Just fooling around again, testing some new shapes I made and came up with this.
I think it looks very much like a cheap plastic suncatcher from the dollar store.
Please enjoy my 'Cheap Plastic Suncatcher'
That encoder appears to be a standalone executable, so it should be possible to export a temporary image from Paint.NET and read the processed JPEG image from disk.
My Optimized JPEG FileType already does this with jpegtran.
Second and last entry:
This is an abstract of two hearts, filled with a bunch of textures and colors. It's funny that this one took less time than the other.
amazing that you got the curvature correct without using a map..............
Anyway, even though my images were dis-allowed, I have no problem uploading my own map. Everyone is free to use it at will........
Ran across this tut while browsing the forum.
Easy to understand and the result, I think, is fantastic!
Here's my attempt...
I replaced the gray background with a radial rainbow and set the opacity to about 110, so as not to overwhelm the text.
Great job!