Maybe it’s the time of year but we’ve really been feeling the love recently.
Last Friday I attended We Love Technology which kicked of Sheffield’s lovebytes festival this year and I came away from it all giddy with techno joy. There was lots of talk about a convergence of ideas between the many different fields of design, craft, diy [...]
It’s not flash but it is pretty… a picture with words, where the most used words are made bigger and bolder. So, like, really, here’s a wordle from our blog -
Joy!
I quite liked the effect of reducing the number of particles. You can see how they are interacting with each other in more detail. It’s especially cool when they start spiralling around each other. (I also took out the random footprint sizing)
http://labs.teamcooper.co.uk/chase_002/index_3.php
Had another go last night.
Basically, I have been trying to recreate some of the things I saw at Flash on the Beach as follows …
First, create some particles, then set them off in random directions at random speeds and update their positions on every frame.
Second, draw a random image at the same position as each particle [...]
At Flash on the Beach, I was really inspired by some of the dynamic artwork talks (Joshua Davis and Eric Natzke spring to mind initially).
Normally, being the code monkey that I am, my artistic skills look like a 5 year olds, but when I saw what these guys were doing I thought, “Hey! I could have a go [...]