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		divbzero on Feb 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gears I was wondering the same! The author appears to be using his own functions written in vanilla JS. The Gears page loads a custom Canvas library base.js [1] plus an page-specific gears.js [2]. iOS graphics appears to be an area of expertise [3] for the author. [1]: https://ciechanow.ski/js/base.js [2]: https://ciechanow.ski/js/gears.js [3]: https://github.com/Ciechan?tab=repositories (P.S. <canvas> is an interesting choice, I had expected <svg> before opening the page inspector. Separately, I love the creative use of TLD in the domain name.)

pier25 on Feb 13, 2020 [–]

Thanks for the JS files.

Would be nice to know about his process.

Here it appears he is importing the graphics from somewhere else converted to imperative drawing code:

https://imgur.com/jFpN0f3.jpg

bestest on Feb 13, 2020 | [–]

That's just a function that draws a spanner.

pier25 on Feb 13, 2020 | | [–]

Obviously, but my point is that if you look at the coordinates these do not seem to have been handwritten.

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