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Building a WebGL Logo
- kbrosnan 13y agoWhy exclude mobile browsers? Both Chrome and Firefox on Android support webGL.
- ne0phyte 13y agoAnd it'll use a lot more power. I wouldn't want a simple logo to keep my GPU busy for no reason when surfing on my phone.
- apetresc 13y agoWhile the technique is interesting, that's just about the ugliest logo I've ever seen.
- Gracana 13y agoI thought it was cool. Similar aesthetic to the effect in Teleglitch.
- slowmotiony 13y agoSo much work for such a crappy effect? Am I missing something here? Is this art?
- clarry 13y agoPerhaps the secret agenda is to discourage web designers from abusing this tech and making the web heavier & more complicated than it already is. :-)
- neona 13y agoOw, my eyes.
- sillysaurus3 13y agoThank you for teaching how to use WebGL. The internet could use more tutorials like these. I think people are missing the point: it's not meant to look good, it's meant to teach people. So let's stop discouraging.
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- shocks 13y agoA lot of discouragement in this thread. Nice one HN! Thanks for this post, interesting read!
- yincrash 13y agowhat's the advantage of doing client side rendering in webgl vs a video logo or a JS sprite animation of some sort even.
- panzi 13y agoScalability and interactivity, which is both not used here.
- gdi2290 13y agohave you heard about PathGL?
- notduncansmith 13y agoDoubt this logo transitions well to print.
- oib 13y agoI know its not the point of the post but there is a small error: Neither of Blender's render engines is physically-accurate. (And only 1 is physically based.) You need to use something like Luxrender (it can be used with Blender) if you want a physically unbiased render.
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- pushedx 13y agoYou don't need WebGL to get a cool 3D effect with your logo. Shameless plug, http://www.moviesaints.com/ http://www.moviesaints.com/
- benaiah 13y agoThis isn't a 3d effect. RTFA
- Gracana 13y agoThis was a much deeper look than the simple tutorial I was expecting. Very nice!
- ASneakyFox 13y agoPlease don't let webgl become the next animated gif