Learn to Paint with Mathematics

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as the most beginner-friendly way into shader programming and procedural graphics.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Inigo Quilez

Topic

shader programming

Format

tutorial

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Thankfully for the graphics the very person who did the graphics in this Elevated demo is very generous with their time. Inigo Quilez has many instructional videos on his channel in how to code procedural graphics from the very beginner to the advanced. I link …

• [LINK] is what I'm talking about. It's not necessarily a from-zero introduction, but it's a nice resource. [VIDEO] is probably the the most beginner friendly. [LINK] is another great place to start. Good luck and enjoy!

• Yes, but you can learn it! 1. Get inspired, get motivated. Shaders like these are breathtaking (and well-commented): [LINK] 2. Watch "Learn to paint with mathematics" to see a simple shader being built gradually: [VIDEO] 3. Work through [LINK] .