animus

an infinite canvas for radical digital painting.

demo

click here

controls

mark-making

• click and drag to make marks
• hold Z and move your cursor up/down to resize the brush
• hold X and move your cursor up/down to change the shape of the brush
• hold any of the , , and/or keys and move your cursor up/down to change the , , and/or of the active color
• hold any combination of the above to change size, shape, and/or color simultaneously
• hold C and click anywhere to pick up the color underneath your brush
• pinch with two fingers to zoom in / out (or use ⌘ + / ⌘ -)
• drag with two fingers to pan around the canvas

animation

• press A to add a new frame
• press D to delete the current frame
• press O to toggle onionskin
• press ← / → to step between frames
  • tap out a rhythm using the arrow keys to set the playback speed
  • the last-tapped direction sets the playback direction
• press space to toggle playback
  • you can continue painting while the canvas animates
• press M to merge the current frame into the one below it

undo / redo

• press ⌘ + Z to undo (up to 10 actions)
• press ⌘ + shift + Z to redo

importing / exporting

• press ⌘ + S to save your painting as a .GIF file
• press ⌘ + O to open an existing painting from your filesystem (will clear the current canvas)

multiplayer

run ./serve.py and share the printed URL with anyone on your local network.