amodo_overview_720p.mp4
(In a hurry? You can try amodo at https://amodo.pages.dev)
amodo sits halfway between a tool for texture artists and a generative art toy: you can load the image of a stone wall as a background reference and then use a custom multi-texture brush walker to create moss-like vegetation on top of it... or you can play around and experiment with the parameters until you find something you simply like.
amodo only works in desktop computers with a somewhat capable CPU/GPU and mouse/keyboard as input devices.
You can clone this repo and simply open index.html or visit https://amodo.pages.dev, which is always up to date.
- Left click anywhere on the canvas to create a walker.
- Explore and play with the parameters on the right sidebar.
- Click and drag with the middle mouse button to pan the canvas.
- Use your mousewheel to zoom in/out the canvas (only for preview purposes, the real size is set in the parameters).
- Texture size: 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 or 8192px (square textures).
- Load background image as reference.
- Three walker modes (at the time of writing):
- Random walk.
- Perlin noise.
- Gravity.
- Three-color palette from which the tool will pick randomly for each branch.
- Two types of brush:
- Shape: choose between ellipse, square and triangle, solid or stroked.
- Custom: load your own texture(s). If you load more than one, the brush will become multi-texture and the tool will use a random one per point.
- Configurable brush parameters:
- Size.
- Spacing.
- Alpha.
- Random rotation every step.
- Brush jitter - easily introduce variation per point, stroke or both in:
- Hue.
- Saturation.
- Lightness.
- Alpha.
- Size (including non-uniform size jitter).
- Several blending modes for changing how the walkers blend with the canvas (multiply, add, screen, remove).
- A very barebones settings manager that allows you to reset to default, reload saved settings, and save current settings (using the Local Storage web API). Settings will automatically reset if a new version is released.
- Save to file. This will export the texture to a transparent PNG file. You can choose to include the background (either a loaded reference image or the set background color).
Not really... this was made for fun and I already took it way beyond what the initial plans were (you know how it goes).
If I were to continue working on it, here's some stuff I'd add or improve:
- Improve performance.
- More random walker algorithms.
- Add/remove colors at will.
- Color presets.
- Settings presets.
- Sprite brushes library.
- Layers?
- Revamp UI/UX.
- Better settings management.
Please share, I'd love to see it! You can find me on Mastodon.
👋 Hi! I (Jorge) made this. I'm a multidisciplinary graphic designer currently on a sabbatical, learning and trying new stuff out. You can check more of my work at https://www.jorgefuentes.net.
amodo would not exist without the following wonderful software and the hard work from their respective authors - thanks!
- Tools
- Icons
- Typeface
amodo is licensed under a GPL-3.0 license. Feel free to fork and modify it, but please share and open source your modifications!