Art From Code [2008-2024]

One month later…

Sep 1, 2008
[ info ]

Wow, I have to say I am really enjoying this site! I just realized it’s been up over a month. It’s a challenge to keep coming up with stuff, but not a very hard one. I generally create a few things in a flurry of activity and use the scheduled publish feature to push them out. So I always have at least a few days (up to a week or more) of buffer.

Node Garden 2008

Sep 1, 2008
[ lines , particles ]

I’ve gotten alot of mileage off this one. Thanks Jared!

Strings

Aug 31, 2008
[ lines ]

Here’s the idea: Create 5000 points. Choose one at random. Draw a line from it, to the next nearest point. Continue to do that, without crossing any previously drawn lines. When it’s impossible to draw another line, choose another point and another color and start over. The result is all these different colored squiggles that never cross themselves or each other. It looks a lot like Brownian motion trails, but really has no relation.

Butterflies

Aug 30, 2008
[ particles ]

p = e^cos(Î¸) – 2 cos(4 Î¸) + sin⁵(Î¸/12)

or in ActionScript:

var r:Number = Math.exp(Math.cos(i)) – 2 * Math.cos(i * 4) + Math.pow(Math.sin(i / 12), 5);

r = radius, Î¸ = angle. Figure out the x and y from there.

Randomly scale, position, rotate. Coat with bevel and dropshadow. Bake at 350Ëš for 30 minutes. Serves 5.

Dug up in Computers and the Imagination by Clifford Pickover.

Simulated LCD

Aug 29, 2008
[ simulation ]

These are not photos of an LCD monitor. It’s an AS3 application. A picture is loaded in. Every nth pixel is sampled and a pseudo-pixel is drawn, each with a red, green, and blue bar. The whole thing can be rotated and positioned in 3D. Best seen full size, of course.