Introducing Sketchplanet.com!!
So this is what I’ve been spending all my time on recently.
Sketchplanet.com is a new web service based around sketches. Taking some obvious cues from Flickr (e.g. tags, ability to comment etc) I’ve developed an online sketching network where people can draw whatever they like, add titles, comments, tags, save favourites and more - it’s all rather nifty, I think.
Think of this as the beta version. There are still some teething problems (probably not displaying perfectly in all browsers yet - nicely compliant browsers such as Firefox and Safari should be fine though) and some features are still to come (larger sketchpad, erasing favourites, erasing comments etc) but I think this is a good start. Go and have a play. You need to register for all the features (registration is very basic, just a first name, email and desired username are required) but don’t worry, even when you are registered you can still opt to sketch stuff anonymously ;)
Here are a few screenshots, although it’s probably better if you just check out the site itself.
Enjoy, and let me know of any problems you encounter with the site.
Cheers!
View popular sketches at a glance
Every sketch gets it’s own page, with a comments section
A Weighted Tag List ™ - tags that are used more often appear larger
You can also search for stuff
All registered users get a “My Page”, enabling you to keep track of comments on your sketches and also view your favourites
Favourites view
Blog syndication - get a sketchplanet sidebar for your blog. Registered users can choose between a sidebar that shows the last 5 public sketches, or one that shows only your last 5 sketches
Hope you like it! (and tell your friends, please)
first post oh god yes first first first.
yay :D
All this and a full time job? Good work Jon.
Puts my new one to shame… :(
Third post!!
in a country where you count one, two, four, three
How about you put this in the title of sketchplanet:
x sketches of y total sketches are penisses
Fun little statistic.
hahaha, pandas are awesome. this looks fun. ima gonna get one
excellent job! well done.
i feel like a schoolteacher now.
Wow. Programmer to programmer, i’m impressed by your creativity. Very nicely done, YF. Incidentally, I don’t remember my logon info for the forum, could you send it to me?
Now where do we engage in witty repartee? Where be the forum, Yongfook, WHERE?
hardly anyone was using it. If you want to talk about something, why not draw a sketch and use the comments section?
An interesting idea and I generally like the implementation.
However, did you have to go for Flickr color scheme? Also, a bigger sketch area a la artpad would work better. But hey, its fun and it works. Grats.
the colour scheme and design are really still “beta” features as far as I’m concerned. I just wanted to get the functionality wrapped up in a way that people could use it and then bung it online. After that, I’ll change the design at a later stage, since it’s easy to change visual elements - it’s the technology behind it that was the lengthy part that I had to get right.
And as for bigger sketches…well I’m keeping the small one for now. This was a conscious decision (I mean shit, to make a bigger pad all I would have to do is just go into Flash and make the document size bigger, pretty much) for two reasons:
1) I don’t want people to have to think too hard about using the space
2) It would mean more space on my server gets used up.
So for now, I’m keeping the small size, sorry.
I appreciate your concern but honest, don’t worry, there was never any danger of me “thinking too hard”.
You know what I mean - if people have to think, it ruins the spontaneity. I think being able to whip up a stupid picture in 10 seconds is more in the spirit of sketchplanet, at least for now.
I love it and it’s so much fun to doodle when bored and pretend I’m hard at work on the computer. I will pass the link along to friends, good work YF :)
Fab! Oh, and sorry about the non-10-second-stupid-pictures.
alex: thanks for the link to artpad! is much fun.
WOW. @-@ I’m amazed!
YF, you tha man. Small sketch pads rule for exactly the reason you said.
i agree with YF, there hasn’t been a site that offers proper neoprint-doodling so far so for now at least sketchplanet has originality and uniqueness on its side (until it gets immensely popular and then somebody shamelessly does a rip-off of it)
You’re my Hero!
Small 404 Not Found problem in edit/index.php
ooo- I’m going to search for panda.
I just missed first post by a few hours…balls…
I am kinda drunk but i am online as well? How many people can say they have done that?
I dunno i am probably inviting a load of crap…sigh watever…big flesh eating windmills…
heeheeHEE…I don’t think I’ve laughed as hard for a while as I did when I read Yongfook’s special little ps on the registration e-mail. I don’t mean to be an ass, but I can just picture it…the reply e-mails…teehee - it makes me want to try it.
congrats on being featured on attack of the show.
Very cool, congrats on having something to show for all your work.
shit, that artpad is awesome.
Damn it! Apple just released its new iPod — now with video. I just got my iPod last year, so I can’t ask for another. Arrrrgh.
Oh, fab! New iMac G5! [love]
FrontRow? Photo Booth? Wth?
Hey yongfook,
Got a sql error when I clicked on print. But it still saved the sketch and everything… I will try to remember to save the error if I get it again….
Got the error:
Warning: mysql_result(): Unable to jump to row 0 on MySQL result index 5 in /home/981/domains/sketchplanet.com/html/php/sign.php on line 63
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/981/domains/sketchplanet.com/html/php/sign.php:63) in /home/981/domains/sketchplanet.com/html/php/sign.php on line 68
I was probably messing with stuff at the time.
How are people able to draw with such a steady hand? Fandangled new mouse? My sketches look like a kid has drawn them as I can’t steady the mouse enough to draw. Grrr…. Any tips?
None, my friend. I’m in the same boat. You can try slowing the sensitivity of your mouse, and use an optical one…but those haven’t helped me.
I had a dream that YF responded to all of my comments. Naked.
Very. Slowly. I actually prefer non-optical mouses for drawing purposes, but maybe you just have to get used to using one or the other.
more cameos!
That link you gave is really good. I tried to create my own also, using a bigger size and rating system at http://www.liliwei.com/drawings/ , but still a fan of yours ;;)
Yes I noticed you spamming the comments at sketchplanet over and over again with links to your site today. Just a friendly warning - that won’t be tolerated. A link here and one link there is fine, but too many (especially as you were simply cut & pasting the same message) will be treated exactly the same way as I treat other comment spammers.
thanks, YF.
Sorry that wasn’t me, I’ve dealt with that person now - sorry for any problems.
I use a regular old mouse. It’s rollerball or w/e you wanna call it, it’s really old too. Maybe if I get a nice new mouse I can create even better and smoother sketches!? We’ll see!
I use the same! Are you thinking of upgrading to an optical mouse? I’ve tried drawing with one, and the results have been less than satisfactory as the mouse can sometimes be oversensitive. Of course, it’s a matter of personal preference, but all the same, I’d advise you to test it out before switching. :)
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I have search for ‘penis torture’ and all I find is ~SUBSTITUTE~ for good s&m pornograph. What is this meaning? Where are the penis photograph please. Thank you yongfook.
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Just pasing through, cool blog by the way.
What’s in it for you? Intellectual pursuit?
Actually, good question. I don’t see how this contributes to increasing your fangirl following.
If everyone asked “what’s in it for me” before they started to make something, nothing fun would ever get made.
It’s just a bit of fun, no harm in that.
Ah… Fun is in it for you! That burst of euphoria when the program finally works! ~~dRRRrrrring~~
yongfook’s been all serious and logical lately. Hold me, I’m scared.
:)
Sorry. WILLIES, COCKS, FORESKIN, SMEGMA, TREE FROGS, FRIDGE MAGNETS, NARWHAL PORN, The Cult of Apple Macintosh, TINY PENIS, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BLOTTING PAPER, GIANT BLACK DILDO, STARBUCKS, ZOMBIES, ZOMBIE PORN, ZOMBIE PENISES, ZOMBIE-SHAPED CLITORIS-STIMULATING BLACK DILDOS, LOST SEASON 2, AMUSING REFERENCE TO KARATE KID, SELF DEPRECATION, NERDY STUFF, WEBCAM PIC.
There, that better?
right… now that last comment scared me more I think. Anyway, nice site! That liwei chick was a bit the scary tho’,… she kept popping up all over. Monthly or weekly challenges for the site would be nice. That way when I’m staring at the screen trying to think of what to draw I’d be able to just do something.
For sketchplanet, you mean? Already done! Go see the sketchplanet blog, dongsap. :)
Oh, and yes, yongfook was quite a bit scarier in that comment than before.
Ack, sorry. Don’t check up on sketchplanet.com that much because I can’t draw for nuts (or a single nut, for that matter)…
you seem to provoke scariness in people don’t you “a”… :D But i suppose it was warranted tho’…
Think the font about “xx comments” can be a darker grey. Had to squint to see the words. May be just my poor eyesight though.
Thanks for the nice sketch website. I couldn’t find a feedback form on the site. I like the idea of a bar for people’s blogs but I would like to choose which sketchs are displayed on it. Some sketchs are just too awful to be displayed….
try the sketchplanet blog, it’s linked on the homepage of sketchplanet several times.
http://blog.sketchplanet.com
this site is the coolest thing since sliced bread! i signed up on my work computer, and can’t seem to “print” logged in at home. the new firefox browser window displays a message: The image “http://www.sketchplanet.com/print/â€? cannot be disp layed, because it contains errors.
any ideas?
Thanks for nice site!
Nice Work.! Nice site!
Good job! nice colours!
I have found alot I need, try yourself!
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Wonderfull design. Will Come to see the Updates!
Great Site! Well Done!