Inigo Quilez live-codes a cartoon character painting entirely from math, using signed distance fields in a Shadertoy shader. He explains each step of building the image from formulas.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN repeatedly calls it a mind-blowing and accessible introduction to SDFs and procedural art from a master explainer.

“he's a master of this stuff and a great explainer.”

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