ArtistAssistApp
Creative
painting tools
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
12 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.39.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for painters, practical and comprehensive
From 3 comments
Not a painter myself, but based on some playing around with the web app, I can certainly see how a painter can derive a lot of value from this. Seems comprehensive, yet practical…
herunan on HNI've picked up painting in the last few weeks taking class at the local County Parks system and today sat down to try my hand at my first painting based off a picture. Got…
lasermatts on HNMy wife who is a painter is extremely excited to use this. Thank you!
hersko on HN
Works without registration
From 1 comment
Not a painter myself, but based on some playing around with the web app, I can certainly see how a painter can derive a lot of value from this. Seems comprehensive, yet practical…
herunan on HN
Objections
Picking colors from photos can produce muddy colors and photos distort color
From 3 comments
This is a "fun with art" app for learning art skills (as opposed to an app for working artists). Some things of note: - Drawing from photos (a flattened image) teaches you to…
growingkittens on HNIt's not silly. Drawing from photos isn't super bad and you can still learn a lot of useful skills, but you'll get: - wrong colors, because of the lower dynamic range of a camera…
WA on HNThere are a minimum of two colors at play in a photograph: the color of the object, and the color of the light. Picking a color from a photograph is always an average of these…
growingkittens on HN
Encourages drawing from photos rather than life, possibly bad habits
From 2 comments
This is a "fun with art" app for learning art skills (as opposed to an app for working artists). Some things of note: - Drawing from photos (a flattened image) teaches you to…
growingkittens on HN> Drawing from photos (a flattened image) teaches you to draw what the camera sees, not what you see. That's a silly claim. > Picking colors from a photograph is a quick way to…
Tao3300 on HN
Sites zoom snaps back on iPhone Safari
From 1 comment
Why can’t I zoom on this web page? It’s the first thing I wanted to do but it immediately snaps back out. Safari on iPhone.
Jolter on HN
Requests
Sample photos to try without uploading
From 1 comment
Or maybe add a couple sample photos to choose, that will help users to test the full features without needing to upload anything!
TrianguloY on HN
Add acrylic paints and more paint brands
From 1 comment
For the audience this is aimed at I would have thought acrylics would be an option. Also not sure about paint brands, are you working with those brands?
beardyw on HN
Zoomed color picker for thin lines
From 1 comment
When picking a color, it would be nice to show a zoomed version so it's easier to pick the color of thin lines. (I used a hand draw gif, not a photo of a real object.)
gus_massa on HN
AI image generation for inspiration
From 1 comment
This looks fantastic, would it be possible to add support for stable diffusion image generation and with prompts as well? I'm not an artist but I can see this working hand in…
colesantiago on HN
Questions
How the color mixing arithmetic works
From 1 comment
Could you talk about the arithmetic you are using to make mixing colors work?
mxben on HN
Why paint brands are used
From 1 comment
For the audience this is aimed at I would have thought acrylics would be an option. Also not sure about paint brands, are you working with those brands?
beardyw on HN