using an evolutionary algorithm to paint Mona Lisa in 200 rectangles—
🔧 source code in JS:
github.com/mattdesl/snes
🔧 source code in JS:
github.com/mattdesl/snes
April 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
using an evolutionary algorithm to paint Mona Lisa in 200 rectangles—
🔧 source code in JS:
github.com/mattdesl/snes
🔧 source code in JS:
github.com/mattdesl/snes
Here is another selection using permutations of three unique pigments instead of two. This is equivalent to uniform sampling within a 3D simplex, i.e. a tetrahedron.
It leads to less purity of any single ink, and is a little lower in overall saturation.
(GIF doesn’t work on BlueSky I guess?)
It leads to less purity of any single ink, and is a little lower in overall saturation.
(GIF doesn’t work on BlueSky I guess?)
February 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Here is another selection using permutations of three unique pigments instead of two. This is equivalent to uniform sampling within a 3D simplex, i.e. a tetrahedron.
It leads to less purity of any single ink, and is a little lower in overall saturation.
(GIF doesn’t work on BlueSky I guess?)
It leads to less purity of any single ink, and is a little lower in overall saturation.
(GIF doesn’t work on BlueSky I guess?)
Generating vibrant palettes with Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, using 5 primaries (blue, yellow, red, white, black). The routine selects 2 pigments and a random concentration of the two; although it can extend to higher dimensions by sampling the N-dimensional pigment simplex.
February 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Generating vibrant palettes with Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, using 5 primaries (blue, yellow, red, white, black). The routine selects 2 pigments and a random concentration of the two; although it can extend to higher dimensions by sampling the N-dimensional pigment simplex.
Adding another pigment (dimension) is quite easy with a neural network. Now it predicts concentrations for CMY + white + black, allowing for smooth grayscale ramps and giving us a bit of a wider pigment gamut.
February 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Adding another pigment (dimension) is quite easy with a neural network. Now it predicts concentrations for CMY + white + black, allowing for smooth grayscale ramps and giving us a bit of a wider pigment gamut.
Research/experiments building an OSS implementation of practical and real-time Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing. Not yet as good as Mixbox, but getting closer. Comparing LUT (32x32x32 stored in PNG) vs a small neural net (2 hidden layers, 16 neurons).
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Research/experiments building an OSS implementation of practical and real-time Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing. Not yet as good as Mixbox, but getting closer. Comparing LUT (32x32x32 stored in PNG) vs a small neural net (2 hidden layers, 16 neurons).
a late #genuary—"gradients only"
working on an open source pigment mixing library, based on Kubelka-Munk theory.
left: before KM mixing
right: after KM mixing
working on an open source pigment mixing library, based on Kubelka-Munk theory.
left: before KM mixing
right: after KM mixing
January 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
a late #genuary—"gradients only"
working on an open source pigment mixing library, based on Kubelka-Munk theory.
left: before KM mixing
right: after KM mixing
working on an open source pigment mixing library, based on Kubelka-Munk theory.
left: before KM mixing
right: after KM mixing
Final few hours to mint a Bitframes before the crowdfund closes and edition size is locked. 100% of net proceeds are being directed to a documentary on the history of generative art. 📽️
Closes today at 5PM GMT (UK time).
→ bitframes.io
Closes today at 5PM GMT (UK time).
→ bitframes.io
December 20, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Final few hours to mint a Bitframes before the crowdfund closes and edition size is locked. 100% of net proceeds are being directed to a documentary on the history of generative art. 📽️
Closes today at 5PM GMT (UK time).
→ bitframes.io
Closes today at 5PM GMT (UK time).
→ bitframes.io
Added some plotter and high-res print tools to the open source Bitframes GitHub repo:
Tools—
print-bitframes.surge.sh
Code—
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
Tools—
print-bitframes.surge.sh
Code—
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
December 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Added some plotter and high-res print tools to the open source Bitframes GitHub repo:
Tools—
print-bitframes.surge.sh
Code—
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
Tools—
print-bitframes.surge.sh
Code—
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
Last week to mint and contribute to the Bitframes crowdfund! 100% of net proceeds are going to the production of a documentary film on the history of generative & computer art. 🎬
→ bitframes.io
→ bitframes.io
December 18, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Last week to mint and contribute to the Bitframes crowdfund! 100% of net proceeds are going to the production of a documentary film on the history of generative & computer art. 🎬
→ bitframes.io
→ bitframes.io
COMPUTER ART IN THE MAINFRAME ERA—
A ~40 min interview with professor and computer art history scholar Grant D. Taylor that I conducted during R&D for Bitframes.
Listen → bitframes.io/episodes/1
A ~40 min interview with professor and computer art history scholar Grant D. Taylor that I conducted during R&D for Bitframes.
Listen → bitframes.io/episodes/1
December 12, 2024 at 5:05 PM
COMPUTER ART IN THE MAINFRAME ERA—
A ~40 min interview with professor and computer art history scholar Grant D. Taylor that I conducted during R&D for Bitframes.
Listen → bitframes.io/episodes/1
A ~40 min interview with professor and computer art history scholar Grant D. Taylor that I conducted during R&D for Bitframes.
Listen → bitframes.io/episodes/1
Small detail in Bitframes—cells are filled by many horizontal & vertical hatch marks. I turn each of these marks into a 2D path to control the roundness of the end caps, rather than being stuck with the very circular arcs of Canvas2D lines.
Code below:
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
Code below:
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
November 24, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Small detail in Bitframes—cells are filled by many horizontal & vertical hatch marks. I turn each of these marks into a 2D path to control the roundness of the end caps, rather than being stuck with the very circular arcs of Canvas2D lines.
Code below:
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
Code below:
github.com/mattdesl/bit...
November 23, 2024 at 10:16 PM
BITFRAMES—
an open source generative artwork & film crowdfund, powered by Highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a feature-length documentary film on the history of generative art.
→ bitframes.io
Nov 22 – Dec 20
an open source generative artwork & film crowdfund, powered by Highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a feature-length documentary film on the history of generative art.
→ bitframes.io
Nov 22 – Dec 20
November 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM
BITFRAMES—
an open source generative artwork & film crowdfund, powered by Highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a feature-length documentary film on the history of generative art.
→ bitframes.io
Nov 22 – Dec 20
an open source generative artwork & film crowdfund, powered by Highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a feature-length documentary film on the history of generative art.
→ bitframes.io
Nov 22 – Dec 20
The project was a huge undertaking—really bringing together a lot of my frontend, backend, and creative coding skills. I plan to add more features over the coming weeks, like GIF and high res print exports.
Excited to release this system as open source software & tools for the gen art community!
Excited to release this system as open source software & tools for the gen art community!
November 22, 2024 at 9:12 AM
The project was a huge undertaking—really bringing together a lot of my frontend, backend, and creative coding skills. I plan to add more features over the coming weeks, like GIF and high res print exports.
Excited to release this system as open source software & tools for the gen art community!
Excited to release this system as open source software & tools for the gen art community!
Bitframes — website is live! ✨
→ bitframes.io
An open source generative artwork & documentary film crowdfund powered by Highlight, launching tomorrow (Friday Nov 22, 5PM GMT).
100% of net proceeds are being directed to the film production.
→ bitframes.io
An open source generative artwork & documentary film crowdfund powered by Highlight, launching tomorrow (Friday Nov 22, 5PM GMT).
100% of net proceeds are being directed to the film production.
November 22, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Bitframes — website is live! ✨
→ bitframes.io
An open source generative artwork & documentary film crowdfund powered by Highlight, launching tomorrow (Friday Nov 22, 5PM GMT).
100% of net proceeds are being directed to the film production.
→ bitframes.io
An open source generative artwork & documentary film crowdfund powered by Highlight, launching tomorrow (Friday Nov 22, 5PM GMT).
100% of net proceeds are being directed to the film production.
Spoke with @monkantony.bsky.social from LeRandom about my next project, Bitframes—a generative artwork and documentary film crowdfund powered by Highlight. Link here:
→ www.lerandom.art/editorial/ma...
Launching this Friday, Nov 22. Will share more details leading up to launch. 👀
→ www.lerandom.art/editorial/ma...
Launching this Friday, Nov 22. Will share more details leading up to launch. 👀
November 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Spoke with @monkantony.bsky.social from LeRandom about my next project, Bitframes—a generative artwork and documentary film crowdfund powered by Highlight. Link here:
→ www.lerandom.art/editorial/ma...
Launching this Friday, Nov 22. Will share more details leading up to launch. 👀
→ www.lerandom.art/editorial/ma...
Launching this Friday, Nov 22. Will share more details leading up to launch. 👀
BITFRAMES —
An open source generative artwork and blockchain-based crowdfund inspired by punched cards and the mainframe computing era.
More details to come soon!
👀
An open source generative artwork and blockchain-based crowdfund inspired by punched cards and the mainframe computing era.
More details to come soon!
👀
November 17, 2024 at 12:58 AM
BITFRAMES —
An open source generative artwork and blockchain-based crowdfund inspired by punched cards and the mainframe computing era.
More details to come soon!
👀
An open source generative artwork and blockchain-based crowdfund inspired by punched cards and the mainframe computing era.
More details to come soon!
👀
First release of @texel/color—a minimal and modern color library for JavaScript. 🎨
Features:
- extremely fast
- extremely compact
- oklab, p3, rec2020, a98rgb, prophoto, srgb + more
- gamut mapping + wide gamut support
Repo → github.com/texel-org/co...
Features:
- extremely fast
- extremely compact
- oklab, p3, rec2020, a98rgb, prophoto, srgb + more
- gamut mapping + wide gamut support
Repo → github.com/texel-org/co...
August 2, 2024 at 5:42 PM
First release of @texel/color—a minimal and modern color library for JavaScript. 🎨
Features:
- extremely fast
- extremely compact
- oklab, p3, rec2020, a98rgb, prophoto, srgb + more
- gamut mapping + wide gamut support
Repo → github.com/texel-org/co...
Features:
- extremely fast
- extremely compact
- oklab, p3, rec2020, a98rgb, prophoto, srgb + more
- gamut mapping + wide gamut support
Repo → github.com/texel-org/co...
Benchmarking a tiny Sobel image filter with JS + WASM. Zig is currently winning in performance, and about as small as JS (or perhaps smaller, in some applications). ⚡️
Rust code is in the repo but haven't added it to the benchmark yet; PRs welcome!
→ https://github.com/mattdesl/wasm-bench
Rust code is in the repo but haven't added it to the benchmark yet; PRs welcome!
→ https://github.com/mattdesl/wasm-bench
July 24, 2023 at 11:55 AM
Benchmarking a tiny Sobel image filter with JS + WASM. Zig is currently winning in performance, and about as small as JS (or perhaps smaller, in some applications). ⚡️
Rust code is in the repo but haven't added it to the benchmark yet; PRs welcome!
→ https://github.com/mattdesl/wasm-bench
Rust code is in the repo but haven't added it to the benchmark yet; PRs welcome!
→ https://github.com/mattdesl/wasm-bench
June 1, 2023 at 12:11 PM
color-spd —
a small learning tool that lets you construct a color from a spectral power distribution, defined as a smooth cubic spline.
https://github.com/mattdesl/color-spd
a small learning tool that lets you construct a color from a spectral power distribution, defined as a smooth cubic spline.
https://github.com/mattdesl/color-spd
May 8, 2023 at 3:21 AM
color-spd —
a small learning tool that lets you construct a color from a spectral power distribution, defined as a smooth cubic spline.
https://github.com/mattdesl/color-spd
a small learning tool that lets you construct a color from a spectral power distribution, defined as a smooth cubic spline.
https://github.com/mattdesl/color-spd
“color swatch”—a small OSS tool for color interaction across a range of color spaces, desktop only for now.
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorswatch
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorswatch
May 6, 2023 at 1:51 AM
“color swatch”—a small OSS tool for color interaction across a range of color spaces, desktop only for now.
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorswatch
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorswatch
Open sourcing some of the tools I’ve developed for my upcoming “Generative Color” workshop in Tokyo with Bright Moments.
Colorgrab is a minimal desktop interface for grabbing & copying colors from an image as hex and JSON palettes:
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorgrab
Colorgrab is a minimal desktop interface for grabbing & copying colors from an image as hex and JSON palettes:
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorgrab
April 28, 2023 at 7:27 AM
Open sourcing some of the tools I’ve developed for my upcoming “Generative Color” workshop in Tokyo with Bright Moments.
Colorgrab is a minimal desktop interface for grabbing & copying colors from an image as hex and JSON palettes:
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorgrab
Colorgrab is a minimal desktop interface for grabbing & copying colors from an image as hex and JSON palettes:
https://github.com/mattdesl/colorgrab
planar graphs —
experiments in color mixing with spectral.js, emergent colour palettes from a limited set of three primaries. colour studies as part of developing a new generative art workshop for Bright Moments Tokyo.
experiments in color mixing with spectral.js, emergent colour palettes from a limited set of three primaries. colour studies as part of developing a new generative art workshop for Bright Moments Tokyo.
April 20, 2023 at 10:15 PM
planar graphs —
experiments in color mixing with spectral.js, emergent colour palettes from a limited set of three primaries. colour studies as part of developing a new generative art workshop for Bright Moments Tokyo.
experiments in color mixing with spectral.js, emergent colour palettes from a limited set of three primaries. colour studies as part of developing a new generative art workshop for Bright Moments Tokyo.