OH DEAR!
I just found out we have mid year assesment, and according to the brief, i have till 9am tomorrow to create a blog and upload stuff onto it!!! Ahh!!******************************
My research proposal aims to
• research the relationship between technology and humans
• research the idea that a computer can be an artist
• see how computer generated art can be used in graphic design
or how it can further the design community in other ways.
• who else is doing this work, why are they doing, how are they using it?
• oh yeh, generate my own computer art. (how? not entirely sure.
The plan is to use flash, give the computer a set of rules, then tell it to run rampant and do what it wants.)
• WILL DESIGN BE TAKEN OVER BY COMPUTER-ALIENS??? NOOOOO!!!
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Things I found on the net:
the guy above, joshua davis, is my current fav. He did the stuff below.
Basically he uploaded millions of images from some illustrator, then told the computer to place the images however it wanted, and whatever scale, providing that it made some sort of curve. Looks cool huh? And would have taken ages to do by hand. JOSHUA DAVIS IS GOING TO BE AT SEMI PERMANENT. ARE YOU GUYS GOING?
Below are variations of computer generated art by other people. As you can see the results are varied but i think i'll go for something vector.
My progress so far has been slow... I am by no means a geek (perhaps a tryhard one) and suck at coding. But I like doing it and here's one i prepared earlier:
I used Eirian's drawing of the crow and created some dots and random lines. I know it looks really primitive at the moment, but im still getting the hang of putting multiple pictures on stage without flash screwing up.
Using Eirian's drawings though, gave me the idea that perhaps this project can be a collaboration between people. Maybe you guys can give me old sketchbooks, and i'll put them into my program, and you'll get a totally new layout out of it. Sort of like a remix project! What do you guys think?
Q's _>
• Have i been clear in what my research project is about? (Coz i dont know if ive explained it well enough)
• Do you think computer generated art i've shown here looks nice? Which one do you like?
• Would you guys be interested in contributing illustrations, words, photos, etc once i've got the program up and running?
• My ipod is called michael, maybe this remix program should be given a name... Because calling it my "art-generating computer program" is too long.. Would you laugh at me if I gave it a name like
posted by ::Ernie:: @ 12:02 PM
5 Comments:
Think you project is quiet interesting and I like the idea of getting other people to contribute 'art' to your project. It has the potential to bring people together from all over the place. Giving it a name is a good idea.
In regards to russell's comment above on community work:
The previous desktop publisher at my workplace hosts his own website which he created a javascript program that allows a person to add one pixel per day to a picture . Here is an abstract from his website:
Here's the game: can a group of random people, each contributing a teensy weensy bit, make a coherent piece of art/design/garbage purely through the influence of the work itself?
http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2004/11/12/
I think John Maeda's current project would interest you. The MIT project entitled 'SIMPLICITY' is about redefining the relationship with technology in our daily lives.
link is here: http://simplicity.media.mit.edu/mambo/
Your site is on top of my favourites - Great work I like it.
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Interesting website with a lot of resources and detailed explanations.
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