Table of contents
_Shortcuts
_Project
_Features
_Color insight
_Warning
_License


_Shortcuts
p: Close / Open popup explications
s: Save with current resolution in png format.
i: Invert color and brightness of the shape (black > white / red > blue).
o: Turn grayscale the shape on/off (Nothing noticeable if already black or white).
g: Turn grayscale on/off except for the shape.
c: Increase contrast by 10, up to 100 before resetting.
space / backspace / enter: Play / Pause animation.


_Project
I've surprised me a lot of time spent minutes watching above my head, forgetting what I was doing right now, focusing my sight far away on those floating masses of water droplets and ice crystals. It was a delicious moment to live.
Admiring all those details motivated me to build HiCloud, a theater
where the smooth and losing clouds actors take place to meet the sharp and defined shape characters.
Dancing and blinking for the spectator.


_Features
Shape:
Rhombus, Circle, Square, Triangle, Kite, Dart, Pentagon, Hexagon, Octagon.

Color palette:
Tengoku, Blue Sky, Vivid Blue, Celeste, Calm Blue Sky, Blue Night, Chocolate, Retro Pink, Punishment Clear, Punishment, Hell, Cotton Candy, Sahara, Golden, Pink, Lawn, Time Stop, Wonder, Blue fairy sky, Awakening, Fall Asleep, Storm Night, Calm Night, Ambient.
Sometimes with an "obscure version" tag.

Shape rotated version:
True, False.

Position of shape:
High, Low.

Shape radius:
Large, Medium, Small.

Shape stroke:
Thick, Medium, Thin.

Vestiges height:
Tall, Medium, Short.

Vestiges density middle_cloud:
High, Medium, Low.

Vestiges density back cloud:
High, Medium, Low.

Vestige type:
Disintegrating, Conserving.

Background texture:
Atmospheric, Gravity, Dust.

Light pattern:
Cloud soft edges, Cloud hard edges, Light behind.

Gradient type:
Diagonal right, Diagonal left, Upper short, Soft.

Stars:
Yes, No.

Stars rainbow:
No_stars, Yes, No.

Stars visibility:
No stars, Above, Large.

Stars Density:
No_stars, Low, Medium, High.

Cloud distribution:
Left, Right, Up, Bottom, Free.

Canvas ratio:
Wide, Normal.

_Color insight
In this project, I've decided to use a particular color space called CIELUV, which has a perceptual uniformity of luminance for our eyes.
An excellent example to demonstrate that, way better than what I can, is explained in the fantastic book "The biology of seeing" by Margaret Livingstone foreword by David Hubel, p.120-121: The reference is the painting "Impression, soleil levant" by Claude Monet where we feel that the sun has a luminance stronger than the background, but its a lure, they have the same although the sun stands out. So achieve with a play of surrounding elements with the same luminance.

_Warning
The current project may take time to proceed, depending on your machine's performance.
The rest will follow when you see the first cloud starting to form.

_License
Generative Art by hiwo_theo @HiwoTheo.
Copyright (c) 2022. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.