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This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings. The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that. You may wa

by aljmyl 7y ago

This is a generative art tool I've made for plotter drawings. The UI is not the most intuitive and variables has been named badly - sorry for that. You may want to switch "randomize" off, so all variables are in use. Try out frepeatx and frepeaty, while randomization is on.

EFFALO 7y ago
Love the faces your tool makes! So wonderfully weird. Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face
- rectangletangle 7y ago
  Reminds me of some of the characters from the old Moomins cartoon. https://www.dw.com/image/47520360_303.jpg https://www.dw.com/image/47520360_303.jpg
  - abrugsch 7y ago
    the first one it generated for me looked like Aunt Flo from Bod...
blensor 7y ago
Funny thing, for some inexplicable reason playing around with the sliders made my feel agressive, not against something in particular but an overall feeling ( that's the best I can describe it ). At first I thought it was the unreal faces, but after reading about the randomness I figured out it was the jumping between completely unrelated faces. After switching off randomness I immediately felt calmer due to the smoothly changing faces.
- tacotime 7y ago
  Very interesting! My immediate reaction/name for the feeling I had would be frustration. Your comment made me think about the possible connection between those two feeling and low and behold I quickly found this- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustration–aggression_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustration–aggression_hypothe...
- carrolldunham 7y ago
  it made me angry too. i got the urge to jump on here and berate the creator for rationalised reasons. it's because the random flipping in response to your reasoned movement feels like an something between an insult and an assault
  - mrmonkeyman 7y ago
    Wow. You guys have issues.
- devin 7y ago
  You should check out a talk about the myth of objective.
- deleted 7y ago
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dymk 7y ago
I took a look at this and thought, wow, this would be great for generating plotter art. Good job!
jrugk 7y ago
"randomize" should be off by default. otherwise it simply looks like it's glitching when you touch any slider
- jv22222 7y ago
  Just came here to say the same thing. "randomize" should be off by default.
  - cjhanks 7y ago
    As did I!
- nmstoker 7y ago
  Agreed. Otherwise it undermines the point of having controls. If the random feature adjusted the settings then it might be a bit more acceptable but leaving them the same whilst drawing a dramatically different face breaks their "control" nature. Once random is off, it's great fun!
- Aardwolf 7y ago
  Yep, I thought it was broken. Maybe a "randomize" button instead that you can press to randomize all variables would work better.
discordance 7y ago
Very cool. Just saw your old post asking about how to form a career around art and technology. I'm also interested in the same. Got a contact?
- aljmyl 7y ago
  Nope.. Lets team up.
Kiro 7y ago
I hope you realize the extreme effect the completely outrageous decision to have randomize on by default has on people. Turn it off before someone goes crazy for real.
mvkel 7y ago
I'm curious, why not build the UI to be more intuitive to begin with? Is it really easier to name things y2, y3, etc. than even a simple descriptor? Genuinely curious, I know it sounds like I'm demeaning. I really am not trying to!

by aljmyl 7y ago

EFFALO 7y ago

Love the faces your tool makes! So wonderfully weird. Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face

rectangletangle 7y ago
Reminds me of some of the characters from the old Moomins cartoon. https://www.dw.com/image/47520360_303.jpg https://www.dw.com/image/47520360_303.jpg
- abrugsch 7y ago
  the first one it generated for me looked like Aunt Flo from Bod...

blensor 7y ago

Funny thing, for some inexplicable reason playing around with the sliders made my feel agressive, not against something in particular but an overall feeling ( that's the best I can describe it ). At first I thought it was the unreal faces, but after reading about the randomness I figured out it was the jumping between completely unrelated faces. After switching off randomness I immediately felt calmer due to the smoothly changing faces.

tacotime 7y ago
Very interesting! My immediate reaction/name for the feeling I had would be frustration. Your comment made me think about the possible connection between those two feeling and low and behold I quickly found this- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustration–aggression_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustration–aggression_hypothe...
carrolldunham 7y ago
it made me angry too. i got the urge to jump on here and berate the creator for rationalised reasons. it's because the random flipping in response to your reasoned movement feels like an something between an insult and an assault
- mrmonkeyman 7y ago
  Wow. You guys have issues.
devin 7y ago
You should check out a talk about the myth of objective.
deleted 7y ago
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dymk 7y ago

I took a look at this and thought, wow, this would be great for generating plotter art. Good job!

jrugk 7y ago

"randomize" should be off by default. otherwise it simply looks like it's glitching when you touch any slider

jv22222 7y ago
Just came here to say the same thing. "randomize" should be off by default.
- cjhanks 7y ago
  As did I!
nmstoker 7y ago
Agreed. Otherwise it undermines the point of having controls. If the random feature adjusted the settings then it might be a bit more acceptable but leaving them the same whilst drawing a dramatically different face breaks their "control" nature. Once random is off, it's great fun!
Aardwolf 7y ago
Yep, I thought it was broken. Maybe a "randomize" button instead that you can press to randomize all variables would work better.

discordance 7y ago

Very cool. Just saw your old post asking about how to form a career around art and technology. I'm also interested in the same. Got a contact?

aljmyl 7y ago
Nope.. Lets team up.

Kiro 7y ago

I hope you realize the extreme effect the completely outrageous decision to have randomize on by default has on people. Turn it off before someone goes crazy for real.

mvkel 7y ago

I'm curious, why not build the UI to be more intuitive to begin with? Is it really easier to name things y2, y3, etc. than even a simple descriptor? Genuinely curious, I know it sounds like I'm demeaning. I really am not trying to!