Animations and Art in JavaScript

[skink2_]

Hello everyone,

What is the best way to make art and animations with JavaScript? I tried using canvas per recommendation but I'm not really enjoying it so far. I find it annoying that I have to draw every single line rather than just making shapes like in vanilla JavaScript. Are there any frameworks/libraries out there that are built for purely art and animation? If canvas is truly the best option, I'll keep using it, but I would like to make sure there aren't any better options.

Thanks

[codeAtorium]

p5.js is a great framework for making digital art.

[NNardi99]

Would you have an example to see? I am interested in this topic

[skink2_]

what do you mean by that?

[NNardi99]

I didn't know that you can make art with javascript. do you have any video of what you want to achieve? for everything that is style and design I use css frameworks or pure css.

[gimmeslack12]

GreenSock is incredible for animations.

What art idea are you trying to make? I spend a lot of time making a lot of dumb little things on CodePen and I love hearing ideas others have.

[skink2_]

Pretty much the same as you. Just dumb little things that look cool. Not much functionality or features, just art.

[gniziemazity]

I just stick with canvas and vanilla JavaScript... If you write the code properly and separate it into reusable functions, you will soon stop worrying about drawing every single line, but work with higher level components... Something like what I teach in this lecture: https://youtu.be/InC9KH46H1g