Author: spingbing

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  1. David Whyte: Bees and Bombs

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CPnwHhOn_27/

    • This project is interesting to me because it is so effective despite its simplicity. I am able to immediately understand how I could recreate this project in p5., which piques my interest because it is more approachable as a work.
  2. Cindy Suen:

    Bunny Toaster from Cindy Suen on Vimeo.

    • Similar to David Whyte’s work, I am able to understand how I could achieve something similar using p5.js – but this one is a little more interesting to me because it has some sort of narrative, and because I can also conceive of how I could make this piece using a 3D software as well. It is simple enough that I could-given enough time and effort and research-remake it, but it is more of a challenge (of which I am not totally turned off to trying).
  3. Lucas Zanotto:

    • All of Zanotto’s works are appealing to me because they are mostly 3D animations, which is my favorite medium to work in. However, this one in particular spoke to me because, again, it is something that I think I could make at this current moment with my current skillset. This reasoning when worded like this seems kind of depressing and lazy but I think a way I can justify this is that it gives me inspiration on different ways I can utilize the skills I already have.

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One interactive art piece I admire is Nikolas Diamant’s MoCap Head.

This project sticks out to me because I think it is an example of the perfect mix of fine art + computer science that is appealing to audiences including and beyond the fields of art and of computer science. It is visually very charming and satisfying and is very computationally impressive, but it is not so distant and unappealing to the average person. Additionally, I am drawn to this piece because it is made with programs and languages I am somewhat comfortable with (Blender, blender python). It inspires me to take my interest in 3D rendering a step further by learning bpy.

I think Nik made the project himself with perhaps some help from Golan. I am assuming it was made for a class, so it probably took a week or two to make.