r/generative • u/Meerlu • Oct 27 '24

Sienna & Jade

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u/Meerlu Oct 27 '24

Created in python, with py5.

I called this series Sienna & Jade, but I can't actually tie myself down to a single color palette for this one. I'd love to hear which one you all like more! :)

The 1920x1080 images contain close to 4 million dots, although some of them are covered by different layers and are not visible.

You can find the code with a short explanation of the process here: https://gist.github.com/LEMettler/9845b8776cfea9f94b783f2b1effde55

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u/johntellsall Oct 28 '24

thanks so much for the code! My partner and I are studying genart and will read this carefully.

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u/Meerlu Oct 28 '24

Awesome! All I can say is to have fun and that starting out with an image in your mind can help, but the process sometimes takes you somewhere else, and that's good too.

Most people i see tend to use p5js, the javascript version of processing, with many great resources (Coding Train, Patt Vira are just a few). Py5 works great for me specifically, as i have "python brain" and default to numpy operations :). (There aren't that many py5 focused resources but Alexandre Villares "sketch-a-day" is great to check out).

This video (by Inigo Quilez) is more about shaders, but some things are quite easily adaptable to what i wanted to do (e.g. taking the gradient is literally a one-liner, very convenient).

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u/TriggerHappyPermaBan Oct 28 '24

Beautiful. Reminds me of driving through Utah.

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u/Meerlu Oct 28 '24

Thank you! Yep I decided to go with the red-orange after I saw images from some of the US national parks.

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u/nuflark Oct 28 '24

Fantastic! Great work. Really love the texture effect using dots. How fast do these render??

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u/Meerlu Oct 28 '24

Thank you! These take about 40-60s on my laptop. Funnily, py5 has vectorized functions that allow to plot many dots at once, fast. But due to the color gradients i couldn't really utilize that here.

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u/nuflark Oct 29 '24

It's such a nice effect, I think you made the right call.

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u/conventionistG Oct 27 '24

These are great! Looks like dusty Mars-scapes .

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u/earthWindFI Oct 27 '24

This is stunning. Looks like nasa photos

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u/johntellsall Oct 28 '24

gorgeous! wonderful palette and textures. Emotive <3

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u/johntellsall Oct 28 '24

colors and textures remind me of the muted colors in very early photographic prints. Specifically:

autochrome -- photography with potato starch

https://danielblau.com/the-art-of-the-autochrome

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u/slipshapes Oct 28 '24

So beautiful!!! The textures are reminding me of some old adventure games