Experiment 27 : Polygon Shape

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Polygon shape comes from a sketch I draw with many clouds of random shapes:

Doing some experiments with the great and powerful paperjs library (http://paperjs.org/) I first tests the different parameters to smooth a path :

I choose the continuous parameter to smooth the path created with random points. To recreate random path, one option is simply to create random points in a square:

But this option has some issues, in particular when points are too close : that creates shapes that are not very nice. In fact, I saw that you can actually generate interesting shapes using a path that randomly picks up points evenly distributed around a circle. For example if you have 4 points (in red) or 5 points (in blue) that are evenly distributed around a circle, you can create different shape by using a path that randomly picks up the points in the circle:

With 4 points you have two different shapes, for 5 points 5 different shapes. With 6 points, there are 14 different shapes.

Polygon shape uses paths with 4 to 12 evenly distributed around a circle, that creates a lot of different shapes:

Experiment 22: Ariadne and the Minotaurs

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Ariadne is the central character of the myth of the minotaur, even if this heroic act on her part was poorly rewarded because Theseus unscrupulously abandoned her after leaving the labyrinth.

Here, Ariadne walks the labyrinth using her thread so as not to get lost to find Theseus. Delivered, Theseus leaves the labyrinth without waiting for Ariadne.

In this artwork available in https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/Artgorithm you can direct Ariadne or Theseus (when delivered) using the arrows. But the characters act independently if you do nothing.

The annoying music is very freely inspired by the opera Ariadne auf Naxos, by Richard Strauss.

Experiment 20 : Halloween Monster Masks

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Why not using Fxhash, a platform dedicated to generative art NFTs, to create unique Halloween mask ?

fxhash — Halloween Monster Mask

This Experiment 20 is an update of a 8 years old previous project that uses all the power of the Fxhash platform to generate printable mask you can practically (in a certain way) use for yourself or your chlidren.

Monster mask with 6 tentacles.

Each monster has 2 to 12 tentacles and the form of his head may vary.

You can download an image on Fxhash by clicking ‘P’ on a draw. Print the image without marge for an adult, adjust marging for a young child.

Experiment 17 – Robert Delaunay Relief-disques study

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This second (of a series of three) tribute to Robert Delaunay is based on Relief-disques, 1936

Relief-disques

This painting is a colorful solar system that uses the patterns of the artist.

As the painting is a version of the solar system, the natural thought is to see it move. That is the purpose of this new experiment available in Fxhash.

The 100 draws available in Fxhash uses 11 different colormaps, three of them from photos of Robert Delaunay’s paintings, and other colormaps from specific photos.

Each draw is static during 30 seconds, then the animation starts for 6 minutes, pauses during 30 seconds before restarting for 6 minutes, and so on.

Experiment 16 – Robert Delaunay Rythme study

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This work is based on a painting by Robert Delaunay, Rythmes 1934.

Rythmes 1934, Robert Delaunay
Photo credits : © Georges Meguerditchian – Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP

Circles are a recurrent pattern of the artist. He uses it to study the relationship between the arrangement of colors and their visual perception.

I was curious to see the result of a generalization and a systematization of this painting. The script I designed use a few main parameters:

  • the number of large circles (3 or 4)
  • the angle of the axe
  • the thicknesses of the different circles of the composition.

100 draws are available in Fxhash.

I used 8 different colormaps, with one that was extracted from the photo of the painting, and other colormaps from specific photos, to check if these patterns can be used to transcribe any colored atmosphere. Here is 16 draws of the result:

Experiment 15 – cellular automaton

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The cellular automaton tested in this experiment has 255 states. A random colormap is applied to each of the states. At each iteration the state of the pixel increases or decreases depending of the state of the sum of its 8 neighbors.

255 different functions has been tested and some of them have been subjectively regrouped into 6 different types of dynamic.

279 of this generative art will be available on fxhash — experiment 15 July 6, 2022.

First the monster type:

Then the labyrinth type 1:

The labyrinth type 2:

The labyrinth type 3:

The labyrinth type 4:

And finally the labyrinth type 5: