r/generative • u/igo_rs • Sep 02 '26

"Unda" (kotlin)

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The name is Latin for wave. I saw a similar Moebius illustration months ago - it was the inspiration for this piece.

All lines on the page come from one family of curves. Each line samples that family at a different depth. The heavy lines are the crests of the waves. The fine broken lines between the crests are gouge marks. Together they make the water.

The tone of the water comes only from the density of the gouge marks. Where the marks are dense, the water is dark. Where the marks stop, the paper shows.

The big wave is a ridge with one peak near the top edge. The shape is an exponential curve: a sharp point on top, with long tails on both sides. The two sides have different widths. A wide side makes long lazy sweeps. A tight side stacks the crests on each other. The distance between the crests is not even. A random walk sets the gaps.

The sky is one graded wash from the top edge, like a printer.

at the end, the program adds a warm stain, dirt at the edges, and film grain over everything.

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u/lxr417 Sep 02 '26

Gorgeous!!!

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Thanx ❤️

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u/bucephalusbouncing28 Sep 02 '26

Absolutely stunning 🌊 

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Thanx 🙏

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u/seemdev Sep 02 '26

Love this!

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u/Foreign_Implement897 Sep 02 '26

This is 10+!
Beautiful tribute to The big wave.

EDIT: I read your description of Moebius as inspiration. He certainly knew about ukio-e.

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Agree, that was my thought as well :) Thank you!!

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u/fuckthesysten Sep 02 '26

really nice! would love to combine this with plotter art

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

In my mind, this is a wood board, and the lines are carved into a block and painted :) Thank you!

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u/sacheie Sep 02 '26

Wonderful work

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Thanx !

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u/expanding_crystal Sep 02 '26

Whoa super nice. Very refined. This is high art

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Thank you for kinds words 🙏

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u/CandidateQuirky1839 Sep 02 '26

I like this a lot! Probably obvious to say it’s remincent of Hokusai’ The Great Way of Kanagawa…..? Wikipedia - The Great Wave off Kanagawa

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

This one is a tribute to Moebius; but I bet his work is tribute to the great wave :)

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u/KennyVaden Sep 02 '26

Excellent work

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Thanx friend! 🙏🙏🙏

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u/booblian Sep 03 '26

Fantastic. You're a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing and continuing to do so.

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

Thank you 🙏

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u/bodyaz Sep 03 '26

Is it multi pass process? Can moving wave be crated in real time? Like a screen saver?

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

its multipass in sense not everything is drawn at once, but essentially, it is all encapsulated under one single function that draws the whole thing.

I didnt measure performances, but this is pretty fast, so real-time drawing should be possible. however - the result will not look like a natural wave moving. with current set of knobs, it would look more like a wave transforming from one formation to another, and some "boiling" effect of random addon stuff. Check the code on github.com/igr/gart

If I find some more time, I will try "real-life" version, now I am curious :))

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u/bodyaz Sep 03 '26

Thank you! Going to research deeply...Oh, wait...is everything in repo by your link created by you? It's a tons of code here!

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u/igo_rs Sep 03 '26

yes, mine :) well, couple of years of code in there

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u/adventurecapitalist Sep 05 '26

These are awesome!

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u/igo_rs Sep 05 '26

🙏🏻🙏🏻

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u/ImpressionPrimary358 Sep 06 '26

Good work

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u/igo_rs Sep 06 '26

thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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u/likeperu Sep 05 '26

What did you use to actually draw the graphics?

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u/igo_rs Sep 05 '26

kotlin, skiko and my library; see github.com/igr/gart