okekaki: a drawing program for uxn

Tags: creative process

okekaki is a minimalist drawing program that runs on Uxn and the Varvara operating system, developed by Devine Lu Linvega.

This wiki page exists because it seems Devine has not already documented how okekaki works on their website and will likely be deprecated in favour of that if/when it is.

The Uxn philosophy fits well with this project, and okekaki seems to be conducive to creating digital paintings that fit the aesthetic of The Way of Everything.

Use

• A - toggle hard brush edges
• S - free-hand brush tool
• D - line tool
• F - square tool
• H - mirror the canvas horizontally
• Q - first brush shape
• W - third brush shape
• E - fifth brush shape
• R - seventh brush shape
• [ - move brush selection up
• ] - move brush selection down
• 1 - permanent eraser
• 2 - light grey
• 3 - grey
• 4 - black
• Backspace - clear the canvas
• Tab - toggle sidebar
• <F3> - take a screenshot

Canvas

Left click draws. Right click erases.

Panel

By default, the brush shapes correspond to brush sizes. You can right-click on the brush shape section of the side panel to switch it to caligraphy-style shapes

The thin horizontal bar in the bottom left corner adjusts the brush strength.

The white box divided by the black bar in the bottom left corner adjusts the edges of the brush. The brush has soft edges when the bar is at the top and hard edges when it's at the bottom

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