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First completed project of the year, which is actually the second one started.

I made it because Patreon is so slooooow at loading posts and I wanna find stuff quickly.

Also trying to get back to programming regularly again.

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Current progress on my first full-fledged ReactJS App–  Parallax Previewer (sample images from Superpowers Asset Pack) 

Newest Features

Panels can overlap, with the active panel positioned over all others

Change a layer's origin, initial position on the canvas, and velocity (pixels per frame)

Change layer visibility (visible or invisible)

Play animation in forward direction

Reverse animation direction (increment vs decrement frame number)

Pause and continue animation in current direction

Stop animation (frame = 0)

Restart animation (frame = 0, forward animation)

Total Time on these updates: 14 hours = Design and Plan (3h) + Fixes (2h) + Implementation (9h)

Next Time: Canvas and GIF Export Settings

[incrementalart]

Current progress on my first full-fledged ReactJS App--  Parallax Previewer (sample images from Superpowers Asset Pack)

Layer Panel Features

Add multiple layers at a time, in alphabetical order

Reverse the layer order

Swap a layer with one directly above or below

Drag and Resize the panel for more viewing space

Minimize the panel when not needed

Replace image in a specific layer with Drag-N-Drop

Total Time: 25 hours = Design and Plan (8h) + Implementation and Debugging (17h)

Next Time: Rendering Layer Data to HTML5 Canvas

[incrementalart]

From Cal Newport’s So Good They Can’t Ignore You:

The happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what they do.

Adopt the craftsman mindset first, and then the passion follows. 

*There are some valid situations for which this mindset may not apply. 

Read my summary of the book here, including exceptions to the rule.

[incrementalart]

Hello

I started this blog to get myself in the habit of practicing art and code regularly.

Art Goals

Work through the Animator’s Survival Kit

Recreate styles of other artists

Create art for the sake of self-improvement and not for acknowledgement by my peers

Code Goals

Implement common data structures and algorithms in several languages

Create web apps that help people do things more efficiently

Fill up a portfolio of short-term projects to use for getting a stable job