Artpip
Creative
desktop wallpaper app
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
7 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstPricing: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun way to learn art and recognise painters
From 2 comments
Creator here! Artpip started off as a side project to help me learn a bit more about art in general and has grown from there. It's been great fun making it and I have learnt A…
mcjiggerlog on HNLove it! Great idea having the different periods available, it'll help for recognition next time I'm in a museum :)
ruairidhwm on HN
4k images are hard to find and the curation is novel
From 1 comment
You had me at 4k, just signed up for pro :) It's hard to find good 4k desktop images, and the curated art is quite novel. Awesome!
ryan-allen on HN
Objections
Images from Google Art Project may not all be public domain
From 2 comments
I was really excited for this, but it is just a wrapper for the Google Art project. I am not really sure how you got the rights to be able to sell prints of these, or why you…
graysonk on HNAh, okay you are able to print them because some are public domain. But it doesn't look like all of them are? Looking at the category that I am guessing you pulled these from…
graysonk on HN
App makes many connections to direct IP addresses
From 2 comments
Artpip is great, use it for months now, really love it! There is one thing though: I also have LittleSnitch installed and it shows that Artpip often tries to connect to direct…
kovrik on HNAll the IPs that images.artpip.com resolves to are missing reverse (PTR) records.
ConfucianNardin on HN
Multi-desktop setup breaks
From 1 comment
Cool work but it seems to break my multiple desktop system... is this currently compatible with multiple desktops?
j7ake on HN
Requests
Linux version
From 1 comment
I had a lot of hope I could install it with pip ... and then found it was only for Windows and Mac -__- It would be really awesome if it worked like this: ``` sudo pip install…
dheera on HN
Lock screen image support
From 1 comment
Could it update the lock screen picture as well? I find that a lot more interesting than the desktop which I barely ever see.
speps on HN
Command line version
From 2 comments
I had a lot of hope I could install it with pip ... and then found it was only for Windows and Mac -__- It would be really awesome if it worked like this: ``` sudo pip install…
dheera on HNFine by me. I think I've been convinced to make a lightweight command line version of the app anyway, so in the future there should be a prepackaged way of doing the above.
mcjiggerlog on HN
Smart TV version
From 1 comment
This is really great. Would love to see a version available for Smart TVs.
archie_peach on HN
Questions
Is the artwork available at a guaranteed minimum 4k resolution
From 1 comment
Is this artwork only available at a maximum resolution of 4k, or is that a guaranteed minimum?
retrac98 on HN
Are you making money from this
From 1 comment
If you don't mind my asking, are you making money from this? Maybe you could do an interview over at indiehackers.com!
bananaboy on HN
Alternatives named
Muzei
From 2 comments
I've been using Muzei on Android for years. A pleasant surprise every single day.
newzzy on HNCool! Clearly it is inspired by Muzei for Android—you should at least give a shout out to them on your homepage.
aorth on HN
Artful
From 1 comment
Nice! Similar to a side project of mine that I have sadly had little time to improve: http://artfulmac.com The bandwidth costs have become noticeable for me, so that's something…
tomkinstinch on HN
City Art Search
From 1 comment
There's another project that does exactly that, City Art Search: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/city-art-search/9wzdncrdtbtp?wa=wsignin1.0
kojoru on HN
Picasso new tab page
From 1 comment
I did a similar side project for the Chrome new tab page once. It uses Wikiart as a source.…
fawind on HN