It's been a while since I've lost the pen to my drawing tablet (has it been half a year? I really need to just buy a new one). I'm pretty sad that I no longer get to practice drawing on the computer but that doesn't mean I can't still experiment with algorithmic art. Here's a dump of some images I created in the time I've been without pen, from oldest to newest (click for 3200x1800 res):
Top reasons for making these:
1. Convinced I have nothing better to do
2. Fractals keep algorithmic art fun and exciting
3. It's nice to have a fresh wallpaper every now and again
Updates:
Well I haven't been coding much game-wise. Why is motivation such a damn tricky fish to catch! So I mentioned a couple blogs ago I was working on that multiplayer engine. Progress has not only slowed but I actually hit a regression when I was doing some studying.
See, I want to implement a stable synchronization that compensates for lag and packet loss, but this is constantly turning out more complex problem the further I get. I found and now want to use Valve's notes as a guide, but I know following them means reworking a lot of what I've done. I guess I'm lucky I wasn't
too far along with my entity system, but now the apparent size of the task is starting to show, making it that much harder to get started. I really just need to pace myself if I wanna see this through. One step at a time, I need to add to it every day to keep the motivation juices flowing.
On the music front, I've been messing around with electric pianos, trying to play more jazz influence on the keyboard. I'm getting slightly better at playing seventh chords by hand, though I still don't know many different voicings and am slow to shift around at times. I'm likewise playing more with jazz chords on guitar, and much more comfortable moving around and playing with voicings (It's my home instrument :P). I have bits and pieces recorded but once again nothing is rendered at the time being, and it's getting about time for me to wrap this up. I guess now I'm obligated to follow up with a music blog in the coming days :P
Welp, hope you enjoyed the images and my rambling. See you around 64digits!
Bonus:
saw "algorithmic art" and was like "aeron"
and i've been wanting to write more jazzy stuff lately too. i always abuse seventh chords on guitar haha….Amazing and very demoscene-esque. I love them. Apart from number 5. Number 5 is meh.
(number 4 = a hardcore sequel to Poly's Abysmal)>jazz influence
>jazz chords on guitar> I guess now I'm obligated to follow up with a music blog in the coming daysZero mention of Saxophone, I am disappoint. (҂⌣̀_⌣Ì?)Fractal 6 is really nice to look at.yeah Chi, you have all the good sax soundfonts. SHARE YOUR SECRETS
Numbers one, two and six are now part of my wallpaper shuffle collection. Nice stuff.
These are awesome. What did you write them in?
I'm getting art deco vibes.@Cesque: Number 5 grew on me for resembling an infinitely long and wide fretboard. I like the bends and imperfections for some reason, it just makes it that much weirder. (It could use a better composition / color scheme. I'll revisit it someday :P)
Also, oh god, I just imagined that feeling of slipping in Abysmal on #4. What makes it absolutely terrifying is that it would never end… AAAAh@Poly, these were made in Ultra Fractal, it's a fractal renderer that supports layers, blending, and animation among other things. Not limited to fractals though, it can take pretty much any mathematical formula and bend it into art.This is magic!
Magic? THIS. IS. FRACTALS.*mind explosion*I'm sorry, I won't do it again.Kilin pick up the brain fragments you spewed all over the room! The health inspector comes in 30 minutes and I doubt we can pass those off as ground chuck…
:3Sweet avatar. Here, have a badge.