Misc. potential future pattern inspiration links

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• the {aRt} package ( https://github.com/nrennie/aRt ) implements many cool patterns

  • MIT license but implemented in {ggplot2} with heavy dependencies

• https://www.williamrchase.com/post/artistic-coding-for-the-user-12-months-of-art-june/

• the {aRtsy} package: https://github.com/koenderks/aRtsy

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• ggplot2::ggplotGrob() converts a ggplot2 object into a grob (that we can use as a pattern fill)
• g + ggplot2::theme(plot.margin = ggplot2::margin(t=-1, r=-1, b=-1, l=-1, unit="cm")) can be used to reduce margins

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More on removing margins: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31254533/when-using-ggplot-in-r-how-do-i-remove-margins-surrounding-the-plot-area
such as setting + scale_x_continuous(expand=c(0,0)) + scale_y_continuous(expand=c(0,0))