04 / The Unnecessary Lab

3D Dithering

Low fidelity. High vibes.

Experiment · JUL 12, 2026

A face constructed from coarse dithered dots.

Ordered dithering in 3D, pushed until the image starts to feel printed.

Technical notes

  • Bayer matrix sampled in screen space, then snapped to a tiny palette
  • Depth edges get a slightly heavier dot so silhouettes survive
  • Looks wrong in motion until you limit temporal chatter

The point is not retro for its own sake. The point is a texture that feels like a manual that learned to walk.

#SHADING #GODOT