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Loving how the little diagrams change as the sliders are moved. One thing that might really get people to purchase a drawing is the ability to change line…",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"19385123","zenpaul","The randomize button in the lower right corner is the best way to see the possibilities.",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Vector downloads priced at $5 after the maker lowered it from $19","maker",[62],{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},"19387930","Through the lens of \"cost of a vector download\", it is very expensive. I've been thinking of it a different way, though. The option exists for people who want to manage the…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":69,"objections":95,"requests":115,"questions":134,"alternatives":153},[70,87],{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"Fun interface and randomize button","commenter",[74,75,79,83],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"19386459","amitmerchant","Great interface. I'm just loving it!",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"19385698","petersonh","Loving the interface, great work!",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"19384773","rvrabec","It is really fun. Thanks for putting thought into the design and UX.",{"value":88,"source":72,"evidence":89},"Easter egg and whimsical design",[90,94],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"19383306","Hackbraten","Love that easter egg!",{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},[96,107],{"value":97,"source":72,"evidence":98},"Vector download price of $19 is too high",[99,103],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"19387120","pragmatick","I like it and would've liked to buy a vector download but $19 is insane. I would've paid 3$, $5 at the max.",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"19387605","exolymph","Cool, but why would I pay that much to download the image?",{"value":108,"source":72,"evidence":109},"Missing line colour options",[110,111],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"19387565","akuji1993","Absolutely the thing keeping me from thinking about a purchase is the missing possibilites to color the lines in different colors.",[116,124],{"value":117,"source":72,"evidence":118},"Add line colour changes",[119,120,121],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},{"id":122,"by":113,"text":123},"19400423","I just like really colorful design, so another machine with cool geometric patterns or something with a lot of color control, would be awesome imo!",{"value":125,"source":72,"evidence":126},"Seed with existing line drawings",[127,131],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"19385091","anitil","Is there a way of 'seeding' this with line drawings?",{"id":132,"by":81,"text":133},"19385730","I agree, this would be a cool idea and make it feel more personalized",[135,142],{"value":136,"source":72,"evidence":137},"Will the business model work?",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"19383608","mkl","This business model seems like a fascinating idea. Do you know if it will work? Is anyone else using it?",{"value":143,"source":72,"evidence":144},"Does it work on mobile?",[145,149],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"19386153","onemoresoop","Desktop mode only?",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"19387456","andai","On my phone it complains, but seems to work fine.",[154],{"value":155,"source":72,"evidence":156},"Plotter drawing generator by another commenter",[157],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"19388139","aljmyl","I have been working on something similar for plotter drawings http:\u002F\u002Fxn--5ca.cc\u002Fjack-of-diamonds\u002F#Faces",{"comments":162,"answered":33,"key":163},9,[164,167,168],{"id":165,"text":166},"19387955","Appreciate the feedback! I don't really have many plans to keep working on this machine, but I do hope to add new machines (with different controls, and different possible…",{"id":63,"text":64},{"id":169,"text":170},"19385749","Yeah! I had wanted to find a way to make this more prominent, since it's great fun. 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