Tracer Tong — one-line vectorizer

TRACER TONG

by NEOANALOG

Image

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a · find the ends

Ink threshold

Spur prune (px)

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b · tracing bot

Speed (steps/frame)

The bot follows the skeleton centreline; at a crossing it takes the arm closest to its heading (straight through). Decisions are automatic — tune the trace via Spur prune above and post-processing below.

c · post‑processing

Resample spacing

Smooth window

Smooth passes

Simplify ε (RDP)

Bézier smoothing

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d · simulation

Ink colour 1

Ink colour 2

Ink colour 3

Tick 2–3 to lay colours one after another — they blend, denser where paint pools.

Pen speed

Flow

Nib size

Pen angle (°)

Bleed

Dry rate

Wet drag

Speed jitter

Angle jitter (°)

Hand tremor

Flow jitter

Vary jitter per colour

wall runs

Let ink run down

Run strength

Saturation

Streak density

Exaggerate runs

Long-runner %

Saturated ink runs straight down in streaks (heavier with more Flow / lower Dry rate). Lower Saturation = more runs. Exaggerate runs makes a chosen % of streaks bolt way down.

Runs the pen along the post path, dispensing ink that bleeds, dries, and smears wet ink it crosses.