Computational, generative art

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Jared Tarbell is an artist and programmer who does gorgeous computational art, coded in the Processing language. And not only are the finished pieces amazing (and available for purchase), but you can also "run" the art, see it grown in a pop-up applet.

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Posted by: AP on January 31, 2008 at 4:48 PM

These are written in Processing (java), not Flash.


Posted by: macegr on January 31, 2008 at 5:11 PM

Substrate (the first picture in this post) is available in Xscreensaver on the various operating systems that can use it.


Posted by: oscar on January 31, 2008 at 11:08 PM

The Flash stuff is on his other site, levitated.net. Different style, but also some very cool stuff.


Posted by: iZ on February 1, 2008 at 6:22 AM

We've built a (free) Flash based computational art generator that is currently in beta. You can check out some videos and screenies of it in action here: http://a.viary.com/blog/peacock/


Posted by: cyenobite on February 1, 2008 at 2:57 PM

And... check out Lenny on flickr. He's doing some pretty amazing stuff with processing and a laser cutter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lennyjpg/


Posted by: Arkku on February 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM

I've also implemented an optimized and more user-configurable version of the Substrate effect (first picture) as an open source Mac OS X screensaver, available here (top of the page): http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kkuloves/downloads.shtml

Apart from computational optimizations, this version also allows some different-looking effects to be achieved, for example a darker look or one with curved lines only.


Posted by: JP on February 1, 2008 at 7:03 PM

I http://www.diyblog.net/processing/circle-packing

There's a very well done book about it: Processing - A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, by Casey Reas and Ben Fry. ISBN: 9780262182621


Posted by: JP on February 1, 2008 at 7:06 PM

Sorry, Scratch the previous entry.

I <3 Processing. I've been checking it out for a while now and recently started experimenting: http://www.diyblog.net/processing/circle-packing

There's a very well done book about it: Processing - A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, by Casey Reas and Ben Fry. ISBN: 9780262182621


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