Category: Art

  • Making Generative Art

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    Generative art is a form of expression built upon algorithms. Generative art is a new form of collaboration between humans and machines. It is the use of algorithms to create aesthetically pleasing output. Generative art sometimes encompasses artificial intelligence machine learning and data science. However there are many more accessible avenues to explore generative i…

  • Initial impressions of Stable Diffusion

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    Artificial Intelligence Text to art AI is big news in the world of graphic design. Tools like Stable Diffusion expedite processes like prototyping to an instant. Where before it would take hours of laborious sketching. Machine mind can mimic styles of the masters. Such great innovation invites even bigger controversy. Artists are stereotypically passionate and…

  • Planet Project

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    Planet I’ve continued to learn about 3D computer graphics, and as I learn new techniques I like to use them to improve old projects. In this new render of a planet I used two new techniques. First, I used volumetric lighting to make the setting more atmospheric. Then, I used a partical simulation to emulate…

  • Soundscape I

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    Silence of the LAN Many people remember the old noises from operating systems gone by. The bongos in Ubuntu, the chimes of Windows and Macintosh. They became a part of our lives. The beeps, whirs and clicks of computers created a soundscape that gave them  personality. However, as time goes  on computers make less noises.…

  • Circuit Series

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    Cities of silicon I’ve continued to venture into the exciting frontier of 3D computer graphics. Furthermore, I’ve been experimenting with modeling retro futuristic technology for a project. Computers are interesting to me for their function However beneath the chassis there is a living world of circuit boards. Moreover, they are like miniature cities driven to…

  • Wallpapers

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    Wallpapers A wallpapers package is now available on my github. This package is a part of the qtile-chameleon project. To learn more about qtile chameleon check my old blog posts. My primary focus with these wallpapers was on color. The goal is to provide a good variety of colors for pywal to use in generating…

  • Sketchbook Catch Up

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    The Sketches Never Stopped My sketches have been piling up fast. It was only a matter of time before I would reach the last page of my sketchbook. Lately my drawings have been either simple cartoons exploring exaggerated aspects of reality. Proportion, color, perspective and the like. I like them but they don’t feel like…

  • GNU/Linux A Designers Perspective

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    Back In the Day I’ve used GNU/Linux since about Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake when it was released in 2006. Before that I had always used Windows at home and after the iMac fell out of favor for computer education I also used Windows at school. I remember the early days of Windows when Windows was…

  • Bonsai

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    Shokubutsu Bonsai is a practice of bondage. It is the equivalent of foot binding, or ear cropping for a plant. Its with a heavy heart that I admit that I am guilty of these indecencies. In 2012 I tried to keep three baby elm trees from a lower altitude alive in pots and they froze…

  • Under the Blood Red Moon

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    Between Three Pillars This drawing is on 7x10in mixed media paper. It was drawn with a felt tip pen and colored with water color. Under the Blood Red Moon started with one goal in mind. I wanted to draw more pillars with drapery. I started this theme in The New King. It was satisfying to…