I have a few ideas and I need help narrowing it down
idea #1 Asemic writing
- Training a GAN to produce children’s refrigerator writings + drawings
- Then apply a post processing algorithm to imbue the output with estimated pressure data
- Then get the axidraw working with pressure data (g code?)
- Then get it loaded up with a crayon to draw the drawings with the same pressure variation of a child
- End product?
- A bunch of children’s drawings produced by a neural net and inscribed by a machine
- From far away they look like nondescript children’s fridge drawings but closer up the writing is nonsensical and the drawing is not of an object. The drawing was conceived and executed by a machine. I think it can be kind of creepy.
- what do I get out of it? Learning about GANs and getting the axidraw working with pressure
Idea #2 Generative multiples
- An alphabet bestiary of animals.
- Each letter = new animal
- Each time a button is clicked a new generation of the alphabet bestiary
- Some examples:
- At the end I could try and plot it to make a physical book. Most likely this will exist as only online generative art. (dealing with stroke and fill is a pain, might need to use drawing bots libraries)
- what do I get out of it? I want to start growing a following on twitter to sell NFTs. I think an alphabet bestiary would keep me to a consistent goal that includes daily tweet content (each animal). I also think this is a conceptually accessible project. I would learn about different algorithms to produce each animal. It’ll be a bit tough to keep the project visually cohesive while using different algorithms. Generative algorithms typically have a distinct visual feel. I think my main focus for this would be generative pattern algos. For the final I’ll probably have an incomplete bestiary of a couple letters.
- (Lingdong already made something similar I might scrap this)
Idea #3 Embroidery
- thinking about free standing lace like this
- and using this style in creating dragonfly wings. Need to do experiments with the embroidery machine to see if this is possible
- Also want to make wound patches (I’ll attach a sketch later) and veins / scars
- or even a scarred / wounded stuffed animal
- I think generative stuffed animal patterns with scars / wounds stitched on it would be an interesting concept and very on brand for my work
- (idk if the machine will be fixed so I’ll need to look into that and meeting tatiana)