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Waveform
As a newbie I was frustrated by the wave node. It's a simple mathematical function: give it an X and it will spit out a Y. But I wanted and expected to actually see the different kind of waves. Of co…
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Clipart Orrery
NOTE: See next comment for a slightly improved version of the ndbx file. This whimsical orrery animation is made with public domain clipart. It includes 11 distinct motions. The simple network featur…
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by john
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Evolve
NOTE: This node was updated on July 5. If you downloaded it before then you should re-download this version. Evolve is a general purpose animation node which allows you to gradually change various pr…
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Munker Illusion
The Munker Illusion. The only things changing in this animation are the positions of the two circles. All colors remain fixed. Both circles are the same color. Enjoy! John
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Concat_List
Attached is a very simple custom node that fills a gap in NodeBox: concatlist NodeBox has a way of turning a string into a list of substrings (the makestring node), but no way to do the reverse. You…
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circles and letters
Hello, I have been recently playing with nodebox a lot more and I see it as an amazing tool for generative graphic design. Here are some examples from latest series. I have done other things with thi…
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by john
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Intersect Path Node
I have improved the intersect line node I released a few months ago. Attached is a demo network with a new, more general purpose node, intersect. Intersect finds the intersection points between a lin…
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Explode Node
UPDATE: I made a small improvement to the Explode node. See next comment... The Explode node takes a path and breaks it into its constituent line segments and bezier curves. The node includes a "clos…
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by john
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Clean Font Morph
Morphing cleanly from one font to another is difficult. The morphing itself is easy. The hard part is getting the text paths (or any two complex paths) properly aligned so that corresponding lines mo…
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Directional Text
Text that follows the rim or spokes of a wheel is sometimes upside-down, making it hard to read. The two subnetworks in this demo, truearc and truespoke, solve this problem, creating text that is alw…
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by Sue
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House Tree
Another experiment with simulating recursion by chaining subnetworks which take their output as a valid input. The basis of this one is a "house" with a floor, two walls, and a pitched roof. Each new…
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by Adam
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Analog Clock
A clean and simple analog clock. Requires time.py custom node (included). Just hit play. You can set the mechanism to smooth or not for discrete ticks. Happy New Year! John
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by Adam
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Hex Grid
UPDATE: IMPROVED VERSION ATTACHED TO NEXT COMMENT Attached is an alternative to the grid node that creates hexagonal grids: hexgrid. The hexgrid subnetwork takes 3 parameters: columns, rows, and radi…
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by john
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Snowflake
Hi, I've been playing around a little bit more and I created this little animation. What do you think? What would you suggest to do in order to improve its final look and animation? How could I add m…
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by john
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Bouncing Decagon
A charming animation of a decagon bouncing inside a pentagon tossed by an ocean wave. Movie length is adjustable. Enjoy! John
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by john
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Intersect Subnetwork
UPDATE: I have now released a more comprehensive node that can find intersections between a line and another line, a bezier curve, or a general path (composed of multiple lines and curves). See posti…
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Kolam Joined
Attached is my second project riffing on the ancient Indian art form of Kolam. See my previous "Kolam" project for more details. This version creates a mesmerizing video by merging four distinct kola…
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Kolam
Kolam is an ancient Indian art form consisting of patterns traced around an array of dots. I find the patterns relaxing, intriguing, and almost musical. It was an interesting challenge animating kola…
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Three Same Digits Puzzle
How many four-digit integers have three of its digits the same and different from the fourth (like 1113)? Count the number of red squares in the image to find the answer. If you zoom in, a valid four…
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Recursive Tree Animation
This realistic, leafy, swaying 3D tree is actually a VERY simple 2D recursive tree graph. I came across the formula in a recent book by David Auerbach, Bitwise. Translated from Logo the algorithm goe…
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by Stefan
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Where do they cross?
This optical illusion is floating around the web - not sure where it came from. But I was curious how it worked, so recreated it in NodeBox and turned it into an animation. To make it I converted the…
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Acre of Cars
Someone on Quora asked me for ways of visualizing how big an acre is. I said "What about an acre of cars?" and used NodeBox to come up with a quick infographic. The network is pretty straightforward.…
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Koi Fabric
I saw a beautiful Japanese wall hanging in a restaurant and decided to recreate it in NodeBox. It's an interesting challenge making something like this using math instead of fabric. The light and dar…
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by john
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Ode to a Laser Cut Wood Bowl
A friend of mine posted a lovely photo (attached) of a laser cut wood bowl, so I decided to imitate it in NodeBox. Plus a little animation just for fun. John
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by john
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ISOTYPE (Gerd Arntz) in Nodebox
Process of digital re-creation of classical infographics by Gerd Arntz. We did this with my students at the Data Journalism course at the Higher School of Economics https://goo.gl/EjV4Ct
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by denis.zaporozhan
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Tiled map of Russia
Tiled map is not а new form of data visualization on map, I know. Many have seen similar examples with a US map (shape and size of the States are very convenient for such a form of visualization, I t…
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by lucasnijs
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Moscow subway
Simple and fast data visualization about the Moscow subway. Was made few monthes ago in Nodebox3 for one fun marathon-contest. The list of stations with coordinates, opening date, line number and som…
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by lucasnijs
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Russia cities with a population more than 100 000 people
Conditionally relief image of population density of Russia. Recording of thе process.
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by denis.zaporozhan
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Bands that start with "The"
I've been playing around with Nodebox for about a month. A student turned me onto it, and I'm in love. This has been the most fun software to learn of anything I've ever tried, and certainly the most…
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by kbjornard
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12 Star Spiral Rose
Sacred Geometry is a great fit for NodeBox. I saw this 12 Star Spiral Rose on Pinterest and decided to make my own. I did the whole thing by trial and error. It's hard to imagine to feeling your way…
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by lucasnijs