Woodcuts
Woodcuts
Graphic elements for Seeds of Renaissance, drawn to look like woodcut or linocut prints: a black shape, white carved lines, and a slightly rough printed edge. See also design-system-plan and moodboard.
Gallery of everything: https://claude.ai/artifact/U3qepgEKdybBfPVu2YT3ny (source: gallery.html)
Files
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
swallow-flight.svg | The main woodcut swallow, side view in flight (used on the website mockups) |
swallow-above.svg | Swallow seen from above, wings spread |
swallow-perched.svg | Swallow perched on a branch |
swallow-bold.svg | The main swallow as a bold linocut with a few strong cuts |
mountain-peak.svg | A single snow peak |
mountain-range.svg | A range of peaks with mist |
mountain-moon.svg | A mountain with a rising moon |
leaf-single.svg | A leaf with its veins |
leaf-ginkgo.svg | A ginkgo leaf |
leaf-sprig.svg | A stem with five leaves |
wind-gusts.svg | Curling gusts of wind |
wind-leaves.svg | Wind carrying leaves |
fruit-apple.svg | Apple with a leaf |
fruit-pear.svg | Pear |
fruit-pomegranate.svg | Pomegranate cut open, full of seeds |
fruit-cherries.svg | A pair of cherries |
circle-of-chairs.svg | People sitting on chairs in a circle, around a small fire |
circle-of-chairs-above.svg | The same circle seen from above, carved into a dark floor |
seeds-red.svg | The same seeds in the logo and link red (#E5201C) |
seeds.svg | The woodcut seeds and seed clusters (sunflower, bean, maple key, acorn, pumpkin, stone, wheat, dandelion; spiral, scatter, row) |
Using them
- Every file is a vector SVG with a transparent background, so it sits on white, paper, pale yellow or night.
- The ink colour follows the CSS
colorof the page (currentColor), so the same file prints in ink on light grounds or chalk on night. - The carved lines are real cut-outs, so the background shows through them, as in a print.
wc.pyregenerates the set (python3 wc.py <output folder>);sw.jsonholds the main swallow's shape.
Status
First drafts, drawn in code. Strongest: mountain peak, leaves, sprig, fruits, the bold swallow, the circle seen from above. Weakest: the perched swallow reads more like a generic songbird, and the swallow from above is still a little moth-like. For a final set, these could be redrawn by hand or based on public-domain woodcuts and engravings.
