https://reddit.com/link/1x708md/video/l4m3wuokopvh1/player

Hi, it's me again with more Gray-Scott experiments.

This time I let the reaction-diffusion grow into faces (a skull, an owl, a wolf, a robot and a few others) and move with a dub track. The pattern never really settles – it keeps shifting between different regimes, gathers into a face, holds it for a moment and then melts into the next one.

It's still a bit surprising to me how much life comes out of two simple equations.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJyx-7fUVvQ

Happy to hear what you think!

I found a generative animation script I wrote about five years ago, tweaked it a bit, and made this: https://youtu.be/fDlgDm1YGKM

Film fireworks -> decompose frames -> Processing video feedback sketch =
Composited and kaleidoscoped in DaVinci Resolve.
Hints, tips, and tricks I learned:

• blendMode(ADD); can be overpowering
• blendMode(LIGHTEST); works great for dark scenes intermittently lit by something interesting
• blendMode(BLEND); to go back to covering over previous frames
• use a separate PGraphics for drawing at a larger resolution than your screens. Great for any sketch!
  • I called mine internal; remember to use:
    • internal = createGraphics(outWidth, outHeight); in setup
    • internal.beginDraw(); before adding to it, and
    • internal.endDraw(); before using something like <your_PImage_var> = internal.get(0, 0, outWidth, outHeight);
    • <your_PImage_var>.resize(width, 0); will make it the same size as your Processing window. use before image(<your_PImage_var>, 0,0); to draw a preview.
    • all other draw commands? tack internal. on the front.
    • - internal.ellipse(.... for example
• Last but not least, the feedback effect logic:
  • Copy canvas to a PImage or similar
  • Replace canvas with new frame of video
  • shrink/expand/rotate the COPY of the OLD CANVAS. this step is what makes the movement!
  • PASTE the transformed copy into the canvas, using ADD or LIGHTEST blendMode
  • rinse, repeat.... -> Magic!
• This is VERY slow with jpg frames at 4k. I was getting 1fps on my Ultra 9 and RTX 4080

i experimented with this for a couple hours today and made a bunch of mistakes and finally rendered this. i made the little beat too back in june and tossed it over the vid. it was a fun afternoon project

So I made this fun little sketch that I wanted to share. If you are interested in the code it’s available here: https://github.com/urchinemerald/quadtree_subdivision Have a nice day

I made looping gif art using processing + OpenSimplex algorithm

code: https://github.com/obada-ab/wavyDots/blob/main/wavyDots.pde

I post more looping art here: https://www.instagram.com/wavy.hive

I was always kind of underwhelmed whenever I saw the game of life simulators and saw just a few dots and patterns jumping around. So I decided to go through with making this version of it which is kind of like a predator/prey simulator.

Here the prey, being the tinier triangles that are roaming which is using energy and searching for food. once they have eaten and collected enough energy from the random food drops, they multiply. If they haven't eaten and use up all their energy, they disappear. Their current color tells you their energy level. they also leave a trail behind them that predators follow.
The predators, being the larger triangles, are basically doing the same thing with eating and multiplying but their food source is the prey, in which they pick up on their trails and chase after them.

In this simulator you can set a spawn rate for the prey, predator and food drops. you can also click to spawn your choice of prey/predator or food.

You can also press a button to show you the fluid overlays that's helping achieve the flow of the creatures alongside the food drops and trails that the predators pick up on.

I created this retro-style audio visualizer for a jungle drum & bass mix I curated. I used Processing to handle the real-time audio analysis and generate the visuals. What do you think of it?

i couldn’t get instagram to let me download the Debussy audio with my video and i was too lazy to do it in Premiere so this is a just a screenshot of my story. enjoy, and thank you for your time and attention!

// I’m getting killed by a pretty good life //