Art 311 - Generative Art - Main Website
Textbook
Generative Art: Algorithms as Artistic Tool,
James R. Parker, UpRoute (2019)
Amazon. It should be in the U of C bookstore though. It's cheaper because there is no shipping or delay! $38.95
Course Outline 2023
Grades So Far
Folow the link below and click on the playing card that you selected in class
YOUR GRADES ARE HERE.
Nodebox videos for this class.
Powerpoint Lectures
Introduction
Vision
7 Elements of Art
Randomness
Tools and Methods
Basic computer graphics
Color
Nodebox
Nodebox reference
Programming
Simulating Reality
Images
Gadget lecture
Making a halftone A lecture on how to create
an artwork (using Gadget) from scratch.
The Go artwork Lecture 2 on how to create
an artwork (using Gadget) from scratch.
Animation
Algorithms
Sound/Audio I
Sound/Audio I
AI software
Assignments
Documentation
Manual for the Gadget system. PDF.
MD file for the Image Editor System Sparse, text.
Software
Gadget system, 64 bit PC. Created for this class.
Gadget system, 32 bit PC.
Gadget system, Intel Mac. Archive.
Gadget system, Macos. Archive.
Gadget system, native Processing code with Processing system. Archgive.
Image editor program in case you don't like Gadget.
NodeBox download. You will want this.
Processing language designed for artists.
Sample Gadget Scripts
01display.txt
02grey.txt
03threshold.txt
04mean.txt
05draw.txt
06regionfill.txt
07all1.txt
08when1.txt
09region.txt
10watercolor.txt
11shade.txt
12patches.txt
13colorchanger.txt
16noise.txt
17contrast.txt
18equalize.txt
19camera.txt
13colorchanger.txt
20camera.txt
22open.txt
Sample Images
image.jpg
small.png
green.png
imageb.jpg
hulio.jpg
image2.jpg
wc1.jpg
red.png
rainbow.png
image.jpg 
small.png 
green.png 
imageb.jpg 
hulio.jpg 
image2.jpg 
wc1.jpg 
red.png 
rainbow.png