene will make Alpha gag—spoiled space rations, an alien odor, or an awkward social faux pas? Experiment with the new action and add another layer of expressive storytelling to your comics. Details on how to trigger […]
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Backend Tooling
Zeta Comic Generator adds a full-featured debugger to explore every stage of comic creation. See each API call, prompt, response, and cost breakdown. Great for examining prompts or understanding model behavior under the hood. After generating a comic, head over to the debugger page to take a closer look.
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Worried
Introducing the ‘Worried’ action for Alpha Zeta. This new expression allows creators to bring out Alpha Zeta’s concern or anxiety. Enhance your storytelling with this emotive addition: comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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Gemini 2.5 & Imagen 3
Zeta Comic Generator expands its toolkit with the latest additions from Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro for enhanced reasoning in concept writing, Gemini 2.0 Flash for quick scriptwriting, and Imagen 3 for state-of-the-art image generation. For the first time, creators can utilize a fully integrated suite of Google models to craft their comics from start to […]
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Grok 2
Zeta Comic Generator continues to evolve, now incorporating the ‘Grok’ model into its script writing toolkit. Dive into the storytelling capabilities of Grok and bring your comic narratives to life: Zeta Comic Generator
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OpenAI Models Upgrade
Big news from Alpha Zeta! 🚀✨ The Zeta Comic Generator just got upgraded—introducing OpenAI’s o3 and GPT 4.1 models for scriptwriting! 🤖 o3 builds the stories, GPT 4.1 adds the laughs, and Alpha takes the credit (naturally). Check out the next-gen storytelling at https://buff.ly/4DBzXGL!
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Skeptical
Explore the nuances of doubt with Alpha Zeta’s latest action, ‘Skeptical,’ now available in the Zeta Comic Generator. What situations will draw out this questioning pose? Add this expressive new action to your comics and enhance the depth of your storytelling: comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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Prompts 2.0
Zeta Comic Generator has undergone its first major overhaul since launch, introducing a transformative update to the comic creation process. The new concept phase allows creators to utilize advanced reasoning models for developing story ideas, which are then seamlessly integrated into the scriptwriting phase. With the introduction of a full chat workflow, each model now […]
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Regret
Alpha Zeta delves into deeper emotions with the new ‘Regret’ action in the Zeta Comic Generator. What storyline will bring out this reflective pose? Use this new action to add complexity and emotional depth to your comics. Discover the creative possibilities: comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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DeepSeek V3
Zeta Comic Generator introduces the DeepSeek model as its latest scriptwriting tool. Available now, this new model offers users another avenue to explore and enrich their comic scripts. Experiment with DeepSeek and unlock new creative potentials in your storytelling: Zeta Comic Generator
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Llama 3
Zeta Comic Generator now includes Llama 3 among its scriptwriting options. This addition offers another dimension for users to explore and enhance their comic scripts. Delve into the possibilities and experiment with Llama 3 to see how it can serve the storytelling process and bring creative visions to life: Zeta Comic Generator
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Laughing
Alpha Zeta brings laughter to the Zeta Comic Generator with the new ‘Laughing’ action. What hilarious situations will cause Alpha Zeta to burst into laughter in your comic? Challenge your humor and explore the impact of this fun pose: comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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Reporting
Alpha Zeta is ready to report breaking news with the new ‘Reporting’ action in the Zeta Comic Generator. What storyline will call for this charismatic alien to step into the spotlight and deliver the latest updates? Get creative and see how this pose fits into your next comic: comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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Analysis
Alpha Zeta is now ready to deliver insightful explanations with the new ‘Analysis’ action in the Zeta Comic Generator. What story will make this pose appear, sharing findings or breaking down complex ideas?
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Writing
Alpha Zeta is now equipped for serious thinking in the Zeta Comic Generator with the new ‘Writing’ action. What scenarios will call for Alpha Zeta to take notes or brainstorm ideas in your comic?
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Trick or Treat
Alpha takes part in a curious Earth tradition in “Trick or Treat”. Dressed up in a clever “alien” costume and ready to explore the neighborhood, this alien joins the Halloween fun. 👻🎃 Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly 👽🎨
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Trick or Treat Action
Alpha Zeta is ready for Halloween! The new ‘Trick or Treat’ action is now available in the Zeta Comic Generator. What kind of spooky scenario will trigger this festive pose in your comic? Let your creativity run wild and explore more here: comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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GPT 4o 2024-08-06
Zeta Comic Generator has been updated to the latest GPT-4o model: “gpt-4o-2024-08-06”. Here’s an example of a comic generated with the new model. Give it a try and see the difference! comicgenerator.greenzeta.com
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GPT o1
I don’t have api access to the GPT o1 preview model… yet. But acting as a messenger between the comic generator and ChatGPT I was able to generate a comic with the new model. While the result wasn’t any more creative than anything GPT4 would do, it did output a usable comic on the first […]
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Screen Reader Accessibility
Zeta Comic Generator is now screen reader accessible! By referencing the AI prompts used to generate the images, the system provides detailed descriptions of each comic strip panel. This feature ensures that users with visual impairments can fully enjoy the creative and humorous content of Zeta comics. Check out the new update and watch a […]
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Claude Sonnet
Tested the Zeta Comic Generator with Claude Sonnet 3.5 to create a comic strip. The results are impressive! The AI generated some fun content, though refining the prompts could enhance the output. Explore the full comic strip and see how AI can be used in comic creation.
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Wipeout
Alpha encounters an unexpected obstacle while enjoying some summer fun in “Wipeout”. 🌊🤙 Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly 👽🎨
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Selfie
Alpha visits one of Earth’s extraterrestrial hotspots in the latest artwork, “Selfie.” Featuring the famous Extraterrestrial Highway. Background by #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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GPT-4o
Zeta Comic Generator is now running OpenAI’s latest and greatest GPT-4o model.
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Selfie
New character art added to the Zeta Comic Generator. “selfie” allows Alpha Zeta to connect with his social media followers.
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Shocking Encounter
Caught in the beam! ‘Shocking Encounter’ depicts Alpha Zeta’s unexpected twilight rendezvous. 👽🌲✨ Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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Image Style
Stable Diffusion XL is now available as an image model in Zeta Comic Generator. Along with that is an option to select different style presets offered by the model.
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Stable Diffusion Test
Exploring the versatility of Stable Diffusion XL through Amazon Bedrock for Zeta Comic Generator. Fascinated by the range of artistic styles achieved with just one prompt! These vivid landscapes showcase the potential of generative AI art.
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Startled
New character art added to the Zeta Comic Generator. “startled” allows Alpha Zeta to be caught by surprise!
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pegasus.ad
Alpha Zeta’s voyage takes exploration after dark to stellar new heights in “pegasus.ad”! ✨🚀 Embrace the night sky’s magic. 👽🎨 Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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Alternative Models
The Zeta Comic Generator now has the ability to select from several models for both script writing and image generation. In addition to GPT, you can now use Google Gemini or Amazon Titan for the script. And Dall-E or Amazon Titan for the background images.
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Sci-Fi Geek
New character art added to the Zeta Comic Generator. “Sci-Fi Geek” allows Alpha Zeta to indulge in science fiction #cosplay.
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Amazon Titan Test
Testing the comic generator with another model, this time Amazon’s #Titan. I was hopeful for this one since Titan does both text and image generation. Connecting via #Amazon’s php library was smooth and easy. The result, however, was very discouraging. The model has a lot of difficulty generating valid code, 4 out of 5 runs […]
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Sci-Fi Geek
Alpha Zeta’s living long and prospering at the intergalactic con! 🖖✨ Peace, love, and #scifi! 👽🎨 Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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Crypto Mining 2.0
Alpha Zeta is back at it, mining through #Bitcoin’s latest rally in “Crypto Mining 2.0” 💰🔨. A revamped version of this #CharacterArt including AI background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly. 👽🎨
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GitHub Repo
Getting meta with a comic introducing the code that generated the comic. Complete source code for the Zeta Comic Generator is available on GitHub.
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Canvas Balloons
Zeta Comic Generator has been updated with dialog balloons drawn in a <canvas> element. Balloon pointers are no longer fixed to the left and balloon positioning can now be adjusted as new artwork demands. The code was written with the help of #ChatGPT. Read the transcript. And see the result.
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Google Gemini Test
Hooked up the comic generator to #Gemini 1.0; I don’t have access to 1.5 yet. Integration was easy. Working with the REST api is very similar to OpenAI. Only text generation was used, image generation is still done with #DallE3 here. As for the result, the model seems to write much more conservatively. Dialog lacks […]
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Double Exposure
Alpha Zeta dabbles with photography in “Double Exposure” 🛸🏞️ Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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Enamored
New character art added to the Zeta Comic Generator. “enamored” allows Alpha Zeta to express affection.
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Disguised
New character art added to the Zeta Comic Generator. “disguised” allows Alpha Zeta to operate covertly amongst humans.
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Incognito
Nothing to see here. Just your average human in my latest Zeta art: “Incognito” 🕵️♂️👽🌃 Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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Creeping
New character art added to the Zeta Comic Generator. “creeping” allows Alpha Zeta to sneak through tight situations.
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Christmas Morning
Zeta #art: #Christmas Morning. Background created with #DallE3 and #AdobeFirefly
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Parade Balloon
Zeta #art: #Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon
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512px
Zeta Comic Generator now renders images at 512px, for high-resolution hijinks! THE HIGH-RES HIJINKS OF ALPHA ZETA
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GPT 4
Experimenting with #GPT4 in the Zeta Comic Generator and so far it’s pretty good. #GPT3.5 had a lot of issues writing the script. In particular, it kept wanting to replace Alpha Zeta with other characters. Up to this point I had been using the `davinci` text completion model. That one is deprecated so, now that […]
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Image Export
Adding a download feature to the Zeta Comic Generator. Exported images are captioned with the #comic title, the user-submitted prompt for the strip and the url of the site.
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About Page
Adding an About page to the Zeta Comic Generator to better explain the process, available #character art and the #AI prompts used.
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Progress Bar
Dressing up the #comic generation page in Zeta Comic Generator with the final #design and layout. The progress bar updates in real-time as various elements of the #comic come in from the #OpenAI #API.
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Gallery Design
The final design of Zeta Comic Generator gallery page.
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Website Design
The final design of Zeta Comic Generator comic strip page. Above the #comic is the premise provided by the end user and below is the composite script output by the #AI model.
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Speech Bubbles
Improving the look of the #comic strips in Zeta Comic Generator with #CSS styled speech bubbles. Interesting that Dall-E can’t seem to distinguish between a soft and hard shell taco.
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Character Art
Some of the #character art for the Zeta Comic Generator. Some are pulled from earlier pieces I’ve done and a few are new for this project. They’re all designed to be fairly generic to fit in to the #AI generated backgrounds.
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Website Designs
Some #website header mockups for my Zeta Comic Generator. Inspired by 70s era #Marvel covers. The first one incorporates my earlier logo concept followed by a revised design.
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Logo Concept
My first #logo #concept for the Zeta Comic Generator.
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Gallery
I have enough test #AI #comic strips saved now to set up a gallery page. The comic generation code is functioning pretty well. The next step is to produce the character art for some variety in the images that, hopefully, will make more sense in context than the professor/programmer FPO art I have in there […]
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Prompt Revisions
Working on the #ChatGPT prompt. I understand now why that’s considered a skill. For some reason, the model is hung up on including descriptions of the main character despite explicit instruction not to. Phrases like “describe as if the character is not present” produce better results.
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Permalink
Added a save feature to the Comic Generator, using a #MySql database on the back end. Saved comics receive a permalink to a detail page where you can see all of the elements used to construct the comic.
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UI Cleanup
Lots UI cleanup including some feedback now when waiting for the #ChatGPT and #DallE responses. Error handling too since the #OpenAI api can be responsive at times even for paid users.
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Premise Input
Adding some #UI to the Comic Generator. The story premise is now entered by the end user and injected into the #GPT prompt. The prompt is a longer instruction describing the rules for generating the comic as a #JSON object needed for compositing.
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Early Prototype
A look at the script generated by #ChatGPT as a #JSON object and how the elements are merged into the composite comic strip. Character #art is chosen from a list of corresponding action words, in this case: “standing” & “sitting”
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Proof of Conecept
Proof of Concept using #ChatGPT to generate a 3 panel comic strip. In the past, I’ve used #DallE to generate background images for my Zeta Art. This combines a natural language generator to write out the image descriptions based on a supplied premise. GPT generates the plot & outputs descriptions for the image generator. Then […]
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It’s Alive!
Introducing the GPT9000, a voice interface to #ChatGPT using the Web Speech API. Just tap the microphone button and ask it to tell you something.
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WIP Demo
Using the Web Speech API, I made a voice interface for the #ChatGPT API.
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Zeta Claus Says #2
Zeta #art: More #holiday advice from Zeta Claus
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Zeta Claus Says #1
Zeta #art: Some #holiday advice from Zeta Claus
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Reflection Deux
Zeta #art: Revised “Reflection” with background generated by @openai DALL·E https://labs.openai.com/s/yUcePdYG5mwlftlkaQPJW3bq
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Reflection
Zeta #art: Getting into the #Holiday spirit in “Reflection”
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Trick Or Treat
Zeta #art: Happy #Halloween! In #costume and ready to go get some #candy in “#TrickOrTreat”
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Pumpkin Carving
Zeta #art: Enjoying a #Halloween tradition in “#Pumpkin Carving”
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Pumpkin Picking
Zeta #art: Getting ready for #Halloween in “Pumpkin Picking”
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Shadow Puppets
Zeta #art: “Shadow Puppets”. Inspired by “Killer Klowns From Outer Space“
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Listening . . .
Zeta #art: Searching for #extraterrestrial intelligence in “Listening…”.
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Double Exposure
Zeta #art: Indulging a #photography hobby in “Double Exposure”.
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Professor Zeta
My latest Zeta #art “Professor Zeta”
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Ice Cream Truck
My latest #Zeta #art “#IceCream Truck”
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Boomerang UFO
My latest #Zeta #art “Boomerang #UFO”
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Invasion Fleet
My latest #Zeta #art “Invasion Fleet”
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Hiking Trail
My latest #Zeta #art “Hiking Trail”
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Pixel Art
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NFT Vending Machine
Updated #artwork for my upcoming #article: “What is an #NFT? A technical explanation everyone can understand.”
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What Are NFTs
Hero #artwork for my upcoming #article: “What is an #NFT? A technical explanation everyone can understand.”
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Crypto Mining
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Custom Color Reuse
The 3 color bitmap palette, with the third color left to define at runtime, provides a simple way to reuse assets.
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Let’s Make A Game!
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Custom Color
The Zeta bitmap with custom color applied in this case the usual GreenZeta #7bb957.
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Canvas Portfolio
Beginning work on my #presentation #slide deck with #portfolio examples of my work in the #canvas #api.
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Bitmap Zeta
The pixel data from the bitmap array rendered to the canvas. At this point the palette only supports black and white.
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Zeta Laptop r2
Revisiting an image asset I’ve been using in my #presentations for the last few years. I needed to update this one with a thought balloon so I’m taking the opportunity to improve the #lineart. #alien #design #illustrator
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Pixel Reader
One of the #Canvas features covered in my #tutorial is reading pixel data. This #JavaScript loads a png and converts its color values into an array used to recreate the #PixelArt
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Pixel Art Design
Using #PhotoShop to create some #PixelArt to use in the #Canvas #tutorial. The magenta represents a color value to be filled in a runtime, allowing some variation in the image.
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Bitmap
And example of generating #PixelArt using a bitmap of black and white values. The eyes shown here were taken from my #ExoBits #NFT project.
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Revised Laptop Sketch
Revisiting an image asset I’ve been using in my #presentations for the last few years. I needed to update this one with a thought balloon so I’m taking the opportunity to improve the #lineart.
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Terrain
The #PixelArt #tutorial terrain function accepts an array of heights, spaces them evenly, and fills in the rest. Here it’s used to create mountains and a grassy hill.
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Interpolation Functions
A demo of two interpolation functions in the #Canvas #tutorial. One accepts a radius and generates column heights to render a circle. The other accepts an array of heights and generates column heights to render mountain terrain.
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Stars and Moon
Building out the #tutorial #PixelArt class with a column function, followed by a circle function, that work together to render a moon in the starry sky.
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Star-field
From my upcoming #tutorial: #JavaScript #PixelArt – HTML #Canvas Without a #Library. Drawing a solid background color and random squares to the canvas to create a star-field.
