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  • Creating shape patterns with shaders

    Creating shape patterns with shaders

    Learn how to create various shape patterns with shaders, using signed distance functions and the fractional part of a number.

    Agate Dragon

    30th Mar 2024
    Shaders
    artwork, coding, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, Inspiration, pattern, Programming, Shader, shape, tutorial, Video Games
  • Creating a circle pattern in Shadertoy Part 2

    Creating a circle pattern in Shadertoy Part 2

    Learn how to create a circle pattern in Shadertoy using a checkerboard pattern and an easing function. The tutorial is written in the GLSL programming language.

    Agate Dragon

    29th Mar 2024
    Shaders, Shadertoy
    circle, coding, Creative Coding, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, pattern, Programming, Shader, tutorial, Video Games
  • Creating a circle pattern in Shadertoy

    Creating a circle pattern in Shadertoy

    Learn how to create a circle pattern in Shadertoy using the GLSL programming language.

    Agate Dragon

    28th Mar 2024
    Shaders, Shadertoy
    circle, coding, Creative Coding, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, pattern, Programming, Shader, tutorial, Video Games
  • Creating a checkerboard pattern in Shadertoy

    Creating a checkerboard pattern in Shadertoy

    Learn how to create a checkerboard pattern in Shadertoy using the GLSL programming language.

    Agate Dragon

    6th Mar 2024
    Shaders, Shadertoy
    checkerboard, coding, Creative Coding, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, pattern, Programming, Shader, tutorial, Video Games
  • Creating a 3D printer shader

    Creating a 3D printer shader

    Learn how to create a 3D printer shader visual effect and watch as the texture appears line by line. Written in the GLSL programming language.

    Agate Dragon

    21st Feb 2024
    Shaders
    3D Printer, coding, Creative Coding, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, Printer, Programming, Shader, tutorial, Video Games, visual effect
  • Creating a scrolling background in Shadertoy

    Creating a scrolling background in Shadertoy

    Learn how to create a scrolling background in Shadertoy using a texture by offsetting the UV coordinates using the fractional part of time and a speed value. The effect can be useful for many things such as top down and sidescroller video games, animated wallpapers and video backgrounds.

    Agate Dragon

    17th Feb 2024
    Shaders, Shadertoy
    coding, Creative Coding, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, Programming, Scroll, Scrolling, Shader, tutorial, Video Games
  • Creating a metal texture in GIMP

    Creating a metal texture in GIMP

    Learn how to create a metal texture in the GIMP image editor by drawing lines of varying sizes. Use noise, linear motion blur, gaussian blur and plasma to create a nice metal texture.

    Agate Dragon

    15th Feb 2024
    Art, Digital Art, GIMP, Image editing, Video Games
    artwork, Creativity, Education, game-development, gamedev, Inspiration, material, metal, texture, tutorial
  • Creating a wood texture in GIMP

    Creating a wood texture in GIMP

    Learn how to create a wood texture in the GIMP image editor using noise, motion blur, levels and gradients. You can use the wood to texture 3D models for video games and other types of computer-generated imagery.

    Agate Dragon

    13th Feb 2024
    Art, Digital Art, GIMP, Image editing, Video, Video Games
    artwork, Creativity, Design, Education, Inspiration, material, texture, tutorial, wood
  • Creating a simple outline shader

    Creating a simple outline shader

    Learn how to create a simple outline around an image in a fragment shader using the GLSL programming language. Easily portable to other shader languages.

    Agate Dragon

    12th Feb 2024
    Shaders
    Creativity, Education, Game Design, game-development, gamedev, GLSL, Inspiration, outline, Pixel Art, Shader, Sprite, tutorial, Video Games
  • Creating a drop shadow effect in GIMP

    Creating a drop shadow effect in GIMP

    Learn how to apply a drop shadow effect to any image in the GIMP image editor by creating a shadow layer and applying gaussian blur. The process is similar for other image editors like Adobe Photoshop.

    Agate Dragon

    11th Feb 2024
    Art, Digital Art, GIMP, Image editing
    Adobe Photoshop, artwork, Creativity, Design, Education, Image, Inspiration, Photo, Photography, Photoshop, tutorial
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