Midterm... cont

Here is bezier explorations

Here is organic

Here is waterfall

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

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

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.