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Your Hacker News bio doesn't link to any of your art! That very well could be intentional, but if you don't mind I'd be interested in seeing the paintings of a

Your Hacker News bio doesn't link to any of your art! That very well could be intentional, but if you don't mind I'd be interested in seeing the paintings of a fellow HN regular. :) Also, I'm sure you're aware that Paul Graham wrote a book titled Hackers & Painters? The short blurb in your bio reads as if the coincidence was intentional, at least.

biztos 9y ago
Yes, the coincidence was intentional, thanks for noticing! I haven't read the book but I loved the famous review[0] of it. Getting my online portfolio in shape is one of those projects I keep weighing against actually making some new art. A few old pics can be found here, but I have many many more to photograph and put online: http://web.archive.org/web/20140210041241/http://www.kevinfrost.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20140210041241/http://www.kevinfr... Also: I don't mean to imply that my writing software has no influence on my artwork -- I've even made a few works of digital art[1], and for a while I was planning to go to grad school in that direction. But I've been programming since I was a kid, and I see "writes code" as a separate thing from "works as a software engineer." I could have made that clearer. Thanks for your interest! [0]: http://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm http://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm [1]: http://lv8.biztos.com http://lv8.biztos.com
- matthewwiese 9y ago
  I really like the first painting you linked to. Your work is definitely the kind that I gravitate towards and I'd like to keep up with it when you get around to putting your updated portfolio online. On your second point: have you dabbled in computational art? Anything from animation to machine learning to a homemade CNC painting bot? This intersection of the two disciplines, at least in my personal work, has always been what I find most exciting. Apologies for the incessant questions! I just always get excited by code being using to create art and have always loved that prima facie paradoxical dichotomy.
  - biztos 9y ago
    Thanks. I paint in a few other styles as well... gotta get that portfolio together... Yes, I have done some computational art, going back to the 90's. Some Flash, some web-based, an abortive attempt or two at art-apps after the iPhone SDK came out, some low-key conceptual stuff[0]. When I think about maybe merging the art and software practices now, I think mostly in terms of physical objects affected by software interacting with humans. But not exactly robotics, I don't think that's my alley. But... time... Gotta make some old-fashioned pictures first. [0]: http://thislikethat.com http://thislikethat.com

biztos 9y ago

Yes, the coincidence was intentional, thanks for noticing! I haven't read the book but I loved the famous review[0] of it. Getting my online portfolio in shape is one of those projects I keep weighing against actually making some new art. A few old pics can be found here, but I have many many more to photograph and put online: http://web.archive.org/web/20140210041241/http://www.kevinfrost.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20140210041241/http://www.kevinfr... Also: I don't mean to imply that my writing software has no influence on my artwork -- I've even made a few works of digital art[1], and for a while I was planning to go to grad school in that direction. But I've been programming since I was a kid, and I see "writes code" as a separate thing from "works as a software engineer." I could have made that clearer. Thanks for your interest! [0]: http://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm http://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm [1]: http://lv8.biztos.com http://lv8.biztos.com

matthewwiese 9y ago
I really like the first painting you linked to. Your work is definitely the kind that I gravitate towards and I'd like to keep up with it when you get around to putting your updated portfolio online. On your second point: have you dabbled in computational art? Anything from animation to machine learning to a homemade CNC painting bot? This intersection of the two disciplines, at least in my personal work, has always been what I find most exciting. Apologies for the incessant questions! I just always get excited by code being using to create art and have always loved that prima facie paradoxical dichotomy.
- biztos 9y ago
  Thanks. I paint in a few other styles as well... gotta get that portfolio together... Yes, I have done some computational art, going back to the 90's. Some Flash, some web-based, an abortive attempt or two at art-apps after the iPhone SDK came out, some low-key conceptual stuff[0]. When I think about maybe merging the art and software practices now, I think mostly in terms of physical objects affected by software interacting with humans. But not exactly robotics, I don't think that's my alley. But... time... Gotta make some old-fashioned pictures first. [0]: http://thislikethat.com http://thislikethat.com