Disposable Art
A little project that creates generative art then prints it on a receipt printer. The very nature of this art is that it isn't value because its produced cheaply on receipt paper, but in actual fact these are potentially once in a lifetime art works.
Being an artist
Submit a pull request adding a file into the /Artists folder.
The export must have 3 things:
- A name (max length 50 characters)
- A signature font (See Available fonts below)
- A create function (See Create below)
Create
A function that has 4 parameters passed to it:
- canvas The PDFkit document that you do the work onto
- width The width of the design area
- height The height of the design area
- end The resolve function for setting the work as done
Because the create function has this end function, it allows you to create work asynchronously, possibly requiring an external API etc.
Template:
module.exports = {
name: 'Warhol',
signature: 'sacramento|dancing|montserrat'
create: (canvas, width, height, end) => {
end();
}
}
Available fonts (for signatures)
- dancing Dancing Script
- sacramento Sacramento
- montserrat Montserrat
Developing an artist file
Run npm run workshop and open http://localhost:3000. From here you can see a sort of live reloading view of your artist file.