Generative Vectors & Noise Studies

A collection of frames from a P5 program exploring simplex noise. I wrote this particular program in Processing (Java), Processing (Python), OpenFrameworks (C++), and P5 (JavaScript) to compare the rendering performance of each of the languages and libraries. The C++ version rendererd in 1.7 seconds, the Java version rendered in 2.1 seconds, the Python version rendered in 2.7 seconds, and the Javascript version rendered in 4.5 seconds.

Another collection of frames from a P5 program exploring simplex noise. I find these studies so compelling that I plan to use it in future Landscape projects. The noise has a lovely organic feel to it.

Another collection of frames from a P5 program exploring simplex noise. I find these studies so compelling that I plan to use it in future Landscape projects. The noise has a lovely organic feel to it.

Here I reduced the scaling of the noise

Here I used a 3D noise field with lots of grain
and added a P5 blur effect to the image

Here I used a brush library to draw the noise.
Another lovely organic effect without the use of AI.

Organic Noise #20 is an original output produced by a program that I wrote using the Javascript and the P5 graphics library.

Here is "Organic Noise #20" where a watercolor effect has been added using Affinity Photo (a Photoshop equivalent). There was no AI used in generating this effect. It is basically applying a noise filtering overlay to the original image and modifying the Blending parameters to get the desired effect.

Here is "Organic Noise #20" where a watercolor effect has been added using Stable Diffusion AI technology. Notice how this is a fairly similar, but slightly more elegant watercolor effect. It does not copy anyone's style. It merely applies a generic watercolor style to the original artwork that was provided. Ironically, while previous image is considered perfectly acceptable to the digital art community, this image is deemed unacceptable because AI was used in the creation of the artwork and most artists have no understanding of how AI can actually be used in an ethical way to augment their own work. Their "knee-jerk" reaction is to assume all AI is theft.

Organic Noise #23 is an original output produced by hand-written P5 program. However, within the program, the noise is rendered using multiple layers of offset ellipses instead of points to create a charcoal effect. There is no AI used in the creation of this image.

Organic Noise #520 is an original output produced by hand-written P5 program. However, within the program, the noise is rendered in a slightly different way using multiple layers of offset ellipses instead of points to create a charcoal effect. There is no AI used in the creation of this image.

Here I used rectangles rather than points to draw the noise field and changed the color palette as well as the scale and rotation of each rectangle. I have also experimented briefly with ellipses and plan to experiment with triangles, polygons, and images in the future.

A collection of frames from a P5 program exploring vectors.

A collection of frames from a P5 program exploring random walks.