Hand-written SVG · paths, SVG filters · no raster images, no scripts in the art

Ink Sketch

Every edge is a filled black brush polygon that swells from about 1 to 4.4 px and tapers to points, laid in a few separate strokes over a colour fill that slips 2 to 3.6 px past it, with dark areas hatched rather than filled.

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Style 08 of 14 · 480 × 360 cards

Slow Build

A sweating snail crawls along a 27% progress bar, its shell a loading spinner.

0,-8

Merge Conflict

Two grumpy worms, red and teal branches, butt heads where their lines merge.

0,0

Hello World

A potted cactus on a desk waves and says "hello, world" beside a coffee mug.

Palette

  • Ink#1D1A18outlines, hatching, hairs, flecks, pupils, lettering
  • Red#F0563Dshells, pots, a worm
  • Red dark#B8311Fred mottle and marker streaks
  • Yellow#FFC83Dsnail body, spark bursts, flower centres
  • Green#5CB946grass patches, cactus
  • Green light#A6DC62light grass scribbles, lit streak
  • Blue#66CDEAslime, mugs, progress fill
  • Teal#2FB5A7a second character
  • Wood#EAA85Cdesk front
  • Blush#FF7F86cheek discs at op 0.5-0.75, tongue
  • Paper#FFFAF0stickers, scraps, labels
  • White#FFFFFFeye whites, gloss, bubbles

Core colours shown. 22 more tints and shades are listed in style.json.

Line

Filled brush polygons only (no stroke attributes): outlines swell 1-4.4 px with taper; details 1.1-3.2; hatching 1.0-1.15 at -48 to -58 deg, spacing 2-3.2.

Rules

  • Outlines are tapered brush strokes with one gap and one overshoot.
  • Fills slip 2-3.6 px past the line, with mottle and gloss.
  • Hatch shadows; never fill a dark area solid black.
  • Huge googly eyes, offset pupils, two specular dots each.
  • A critter or living object, never a person, on a grass patch.
  • Two to five ink hairs per stroke, nine to eleven flecks.