Further explorations in Geometry

barsColored1b, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

This time, fully generated with code.

And here is a video of the code generated animation, as it is now.

More Geometric Patterns

Continuing with my exploration of simple geometries to create patterns, I'm going more angular here. First, I sketch up a pattern, and then I start coding it.

bars,
Playing around with the pattern. No code, yet.

barsExp,
Early exploration of coding up this pattern. So far, so good.

visualDebugging

visualDebugging, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

Working on something, I needed to quickly see if my code was behaving as expected. Of course, it wasn't easy to see...so I gave myself a bold visual debug output: RED. Surprisingly, I really like the aesthetics of it. Who knew debugging could be so visually striking?

visualDebugging2, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

pattern1

Textiles and tiles are endlessly fascinating to me, and to relax my brain and recover some of my creative energy, I've been playing with circles to create patterns. No code here, just drawing circles. Will I code some of this? Maybe. But old methods are often highly rewarding.

I started with some repeating patterns, and then experimented with spiral patterns. Creating, filling, and erasing arcs.

pattern1, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

pattern2, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

pattern3, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

pattern4, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

pattern5, a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

Artistic Collaberation Wish-LIst

This post differs from my usual post. It's an evolving wish-list, of artists that I would love to collaborate with. I will continually update these wishes.

Here are a few, very eclectic wishes, to get me started...


Bjork
Lynne Bruning
Tracy Chapman
Matt Costa
Hillman Curtis
Robin Debreuil
Zach Gill (ALO)
Gogol Bordello
Mayuko Fujino
Val Head
Arianna Huffington (if you don't think she's an artist, you're not paying attention)
Grace Kim
Golan Levin
John Maeda
Imelda May
Jason Mraz
the Myth Busters
Paolo Nutini
Ozomatli
Colin Purrington (a scientist. Look him up!)
Jennifer Shiman (in progress-any lag is my fault!)
John Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Jared Tarbell
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down (I want her 'bag of hammers' song fors my 'Color of Spam' piece)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (ok,not an artist...but collaboration would be really cool!)
Francesca Vitali
...

Generative Stitches: Stop Motion Embroidery

My first experiments with stop motion embroidery, are going well. Here, I've implemented a divide line algorithm by hand, with chain stitches.

For future iterations, I will need to set up my lighting so that it will be consistent for extended stretches of stitching and photographing. I may also need to develop a better production work-flow.

This piece is very "hand made". I'd make a stitch, pick up my camera to take a photo, and repeat. A camera stand, and remote trigger may be very helpful when I continue with this project.

Color Stories: The Man Watching (Sketch)

Color Stories: The Man Watching (Sketch), a photo by galaxygoo1 on Flickr.

Generative art, based on letter frequency analysis of a poem.

Coded with python and AS3