Painting a Character with Math Using Signed Distance Fields

Inigo Quilez · Tutorial · YouTube title: Painting a Character with Maths

Why it's here

HN repeatedly calls it a mind-blowing and accessible introduction to SDFs and procedural art from a master explainer.

What it covers

Inigo Quilez live-codes a cartoon character painting entirely from math, using signed distance fields in a Shadertoy shader. He explains each step of building the image from formulas.