The Broke Canvas

Want to draw but can't afford the Canvas stuff? We've got you!

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Inspiration

As the theme this week is related to Art. We wanted to make something that could make Art more accessible even without having a Canvas or Sheet of paper.

What it does

We created a Python application, that allows you to draw on screen, has 4 colors to choose from and only requires the use of any one of your finger colored in purple(this acts as a marker).

How we built it

  1. Python - Our entire project is built in Python.
  2. OpenCV - The finger marker detection and the coloring is all facilitated via OpenCV.
  3. Linode - We used Linode with the git CLI to push our code to repository. We had to do this because we both have internship laptops and we couldn't push the code through it as our official git emails were linked with the laptop. We made use of scp commands to send the code to Linode SSH.

Challenges we ran into

  1. The ideation was a challenge itself as this is our first hackathon.
  2. We struggled to get the Linode credits.
  3. Time management was an issue as we made two projects this weekend for Abstract Hacks.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud to make something that is presentable enough and works well. We are proud of participating in our first hackathon!

What we learned

More about OpenCV and Linode.

What's next for The Broke Canvas

  1. Adding more colors and more features.
  2. Making a better demo video, because the drawing in demo wasn't good enough.

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