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Learn to Paint with Mathematics
Inigo Quilez · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2022–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 9 other tutorial videos tagged Creative coding & generative art, the mean is 3.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2022–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Inigo Quilez
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2022–2025
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Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other tutorial videos in Creative coding & generative art. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learn to Paint with MathematicsCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Painting a Character with Mathstutorial · Inigo Quilez | 13 | 10 | 68% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| I painted a Landscape with Mathematicstutorial · Inigo Quilez | 7 | 7 | 78% | 1 (33%) | Not verified | Not verified |
| ORCA Sequencer Intro (Experimental Livecoding!)tutorial · Allieway Audio | 4 | 5 | 100% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
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The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Dissecting "Tiny Clouds" shadertoy (2017)”. Its short rationale: Shows a simple shader being built up gradually from scratch.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Show HN: Unknown Pleasures, a tiny web experiment with WebGL”. Its short rationale: Most beginner-friendly starting point for learning shader programming.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Source code for 4kb demoscene production “Elevated” released (2016)”. Its short rationale: Beginner instructional video on coding procedural graphics by Inigo Quilez.