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Splash Canvas

Google Arts & Culture creator David Li launched Splash Canvas, a digital painting experiment where users drag octopus or squid characters across a canvas to create art, with each character offering unique styles and playful critiques. The project uses a novel GPU fluid simulation, Gemini-powered dialogue, and procedural audio, and includes turtles that smudge or erase the artwork.

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Splash Canvas
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Drag an octopus or squid across the canvas to paint! Each has a unique style and will offer playful critiques or fun insights. Beware the turtles: Smudge blends your work, while Scrape erases it.

Created by David Li, this squishy digital experiment explores surreal, playful interactions. It utilizes a novel GPU fluid simulation, Gemini-powered character dialogue (synthesized via Chirp 3), and procedural audio by Chris Heinrichs. Li is also the creator behind Google Arts & Culture favorites Viola the Bird and Blob Opera.

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