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Many people here have pointed out that the data is available -- https://github.com/googlecreativelab/quickdraw-dataset https://github.com/googlecreativelab/quic
by gregsadetsky 6y ago
Many people here have pointed out that the data is available -- https://github.com/googlecreativelab/quickdraw-dataset https://github.com/googlecreativelab/quickdraw-dataset
I toyed with it some time ago and was impressed to see that -- in the raw data set -- each drawing is a time-series of strokes i.e. you get a person's drawing (of a penguin, the Mona Lisa, etc.) after 0.1 second of drawing, after 0.2 seconds, etc.
I made and (shameless plug!) sell giant algorithmically generated posters which illustrate and play with this idea: each group of 8 rows shows doodles after a decreasing number of seconds. It's fascinating to see how someone's drawing of a "koala" is pretty much set for "success" after a few strokes, while other drawings don't ever really improve with time... or how universal and "well-defined" are drawings of matchsticks, unlike those of kangaroos.
https://gumroad.com/l/quickdrawposter https://gumroad.com/l/quickdrawposter if anyone's ever so inclined!
Cheers
- tonyteate 6y agoThis is neat!
- goberoi 6y agoLove that! I too was inspired to use this dataset in some way, and made this toy program where you point your camera at your face, and it renders your eyes and nose as doodles (and barfs out more if you open your mouth): https://github.com/goberoi/sketch_face https://github.com/goberoi/sketch_face
- gregsadetsky 6y agoThat's really great, congrats! I'm sure that a web/javascript version of that would be popular. Let me know if you'd like to do a quick collaboration!
- goberoi 6y agoThanks. Alas I don’t have bandwidth to take it on, but encourage you to do so wholeheartedly. Bonne chance!