press and drag to push the flour · space throws the dots again
புள்ளிக் கோலம் · pulli kolam: a kolam of dots
Dot portrait.
Any photo, redrawn as rice-flour dots. It never leaves your device.
About Dot Portrait
What happens
Each dot covers as much of its cell as the photo is bright there, measured in true light levels, up to the point where neighbouring dots touch. So the picture reads correctly from a distance, with the brightest parts a little compressed.
The dots are thrown down and settle on springs. Push them with your finger and they find their way back.
Your photo is read inside this page only. It is never uploaded.
The Chennai bit
A kolam starts as a grid of dots (pulli) pressed into the floor with rice flour. Here the dots are the picture.
Inspired by Margazhi kolam contests in Mylapore, Chennai, India.
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