PatternMaker with colors !

Shown below are some of my quick creations in PatternMaker aka Rangoli app(screenshots)

Click on image below to open the app.

And now comes PatternMaker with Color options. Though the currently colors are not user configurable. Each time you click on the shape you get a random color. I have intentionally kept the tool/application simpler in operation to keep down the complexity of having too many options. Though I am working at making the color selection more simpler than just adding a colorPicker !

The undo has become a little buggy after color change is introduced. Will fix it soon.

One most important feature that the app is lagging is save option. Will be done in next release. Till then you have to resort to printscreen option.

Pattern with reset button

Edit:

Check out the granular undo buttons. Now you can undo the the orientation/rotation of individual tile and undo actions in Pattern Unit work area.

Colors on the way !

We do make mistakes, hence we need a reset button. Undo is on the way.

Rangoli / Pattern builder

I had a random thought on patterns when an idea of building an application struck me.

Rangoli is an inherent part of any Indian festival. Specially Diwali and Onam (I don't know when it is made in other regions of India). One of the peculiar feature of Rangoli (traditionally) is that it follows a proper geometric form. Entire area is divided in grid and the dots are joined in certain way to form a pattern. I have used the same idea with a little tweak. I have added to it the feature of tiling. Imagine a tile with some unit pattern drawn on it. If lot of such tiles are placed besides each other they give rise to a an overall beautiful pattern. Each tile may have a different orientation. You can play around with the unit of pattern and see the entire pattern form take shape.

You can try your hands on the application here >>

It's still under constant upgrade. Let me know your thoughts on this.

Diwali-Rangoli

It's been tradition now at my home that me and my brother come up with new Rangoli designs every Diwali. Both of us get together discuss some sketches and see if they can be done using the available colors or not. And yes budget is also to be considered. Never has happened that our Rangoli costed us more than 50 bucks. No use of stencils. Sheer imagination and hard work.
So this time we though of some freehand. And what else can we think of other than Lord Ganesh himself. He fits in every shape and size, irrespective of his shape and size (no hard feeling here, this is with utmost respect to him). And yes wishing every visitor a new beginning for the new year can be best represented by him. Well when we think of new we think of light and if light be combined with Lord there won't be any darkness.
I don't have initial sketches. I'll just put the final output.