- Announcements:
- Reminder: Madeline Gannon talk, 5pm Friday Feb 2 in the STUDIO (CFA-111)
- Exercise: Reverse Instructional Drawing
- Lectures (below)
- Historic Computer Art
- A Line is a Dot that Went for a Walk
- Drawing, Expanded by the Computer
- Work Session (Assignment 2)
- Zoom visit from Joshua Schachter
Exercise courtesy of Paolo Pedercini.
Below are some screenshots of a well-known generative artwork from 2003. Analyze it and try to “reverse engineer” the algorithm that produces similar images (only the lines; colors are not important for this exercise). In your sketchbook or on your computer, describe the process using the minimum amount of clear, non ambiguous instructions. Discuss.
The work is Substrate by Jared Tarbell (2003). A working re-implementation by Tom White is here.