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/2019
- 29.09.19 Delicate Parisian Voronoi
#generative #houdinifx #typefacedesign #typography #generativedesign I created a group expression on the filled primitives using modulus to…
- 28.09.19 Dynamically Populating Houdini Menus with Data to Use as an Interface Element
A quick screen cast to show how I go about creating interface elements in Houdini from data, which can be used to drive various elements of…
- 24.09.19 Sorting a CSV File With Vim
This is just a quickie but I wanted to make a note as it can come in handy. I had a csv file detailing population density for various…
- 24.09.19 City population density data rendered as type
#design #art #graphicdesign #dataviz #typography #typeface #data #datavisualisation #generative #houdinifx Using again the lovely…
- 24.09.19 Developing a system in Houdini to create dynamic interfaces from data
Spent the morning developing a dynamic interface system in Houdini which will populate a menu with CSV data, which I can then use in…
- 24.09.19 JARON LANIER FIXES THE INTERNET
JARON LANIER FIXES THE INTERNET Love Lanier and love this idea he sets out called Data Diginity. Watch all the way to the moving end of the…
- 23.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 22nd September 2019
When I have a bit of down time I try and use that time to learn new things or new techniques that I might later use in my work. So this…
- 23.09.19 There’s something weird in the garden
Adding some collision detection. Not perfect but not bad either. #generativedesign #houdinifx #generativegraphics
- 23.09.19 One more of these
Grainy render on the shadows. #generative #typefacedesign #houdinifx #natureinspires
- 22.09.19 I walked with a Crombie | Creases Like Knives
I walked with a Crombie | Creases Like Knives Love this piece from three years ago on skinhead culture and the Crombie.
- 22.09.19 Grow
Using the Crayonette typeface from @djrrb #generativedesign #generative #houdinifx #typography #typefacedesign
- 22.09.19 Delicate glass cubes
I like the little compositions the refractions of the cubes make in combination. I’ve also added tapering to the branches to make them seem m…
- 22.09.19 Strange refractions
#houdinifx #generativedesign #generative
- 21.09.19 Learning how to do plant growth
The @therealentagma video series on Patreon is always so good. Spent this morning learning more about PopNets and PopReplicate.
- 20.09.19 Playing with PopNetworks
#houdinifx
- 18.09.19 Finding pathways through
#houdinifx #sidefxhoudini
- 18.09.19 Metal and Glass
#houdinifx
- 17.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 15th September 2019
At the start of the week I found myself firing up Fusion 360 to create a better case for my Git Deploy Notifier which I had built the…
- 17.09.19 Everything is connected
#houdinifx
- 17.09.19 Slightly peacock like
#houdinifx
- 16.09.19 A Simple Colour / Texture Map Creator Using Processing
When I'm working in Houdini or other 3D software, I might need to use an image as a colour map texture which can then be applied to a…
- 16.09.19 Looking forward to having a piece of work as part of the fab Brighton Digital…
Looking forward to having a piece of work as part of the fab Brighton Digital Festival Excited to have a piece featured at this great…
- 16.09.19 Please be Seated by Paul Cocksedge
Please be Seated by Paul Cocksedge Beautiful work from Paul Cocksedge for the London Design Festival.
- 10.09.19 If you want to get things done, pause | Life and style | The Guardian
If you want to get things done, pause | Life and style | The Guardian I’m a big fan of the pause.
- 09.09.19 Setting up a midi controller for TouchDesigner
Setting up a midi controller for TouchDesigner This is great, straight-forward, tutorial on setting up a midi controller for use with…
- 08.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 8th September 2019
Arrived back to a drizzly UK after two weeks away in the French sunshine. I purposefully left me phone behind when we went out and didn't…
- 03.09.19 In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
I’d heard about this book for many years but only read it a few weeks ago. It resonated with me so much I ended up reading it in a little o…
- 01.09.19 What the Ack! Multi-file Find and Replace with Vim and Ack
Occasionally it's handy to be able to do a find and replace across multiple files, or even insert something new across many files. Using…
- 01.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 1st September 2019
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- 01.09.19 Semicolon by Cecelia Watson
Throughly enjoyed this book by Cecelia Watson on the infamous punctuation mark. It’s not a book detailing how to use it, nor is it a book t…