From 7471560c0058f29a6cd224eb26cdea25e18d71af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: leomcelroy Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:13:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1f44407db..04d04528d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,25 +3,26 @@ **[💻 Online Editor: Make art](https://blot.hackclub.dev/editor)** | **[👀 Gallery](https://blot.hackclub.dev/gallery)** | **[🕸 Landing Page](https://blot.hackclub.dev)** Create programmatic art in our web-based editor and submit it to the gallery and we'll send you a CNC machine which can make that art. -Blot is a "You Ship, We Ship" project from [Hack Club](https://hackclub.com) (like [Sprig](https://github.com/hackclub/sprig)). +Blot is a **"You Ship, We Ship"** project from [Hack Club](https://hackclub.com) (like [Sprig](https://github.com/hackclub/sprig)). -A piece of art made for Blot can be the first program you ever write, but it can also be a challenge for a master programmer. Check out some of the art made already in our gallery. +A piece of art made for Blot can be the first program you ever write, but it can also be a challenge for a master programmer. Check out some of the art made already in our [gallery](https://blot.hackclub.dev/gallery). Every piece of are you see is actually a program. Many of them create unique pieces everytime the art is run. So you may be looking at an artwork which has never been seen before, even by the creator. [](https://blot.hackclub.dev/gallery) # Blot is... -**A custom CNC drawing machine** designed from scratch to introduce you to digital fabrication. It's made of 6 unique 3D printed parts with a custom control board and easy to understand firmware, which can be interfaced with through JavaScript in the browser. +**A custom CNC drawing machine** designed from scratch to introduce you to digital fabrication. +It's made of 6 unique 3D printed parts with a custom control board and easy to understand firmware, which can be interfaced with through JavaScript in the browser. parts -Check out the [3D model of the project](https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0bcd2f50d2614ea26189f43b/w/23913e7defc94fc29f7833e6/e/72ea852bfc1822955e506e37?renderMode=0&uiState=6538235d42737a70b1996741). +Blot is designed in OnShape. Check out the [3D model of the project](https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0bcd2f50d2614ea26189f43b/w/23913e7defc94fc29f7833e6/e/72ea852bfc1822955e506e37?renderMode=0&uiState=6538235d42737a70b1996741). -You can find the [bill of materials here](https://blot.hackclub.dev/assembly) if you'd like to 3D print your Blot [the parts are here](https://github.com/hackclub/blot/tree/main/hardware/mechanical/drawing-thing-v4). +You can find the [bill of materials here](https://blot.hackclub.dev/assembly) if you'd like to 3D print your Blot [the parts are here](https://github.com/hackclub/blot/tree/main/hardware/mechanical/drawing-thing-v4). The entire build costs about $150 dollars. If you're a teen we will give you all the parts for a PR with your an art piece you coded yourself. **A web based editor for programmatic art** that we designed specifically for pen plotting with a custom geometry library. @@ -33,13 +34,15 @@ Check out the examples in the [gallery](https://blot.hackclub.dev/gallery) and t - The guides are designed to work like visual coding puzzles, which incrementally bring you through building generative art pieces. # It's all Open Source Every part of Blot is freely available for you to investigate and discover. That includes the editor, the hardware design, the electronics, and even the finances around the project. +We think people deserve tools they can take ownership of. That's why we give away the source for free. + +Our projects at Hack Club have hundreds of teenage contributors from all over the world, if you want to learn how to program we invite you to jump in and start building tools used by thousands. # Development