Friday, April 07, 2006

final project


Here is the link to project website :)

and here is a link to the applet

As you will see in the project website, the idea is to compare two speeches, one about hope and the other about hate. The two speeches can also be heard (I don't know why the audio isn't working in the web version) as well as seen before you. Here you can watch the applet

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Week 7... Simple rule-based systems






Week 7 recursion project!! click here to play!

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Midterm... cont


Here is bezier explorations

Here is organic

Here is waterfall

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Midterm... Continued

Processing and Trig... I really did spend days simply staring at my computer screen and at the sin wave that was on it...

The midterm was nice, as I was able to explore with particle systems, as well as trig. However I would still like to integrate all of the various things that I have learned about code, and put the peices together more fluently. Here are some examples of what i have done just exploring mainly with the parts:

The first exploration of a sine wave ended up not looking as great as I wanted it to...

i am embarrassed about my first few sine wave studies... here
but after some exploration, i realized that simplicity is best for the beautiful sine wave, and so this is what I came up with:



Beautiful Sine Wave

Another Wave Study

and another... i have to say i really like this one as well. I think the next step would be to integrate some kind of a system within the wave system where the waves are effecting each other in a more complex way...

I also wanted to experiment with polymorphism and inheritance:

really primitive example based on Dan's

and another...

I think I am going to continue to explore with waves, but the next step would be to introduce forces/vectors, inheritance and polymorphism into the actual structure of the waves that I am interested in. Here are some examples of some sketches that are static, but could be eventually turned into motion graphics:

First example of wavy lines that really want to move and dance, and
more wavy action

Saturday, February 18, 2006

NOC midterm

I am taking this class to understand, a little better, the nature of code…And now for the midterm… I will be experimenting with forces, sin waves, the beauty of waves, and code that simulates some of the glorious beauty found in the natural world…

I will experiment with making something as it needs to be… my point of departure is using the code I have from class, but I have no intention of trying too hard to make something beautiful. I am going to simply experiment and try to understand the nature of the code that I am working with, and if what emerges from it is beautiful, then great, and if it is ugly, so be it. I am just going to make something that is truly how I feel, and let it emerge, and I want to be really honest with the whole process, that is all I really want, sincerity with the code that I am using, and a sense of comprehension, rather than distance, or fear, or anything ridiculous that letters and numbers were never meant to make you feel anyways.

I know I intended to make something beautiful and using my designs to make something physical... Ultimately I would want to use laser-cutting technology to do something that would be too tedious to do by hand or otherwise… Regardless, I am still aiming for such a project, whether it happens this semester or not I am uncertain, but for now I will let whatever emerges from these beautiful examples emerge: http://www.shiffman.net/teaching/the-nature-of-code

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Week 3 homework


Here is myWeek 3 homework link...Exploration of Forces

Homework 2 link


Here is myWeek 2 homework link...Exploration of motion in processing.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Week 1 link


Here is myWeek 1 homework link!