I am back, nearly two years later. I haven’t posted anything here, but I wasn’t idle, I really got into Generative Art and shared it on Instagram. I posted over 200 Images in the last two years, all based on my code!
When you look at my last three posts, you see that I started to dabble in Generative / Glitch art. I was using R, because I was most familiar with the tool. I realized soon, that it might not be the ideal tool. I started looking into Processing.
Processing is a programming language based on Java. It was designed as an intro to programming with a strong visual emphasis. It is quite popular in the Generative Art space, which is why I made the leap. After some struggle at the beginning, it proved to be quite easy to learn. There are a lot of good tutorials
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But that wasn’t all: I learnt about Pen Plotters, machines that do the drawing for you and are quite popular with generative artists. Basically, it is a machine that can draw with a pen and can draw vector graphics.
I was fascinated and bought one for myself. I am now an owner of an Axidraw A3 by Evil Mad Scientists. I started plotting and I still am today. After doing this for two years, I thought it might be time to write up some things I learnt.