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Very sad that none of the fragment shader experts have written a book focusing on generative art. The Book of Shaders is very basic. How to create something li

Very sad that none of the fragment shader experts have written a book focusing on generative art. The Book of Shaders is very basic. How to create something like this (including sound!) while thinking on a per color x,y basis is mind boggling. https://www.shadertoy.com/view/XsfXD2 https://www.shadertoy.com/view/XsfXD2

jedimastert 5y ago
Also not a book, but Sebastian Lague has some absolutely beautiful generative art https://www.youtube.com/user/Cercopithecan https://www.youtube.com/user/Cercopithecan
modeless 5y ago
Inigo Quilez has a ton of great material: https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm It's not printed on dead trees but there's easily enough covered there for a book or three.
train_robber 5y ago
I would recommend having a look at "The Art of Code" youtube channel. There is some interesting material there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDo9LvfoVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDo9LvfoVE is a good first watch.
pdkl95 5y ago
Thinking about designing a scene in a fragment shader is already mind boggling. Writing a new shader from scratch live in front of an audience within a 25 minute deadline is insane. The demoscene calls this a "Shader Showdown" competition, and they are amazing to watch. A good example is the Revision 2021 semi-finals[1]. The entire video is worth watching, but I especially recommend watching the last half of evvvil-vs-flopine (from about 43:00); the last few minutes (from ~56:00) fundamentally changed my understanding of what is possible in a fragment shader. Ray marching into a hand crafted signed distance field is such a bizarre way of thinking about a scene. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBdRfFwuP40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBdRfFwuP40 edit: corrected 'last few minutes' time
trollied 5y ago
This is the one that blew my mind: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3lsSzf https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3lsSzf 5 hour video of its creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfe5UQ-1L9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfe5UQ-1L9Q Utterly amazing.

jedimastert 5y ago

Also not a book, but Sebastian Lague has some absolutely beautiful generative art https://www.youtube.com/user/Cercopithecan https://www.youtube.com/user/Cercopithecan

modeless 5y ago

Inigo Quilez has a ton of great material: https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm It's not printed on dead trees but there's easily enough covered there for a book or three.

train_robber 5y ago

I would recommend having a look at "The Art of Code" youtube channel. There is some interesting material there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDo9LvfoVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDo9LvfoVE is a good first watch.

pdkl95 5y ago

Thinking about designing a scene in a fragment shader is already mind boggling. Writing a new shader from scratch live in front of an audience within a 25 minute deadline is insane. The demoscene calls this a "Shader Showdown" competition, and they are amazing to watch. A good example is the Revision 2021 semi-finals[1]. The entire video is worth watching, but I especially recommend watching the last half of evvvil-vs-flopine (from about 43:00); the last few minutes (from ~56:00) fundamentally changed my understanding of what is possible in a fragment shader. Ray marching into a hand crafted signed distance field is such a bizarre way of thinking about a scene. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBdRfFwuP40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBdRfFwuP40 edit: corrected 'last few minutes' time

trollied 5y ago

This is the one that blew my mind: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3lsSzf https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3lsSzf 5 hour video of its creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfe5UQ-1L9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfe5UQ-1L9Q Utterly amazing.