SVG pixelation #2

A slight variation on this SVG pixelation that leaves the background transparent during pixelation for a bit of a different effect.

See also: Gradual pixelation

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <style>
    svg, canvas {
      position: absolute;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
<svg width="960" height="600"></svg>
<canvas width="960" height="600"></svg>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.2.3/d3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/topojson.v2.min.js"></script>
<script>

var svg = d3.select("svg"),
    path = d3.geoPath(),
    canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
    offscreen = document.createElement("canvas"),
    context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
    offscreenContext = offscreen.getContext("2d"),
    img = new Image(),
    width = offscreen.width = canvas.width,
    height = offscreen.height = canvas.height,
    colors = ["#6af09c","#f362ba","#f2ef5f","#6dd4e8","#e39460"],
    grain = 64,
    up = true;

context.msImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
context.mozImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
context.webkitImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
context.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;

d3.json("https://d3js.org/us-10m.v1.json", function(err, us){

const neighbors = topojson.neighbors(us.objects.states.geometries),
        features = topojson.feature(us, us.objects.states).features;

// Greedy color selection
  features.forEach(function(d,i){

d.properties.color = colors.filter(function(c){
      return neighbors[i].every(n => features[n].properties.color !== c);
    })[0];

colors.push(colors.shift());

});

svg.selectAll("path")
    .data(features)
    .enter()
    .append("path")
    .attr("d", path)
    .attr("fill", d => d.properties.color)
    .attr("stroke", "none");

svg.append("path")
    .datum(topojson.mesh(us, us.objects.states, function(a, b) { return a !== b; }))
    .attr("d", path)
    .attr("class", "mesh")
    .attr("stroke-width", "1")
    .attr("stroke", "#fff")
    .attr("fill", "none");

render();

});

function render() {
  var serialized = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(svg.node()),
      blob = new Blob([serialized], {type: "image/svg+xml"}),
      url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);

img.onload = pixelate;
   img.src = url;

}

function pixelate() {

var dx = Math.round(width / grain),
      dy = Math.round(height / grain),
      delay = 25;

canvas.style.display = "block";
  context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
  offscreenContext.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
  offscreenContext.drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height, 0, 0, dx, dy);
  context.drawImage(offscreen, 0, 0, dx, dy, 0, 0, width, height);

up ? grain-- : grain++;
  if (grain === 64 || grain === 1) {
    up = !up;
    delay = 500;
  }

if (grain === 1) {
    canvas.style.display = "none";
  }
  setTimeout(pixelate, delay);

}

</script>

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.2.3/d3.min.js

https://d3js.org/topojson.v2.min.js