personal site project thing

[selfinjustice]

hi there!! im new here, working on a little personal site project thing kind of inspired by the aesthetic and wanted to show it off 
its still very much a work in progress, all i have for now is a little play on a guestbook where anyone can draw little doodles on a board :) feel free to leave your own!!

https://www.selfinjustice.xyz/

[Aurpheus]

This is an amazing feature ngl, super fun to draw sum doodles ^w^

[selfinjustice]

This is an amazing feature ngl, super fun to draw sum doodles ^w^

thank you!! love your doodle, its approved so you can see it if you refresh now! 

[Memory]

whoa I really like how this looks Ill definitely keep an eye on this

[selfinjustice]

whoa I really like how this looks Ill definitely keep an eye on this

thank you so much 

[selfinjustice]

changed the drawing menu to be twice as big and added a smaller brush option and an undo button 
think that will make it a bit nicer to work with

though i just noticed that the pixels dont look right on the canvas. think it has something to do with scaling, i will fix that soon hopefully

[selfinjustice]

also the post its are incredibly buggy on mobile right now im workin on fixes for that rn 

[selfinjustice]

mobile support should be much better, also added zooming in and out 
think soon im going to move on to other features and fun stuff, i still need to come up with ideas what i even want to add 

[Memory]

mobile support should be much better, also added zooming in and out 
think soon im going to move on to other features and fun stuff, i still need to come up with ideas what i even want to add 

damn that was fast you must be really good if you figured it out that fast I got to take a break for the rest of the day to catch up on some stuff but ill be watching tomorrow

[TheFrugalGamer]

This is so neat! I submitted a doodle just now :)

You mentioned wanting more ideas in one of your blog posts, so I thought it would be cool if you gave folks the option to do two frames, making the post-its slightly animated. Not TOO animated, but that way people could draw flapping bat wings or twinkling stars or something.

I hope you end up posting some more of your projects some day! I also struggle with finishing projects, but I'm getting better at it. I've found I really enjoy that feeling of accomplishment I get when it's done, so I focus on that while working through the more boring parts.

[selfinjustice]

This is so neat! I submitted a doodle just now :)

You mentioned wanting more ideas in one of your blog posts, so I thought it would be cool if you gave folks the option to do two frames, making the post-its slightly animated. Not TOO animated, but that way people could draw flapping bat wings or twinkling stars or something.

I hope you end up posting some more of your projects some day! I also struggle with finishing projects, but I'm getting better at it. I've found I really enjoy that feeling of accomplishment I get when it's done, so I focus on that while working through the more boring parts.

thanks so much, your doodle is approved now too! 

thanks so much for that idea! i think it would fit nicely with the rest of the site, since all my animated assets are just 2 frames too. not entirely sure how to go about it but i think its definitely worth giving a go definitely my first time writing drawing functionality, but now that i have the base down i think its definitely doable.

and yeah, i hope so too. i kind of have an issue with reaching out, even making this post was kind of really scary for me, but honestly the positive reaction made me so happy to continue posting updates and working on the site. was definitely a big motivator for me 
i cant even really explain the thing about not finishing projects. its kind of like i forget about them? but its so strange when im super focused on working on something, basically using up all my free time for it only then to drop and instantly forget about it by day 2 or 3. its not even like losing interest, i dont know. the rediscovering of the abandoned projects is the worst part, feels super bad looking back at them and wondering why i have not done more.

but oh well, this one actually seems to stick with me 

[selfinjustice]

little update!
the current way i save and display the post its seems to work flawlessly with gifs too (was unsure if gifs would be too big), which saves me a ton of work in making this work 
also i found a js library to help create the gifs, seems to work pretty well! going to work on a little ui for the two frames and an onionskin overlay for the second frame 

[selfinjustice]

okay, added animated doodles 
we got two editable frames (gets stretched out to 6 with a 100ms interval ((tbh now thinking about it i dont know why i did that im very used to aseprite and just doing that instead of changing the interval, i can fix that later)) it might seem a little fast, i can change it in the future though) and onionskin u can turn on or off 
though i need to keep working on the undo functionality, its a bit janky right now in the animated mode. the undo stack resets when exiting preview or switching frames. but it works! 
static doodles are the same, should be no issues there

[TheFrugalGamer]

That's amazing, and wow that was fast! Hyperfocus for the win, lol     

I don't think you should feel bad about going over old projects. Stuff happens! And I've learned when I get frustrated or lose interest, it's healthiest for me to go work on something else for a while. When I come back, I'm usually able to see it with a new set of eyes, so to speak, and oftentimes the problems I was running up against are easier to solve.

Usually when I run into my old projects when I've forgotten about them, I end up thinking, "Holy crap, I did all this? Way to go previous me!!!" Because it's always more than I remembered doing. Sometimes I even impress myself, hahaha!

[selfinjustice]

That's amazing, and wow that was fast! Hyperfocus for the win, lol     

I don't think you should feel bad about going over old projects. Stuff happens! And I've learned when I get frustrated or lose interest, it's healthiest for me to go work on something else for a while. When I come back, I'm usually able to see it with a new set of eyes, so to speak, and oftentimes the problems I was running up against are easier to solve.

Usually when I run into my old projects when I've forgotten about them, I end up thinking, "Holy crap, I did all this? Way to go previous me!!!" Because it's always more than I remembered doing. Sometimes I even impress myself, hahaha!

thanks, thought the idea was great so i just started working on it 

and yeah, i guess i shouldnt really get hung up on it, i mean the projects kind of helped me get to where i am today with code, and im pretty proud of it