Nice to see generative art discussed on the frontpage. :)
I think the next several years will be really interesting for generative art. Consumers are getting more interested in it, and some of our tools and collective knowledge has really grown since the days of Flash and before. In some cases, we are revisiting old techniques with new & easier-to-use hardware, like AxiDraw pen plotters. It's allowing artists to iterate more quickly and become better curators of their output.
Open source and online tools like Glitch are helping share knowledge and ideas, and together the community is pushing each other toward more and more interesting results (conceptually, algorithmically and aesthetically). The community (mostly Twitter & IG) is one of the things that makes generative art so fun to be a part of.
Totally shameless self-plug: you can follow my own generative art on IG below [1]. I hope to set up an online print shop in the coming months.
Absolutely beautiful work. My childhood love for sketching and doodling grew into a love for digital art (Macromedia Flash 5 anyone?) and later generative art. Anytime I'd try my hand at with generative I spent way too long trying to get a setup or a workflow together.
Eventually they get left in the island misfit quarter-done side projects well before I've gotten to playing with images.
Any advice? Stories on workflow? Is this all in processing?
Thank you! This is all in JavaScript with some open source tools I'm building[1]. I write about my process in a few places: often on Twitter, recently in a TinyLetter, and occasionally more in-depth on my blog[2].
I'd suggest Tim Holman's GenerativeArtistry[3] as a starting point to get back into it.
Good luck! Feel free to ping me any time on Twitter or IG if you have any Qs about generative art.
I think the next several years will be really interesting for generative art. Consumers are getting more interested in it, and some of our tools and collective knowledge has really grown since the days of Flash and before. In some cases, we are revisiting old techniques with new & easier-to-use hardware, like AxiDraw pen plotters. It's allowing artists to iterate more quickly and become better curators of their output.
Open source and online tools like Glitch are helping share knowledge and ideas, and together the community is pushing each other toward more and more interesting results (conceptually, algorithmically and aesthetically). The community (mostly Twitter & IG) is one of the things that makes generative art so fun to be a part of.
Totally shameless self-plug: you can follow my own generative art on IG below [1]. I hope to set up an online print shop in the coming months.
[1] - https://www.instagram.com/mattdesl_art