You Probably Can't Draw a Horse Without Reference

This is a project I've been working on for a lot longer than you'd think. It started with me just asking my friends to draw me horses without a reference because the results are always really funny. Eventually, that turned into a directory of horse drawings (that you can add your own horse to, if you're familiar with using GitHub!)

We have these monthly meetups in Toronto for artist-coder types, and a few months ago the idea was floated that this could be the subject of an animated movie. It'd be pretty easy to animate because none^[1] of the horses would look correct, and with that low bar, it would also be a fun opportunity to collaborate with my friends. In the spirit of creative code, the physics simulation scenes are actually outputs from an interactive sketch that you can try out -- see how your own horse drawing holds up when pelted with dodgeballs! And also the reflective 3D horse ~40s in was done by a friend entirely in code in a shader in 1hr(!!!)

^[1]for that one scene that breaks this rule, I animated it in 3D first and then rotoscoped it. I still cannot draw horses.

Anyway, over the course of this project, I have become the Horse Friend for people. I suffer this fate for you, dear reader. I hope it was worth it.

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