An American robin. This was the first one I made, so maybe you can tell how the software is improving (I have some flight feather shape blending now.)
but it also shows how I’m changing the bird position and movements!

A male American goldfinch! With the secret debug screen

I’ve been slowly building a system for drawing birds for a passion project field guide of MIT’s avian wildlife. Here’s a thread of who I have so far:
chimney swifts!

Day 29 was grid-based design, so digging out the variable-sized tiler. It has some fun interaction with the automatic interpolation too.

Day 28 of #genuary was infinite scroll (credit @fractalkitty.com !), which made me think about adding a new integration between my system and the MIDI controller I use for shows. I didn’t end up making the dials scroll infinitely, but I did make them start glowing when I reference them in the code!

Day 25 of #genuary was just one line, so taking one of the peregrines from a few weeks ago and letting it fly around on its own.

Day 16 was generative palette. I have a little shader that makes a palette I use a lot, so I pushed it in weird directions. #genuary

Day 18 of #genuary is: what does wind look like. Here’s one loosely based on how hawks use updrafts to gain altitude so they can glide around.