alt.hn

4/22/2026 at 11:06:58 PM

Show HN: Algorithmic String Art, accessible to all

https://string-loom.pages.dev

by s_e__a___n

4/23/2026 at 7:37:31 AM

I liked this person's writeup of a string art algorithm: https://michael-crum.com/string_art_generator/

by wonger_

4/23/2026 at 12:37:57 AM

curious what algorithm drives the string placement. looks like epicycles or harmonograph but id need to dig in to tell. the accessibility part is what catches me - most of these stay in processing/p5 land

by paolatauru

4/23/2026 at 2:55:35 AM

stupid question: how does this algorithm work?

by vivzkestrel

4/22/2026 at 11:21:49 PM

Utterly fascinating. I could play with this for hours.

Reminds me a bit of generative images using basic shapes (triangles, ellipses, etc) by Fogleman [1] - but ofcourse this is different.

[1]: https://github.com/fogleman/primitive

by aanet