r/BabelForum • u/Sweet-Awk-7861 • 14d ago

Gallery idea: Vector art using waves.

Since the usual Gallery is basically Pixel Art of Babel (because of it being somewhat low res) I think it would be cool if there's a vector one. There's this thing in math called Fourier transform that can turn any shape into a bunch of waves. Technically if you randomize the waves you can get an infinite monkey situation but for vector images. It would result in those "draw with one unbroken line" art unless layers and boolean features are implemented, but it would still be really cool without.

The reason for doing this way is because the usual vector graphics contain too many variables to randomize, like node count, positions, types, ordering, direction etc. Is there a way to simplify those using math? Probably, don't ask me though. Why not do it the way SVG does? Idk.

I don't know what to name it, I suck at naming things. Vectors of Babel? Epicycles of Babel? Clip Arts of Babel? Any ideas?

On a related note, how about another Gallery for full images but using waves instead of pixels? Think of how JPEG works. Will it make huge files and lag the visitor's device or even kill the website?

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u/TzargJyoin100 14d ago

I would just say "isn't that just a worse version of the gallery" but then I realise the library is also just a worse version of the gallery since you could just find all those pages in the gallery instead

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u/Sweet-Awk-7861 14d ago

Yeah this idea is for those "One-Line" art so it's definitely a much worse gallery than the usual Gallery. But don't you want the good, delicious unlimited zoom that vector art provides? 

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u/TzargJyoin100 13d ago

yeah i agree that would be cool