Beauty sleep
Small, round, friendly. The keywords of the Zdog library listed in the accompanying website cue up the project incredibly well. And it is in these features, in the same inclination the library has for experimentation as SVG, that I’ve found a sweet playground for pseudo-3D graphics.
Past articles relied on the module to put a visual to words, to introduce core elements such as depth, or again to illustrate higher concepts such as rotations over three axes.
This article does nothing of the sort. It is an excuse to begin a series, a journey to simply marvel at gorgeous pseudo-3D art. I decided to dub the initiative “Zdog Monday”, to avoid sounding overly pretentious and hopefully remove any doubts about scheduling. And I’ve decided to ease in the series with a small, rounded piece. And a friendly reminder to appreciate the power of a good sleeping session.
"Zdog Monday", a series of gorgeous pseudo-3D graphics built with Zdog in one day of the week.
There is a collection on CodePen, but if you want some context, and a few twists, I took care to write about each single piece.
- Beauty sleep
- Counting shapes
- Step through frames
- Spinning change
- One out of six
- Child's play
- Memory pop
- ZZ Anne
- Just keep spinning
- Advent of shapes
- Joystick drift
- Canard sans souci
- Brilliant idea
- Lighten up
- Guiding star
- Small whimsy
- Double axis
- Neigh we go round
- Having a ball
- Powerful mix
- Assembly code
- When lightning strikes
- Loopty loops
- Season's rewards
- Cherry-pick
- Trail blazer
- Hatch-a-doodle-doo
- Bubble up
- Think you can