Primitive

Rebuild a photo from simple shapes. Pick a shape, press Run, and watch the picture come together.

Photo

Shape

More shapes look closer to the photo but take longer. The slider goes to 1,000; type up to 10,000 in the box.

128

Slide to 0 to let primitive choose the opacity of each shape.

Background
Entrance

How each new shape lands on the canvas. You can change this mid-run.

More settings

Working size is how big the photo is while shapes are found; smaller is faster. Export size sets the width of downloads.

Drop a photo here

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© 2026 Sahil Bhatt · An unofficial, just-for-fun app built on primitive by Michael Fogleman