Art From Code [2008-2024]

Archived

May 14, 2024
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You’re viewing the version of Art From Code that existed between 2008 and 2024. The new site is at the old url https://artfromcode.com, and this new site is now at https://archive.artfromcode.com – but you already knew all of that.

Might be seeing some more action here…

Jan 30, 2010
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Yeah, it’s been a while. 2009 was the year of iPhone apps. Objective-C is a fun language, but so different than anything else that it takes a lot of concentration to get through the learning curve. I had a lot of fun with it, but by the end of last year I became kind of burnt out on the whole thing. For the last month or two, I haven’t really been doing much coding outside of work at all. A much needed break.

Some code behind the art

Feb 27, 2009
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As you may have noticed, I don’t post a lot of code here. But, a few days ago I spoke at FiTC in Amsterdam, on the subject of Art from Code. I showed a bit of the code that created a lot of the images here and have shared it on my other site, bit-101.com. If you are interested, you can get the slides from the presentation as well as all the code, here.

That's all for 2008

Dec 18, 2008
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I’m taking a break for the rest of the year. All 13 days of it. Taking some time off work. Going to finish up a game I’m coding and otherwise just chill out. Happy holidays ifÂ you celebrate any, and see you in January!

visualcomplexity

Dec 4, 2008
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visualcomplexity is a very nice resource for data visualization, information graphics, and just plain cool-looking pictures. I was happy to see that Art From Code recently got listed there.

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=633&index=633

People do seem to like those darned webs…

Kind Words

Nov 7, 2008
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Been getting lots of links from all over. So thanks.

This one kind of impressed me. From creativecontact.com:

The type of work Peters is involved in follows in a deep tradition dating back to some of the earliest avant-gardes. Tristan Tzara, and later William Burroughs, with their literary cut-up techniques. Sol LeWitt with his wall drawings and modular sculptures. John Cage with his experimental compositions, and following in his footsteps, Brian Eno.
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On Neatorama

Oct 19, 2008
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One of the feeds I’ve subscribed to lately is Neatorama. All kinds of odd, quirky, cool stuff there. But this entry pleasantly surprised me today:

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/19/art-from-code-turning-computer-codes-into-visual-art/

Short Break

Oct 13, 2008
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I’m going to take a quick break from posting images here. If you haven’t guessed already, I don’t actually create images every day. I generally create several in the course of a heads-down coding session and schedule them to be published over the next few days. I’ve managed to keep about a week’s buffer in queue, so if I missed a day or two I could catch up later.

But being in England for a week pretty much emptied that buffer. So I’ve been scrambling for the last week or so. And now I have 1.5 chapters on my next book that are way overdue. So I’m heads-down writing that for the next couple weeks. Then hopefully I’ll fill up the buffer again and go from there. Lots of good ideas in the head, just no time to execute them.

Prints

Sep 9, 2008
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I plan to start doing prints of some of the images here and offering them for sale. This involves making higher resolution versions. With Flash 10 I am able to do over 4000×4000 pixel bitmaps natively, and a lot bigger if I start tiling, not to mention save them natively. I’ve got some test prints going now and should have them in hand in the next day or two. At 300 dpi, 4000 pixels should be good for 13-14 inches. I’m pushing it up to 24 inches – still over 150 dpi, which is what people say is minimum for print. If that looks like crap, I’ll have to tile.

Computers and the Imagination

Sep 6, 2008
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Get this book:

Computers and the Imagination: Visual Adventures Beyond the Edge

by Clifford Pickover

It’s a tough book to describe. All kinds of math, physics, fractal, science, computer related stuff in there. Pretty stream of consciousness. Some sample BASIC programs for some of the images. Discussions of off the wall topics. Some chapters consist of a single page presenting an odd idea. Others get into really complex formulas. But flip through it and you’re sure to have something click in your head. Several of the pieces here are based on, or inspired by stuff from this book. And a lot more in store.

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