Computational Art [description]
Fall 2000 Indepent Study [website]
Instructor: Karl Stiefvater [email] [web]

This web page is a gallery of projects for Kevin Goodier [email] [web]. Enjoy.

Assignment - Devise an 'interesting' filter for The Gimp using provided framework.
Plan - Start simple. Refine. Make something cool.
Work - First filter drew a grid. Second filter made a rectangular mosaic. Third filter makes a circular mosaic with a couple of different effects. Fourth filter will make circular water droplets that refract the image underneath them. These may be regularly spaced or randomly placed.

Source Code - [download] [view]
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Assignment - Make an interesting piece of art using the Postscript language.
Plan - Use a simple shape/algorithm in unorthodox ways. Simplicity is beauty. Or make an intestinal maze 1 mile long.
Work - Lots of experimentation, not many results. My 'final' project ended up being an alphabetic halftoning program.

Source Code - [wiggle] [p] alphatone [download] [view]
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Assignment - Make black & white texture image using a genetic algorithm.
Plan - Try ten million fitness functions until I find one I like. Tweaking genetic algorithms pisses me off.
Work - N/A

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Progress - [go] Updated 11.27.00

Description - Make a combination particle system and renderer. The particle system will simulate either bees or abstract feather-light particles. They will both be attracted to movement. The renderer will draw either bees or light streaks.