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been on my 3D todo list for a while. you might also like these:

https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

https://github.com/zauonlok/renderer

Cool use of Webassemly! See also the 500 line https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer or the 100 line Python/numpy version https://github.com/rougier/tiny-renderer

Both cpu renderers with texture mapping and Wavefront obj import without further dependencies.

Linear algebra is really important for graphics programming, but there's really only a handful of concepts you need to get started (vectors, matrix operations (rotation, translation, scale)). This course is relatively short and should give you a good background on these topics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2x... . For me, I learned more from the course than my college level linear algebra class.

Other important things to learn are what Vector and Fragment shaders are. I think this course is a good intro for it: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

Lastly, when you are ready to start writing real graphics code, you might want to consider using something like Metal if you are on macOS. I have found it to have a much better API than OpenGL. Here's a good book on the topic: https://gumroad.com/l/metalbyexample . I haven't used DirectX, but I imagine its probably much better than OpenGL too.

If you do want to use OpenGL, I found these to be good resources: https://open.gl and http://learnopengl.com/

So if someone is interested in these Computer Graphics resources, you might also like these links:

Computer Graphics from Scratch: https://www.gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scrat...

The tiny{raytracer,renderer,kaboom} series: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyraytracer & https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer & https://github.com/ssloy/tinykaboom

Ray tracing a tiny procedural planet: https://casual-effects.com/research/McGuire2019ProcGen/McGui... with the video on https://youtu.be/JvfjYuz7q4I

This is awesome! As an enthusiast of 3D graphics, I appreciate how clean and easy to read the source is. We have very few examples of how the graphics pipeline works in code, tinyrenderer [1] by ssloy being one of the most famous and easy to follow. This should enter the awesome-graphics list as a must read code!

[1] - https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

Write your own software renderer, and learn how the principles of computer rendering work: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

The wiki has lessons in detail: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki/Lesson-1:-Bresenh...