Pixi.js might be a bit more popular than Brush Ninja. We know about 5 links to it since March 2021 and only 4 links to Brush Ninja. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
That said, my kid, above all else, had the most fun with paintz.app (website), just creating pictures. He's moved onto brush.ninja now (at 7) and is doing simple gif animations. Source: over 1 year ago
I wasn't sure if that was allowed. The site is brush.ninja, I shall update the original post to show this too. Source: about 2 years ago
Https://brush.ninja/ is fast/nice if you just want to do quick stick figure type animated gifs. Start by drawing something simple in the current frame, then down at the bottom, use the "duplicate" to make the next frame and add some changes. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
I can suggest brush.ninja for online (2D) animations or OpenToonz/FlipaClip for downloadable software animations, along with Blender for 3D animations (all of these are free to download and use). Source: over 2 years ago
If you're into video game dev, then PixiJS is something you need to know about. It's a HTML5 game engine that provides a lightweight 2D library across all devices. This latest update has a new package structure, custom builds, graphics API overhaul, and lots more. You can read about all these changes in the PixiJS Migration Guide. Also big congrats to PixiJS for being part of the open source community for ten... - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago
I would need a renderer to display the graphics of my calculations on the "backend". After some research I think pixijs which is written in TS could be a great tool. Source: about 1 year ago
And if that seems to up your alley you could look into Javascript game/renderer frameworks. They have 2D engines like https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser or https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs . Or my personal choice A-Frame which is a 3D, AR and VR engine (XR) https://github.com/aframevr/ . Source: over 1 year ago
This has a high risk of being confused with pixi.js: https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago
WebGL, I hear, has a similar API to OpenGL. (Also, WebGPU is coming at some point.) Or, you could use a thin library that handles the WebGL drawing of sprites for you. I prefer that option over using a full game engine: I find it's better to only include dependencies when they become necessary. I recently tried a web rendering library called PixiJS, and it seemed like a pretty clean and nice-sized API, and... Source: almost 3 years ago
slimanimation - to make stick figure or hand drawn animations
Anime.js - Lightweight JavaScript animation library
PaintBerri - PaintBerri is a free art site that offers an awesome oekaki community.
p5.js - JS library for creating graphic and interactive experiences
PENUP - PENUP is a creative SNS based on Pen generated images. Share your imagination with global creative minds.
D3.js - D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS.