Computational Sketchbook
Imaginary maps
Computational Sketchbook is a sample of daily, 90-minute sketches made out of code. Most begin as formal exercises in computation. A few use code to play with existing works by artists I enjoy: Anni Albers, Sol Lewitt, Georg Nees,
Roberto Burle Marx,
Alberto Giacometti.These sketches began as part of the Computational Form course at Parsons School of Design.
Sound animation stills, after Georg Nees (live link)
Collage I
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Collage II
Collage II
Infinite blue lines (live link)
L-systems
Lines connecting pixels (after Alberto Giacometti)
Same code, different density
Perlin noise drops
Perlin variations I
Perlin variations II
Dashes
Dashes variation I
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Dashes variation II
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Dashes variation III
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Dashes variation IV
Dashes variation II
Dashes variation III
Dashes variation IV
Color play (after Roberto Burle Marx)
Parametric castle-in-rock generator
L-system
Towards gentle noise
”X marks the spot”
If Sol Lewitt wrote ditties (live link)
Geometric walkers
A page from Anni Albers’ notebook
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