TAKE 1: Particles (Actionscript)

I have seen many particle experiments out there nowadays. Some of the code that captures the essence of particle emulation and recursion is quite simple to concoct and implement. I love particle coding and was looking to get my hands dirty in the Flash IDE. Recently i found a simple class authored by SebDeelisle. All of us coders out there know the meaning of simplicity especially in code. Yeah keep it simple you all then build from there. Here is an example of some stars crescent shaoes floating around looking for their maker – Ha!
 

[kml_flashembed movie="/experiments/Step 7.swf" height="300" width="550" /]

TAKE 2: Pointillism (Processing)

A basic image of some cricket fans with the ever so familiar crescent masks!

The same cricket fans redone in processing with the code for pointillism attached. Not the best rendering but at this moment I’ll gladly take it.
/*
* Pointillism
* by Ahad Bokhari
*
* Mouse horizontal location controls size of dots.
* Creates a simple pointillist effect using ellipses colored
* according to pixels in an image.
*
* Created 5th April, 2008
*/

PImage a;

void setup()
{
a = loadImage(”crick.jpg”);
size(415,318);
noStroke();
background(255);
smooth();
}

void draw()
{
float pointillize = map(mouseX, 0, width, 2, 18);
int x = int(random(a.width));
int y = int(random(a.height));
color pix = a.get(x, y);
fill(pix, 126);
ellipse(x, y, pointillize, pointillize);
}

Here is a screenshot of the Processing IDE – Basically one console and a smaller window (tho you can set it to any size) which runs your code. I urge anyone who is into visual art try and express themselves using the Processing IDE and it various class libraries. Its not nearly as hard as it looks….

“Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is developed by artists and designers as an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain.”

You can fin out more about processing and some of the blogs and teams that dedicate themselves here.

Some of my personal favorites by Jared Tarbell. Great stuff here to watch. All size applets ranging from low to the high enders with many nodes renderings. Base code developed by Paul Bourke and many others.

“Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is developed by artists and designers as an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain.”

You can fin out more about processing and some of the blogs and teams that dedicate themselves here.

Some of my personal favorites by Jared Tarbell. Great stuff here to watch. All size applets ranging from low to the high enders with many nodes renderings. Base code developed by Paul Bourke and many others.