Messy Overdraw

Some messy overdrawing generated in an automatic gallery how run in Studio Artist 4.

Smart Blur

I was testing some new gallery show features in Studio Artist 4. This image kind of surprised me. It popped out as a random Smart Blur ip op effect. It's using the texture synthesizer for modulation. One cool thing to do with gallery show is to use it to automatically build new preset effects.

New Gallery Show Bezier Options

I recently added some new features to Studio Artist 4 gallery show. You can setup the different painting options so they key off of randomly generated bezier path sets as opposed to just using the normal paint synthesizer path generation features.

Algorithmic Drawing 2

More experiments with algorithmic drawing in Studio Artist 4. This is an interesting one since it uses a paint synthesizer path shape setting that draws a spline to the previous start point to build the fan areas.

Algorithmic Drawing

Trying some experiments with algorithmic drawing. This is from a series working with the MSG path shape features in the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer.

LineScreen Block Regionize

Atypical usage of the linescreen block regionize image operation in Studio Artist 4. I should spend more time trying out atypical parameter settings for the different ip ops. The new v4 gallery show features are really useful for automatically finding those nooks and crannies.

Geometric MSG

Procedural art image generated in Studio Artist 4 using MSG processors.

Creepy Political Pose

Working with interactive warp and compositing in Studio Artist 4. There's also some MSG processing going on in there.

MSG Path Shape Abstraction

I've been playing around with different abstract algorithmic painting processes in Studio Artist 4. One interesting approach is to work with MSG processors that generate scan paths, either via MSG path start generators or MSG path shape generators. This image fell out of some testing associated with this yesterday.

I modified the path length modulation code for the MSG path shape generator as a part of this. The overall size of the point cloud modulates now, it was only modulating the path itself before so if you had a diffuse point cloud it didn't seem to change size before, just the # of points in it. I think the new behavior is better for interactive drawing.

Texture Synthesizer

I tend to not use the Studio Artist Texture Synthesizer all that much these days. However, there's lots of great effects hiding in there. This was generated with the new automated random evolution options for the texture synthesizer that were added to Studio Artist 4's gallery show feature recently.

Convex Hull Faces

This was created with a new convex hull image operations preset generated while running the new gallery show features in Studio Artist 4. Gallery show is pretty cool, because you can use it to automatically generate new presets, new artwork, or to build self-running performance art performance installations.

Evolution Abstraction

This popped out during some testing of the new paint synth evolution features in Studio Artist 4. Directed evolution is really a great way to construct new preset effects.

Mashed Potato Man

Grabbed this during some automated testing using the new gallery show randomization features.

Scribbler

I've been beefing up the global evolution features for the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer. This is a nice sketch preset that fell out of testing the new paint synth morph/mingle evolution features.

Dancing Abstraction 2

More gallery show tests in Studio Artist 4. This one's pretty funny. It popped out of the new vectorizer randomization features that were added to gallery show.

Dancing Abstraction

Interesting abstraction generated while running some tests on the new Studio Artist 4 gallery show features.

Gallery Show Preset Randomization

I recently added some new options to the Studio Artist 4 gallery show feature. It's become apparent that some people are using gallery show to automatically generate new presets, so you can now run gallery shows generated from randomized image operations, vectorizer, or texture synthesizer settings. This works off of the hypothetical space of potential settings, as opposed to randomly selecting an existing preset, which is what a lot of the existing galley show techniques do.

The image above is something crazy that fell out of some testing associated with the new gallery show features.

Windward Coast Drive by

Abstract panorama created from a Flip video sequence taken while driving the windward coast. Generated by processing the video footage with the Studio Artist 4 temporal scan tracker.

Shrimp Plate

Shrimp-plate-landia on the north shore re-conceptualized. Started with a video shot from the open car window driving by shrimp world that was then converted into a static panorama via the Studio Artist 4 scan tracker. I think i have the scan direction reversed in this image from the actual car motion which twists around reality when the image is reconstructed from the video motion.

Fish Market Harbor

The harbor by the fish market is one of the cooler places to visit in Honolulu. This started with a 180 degree Flip video pan taken in front of Nikos (great place to eat) that was then processed with the Studio Artist 4 temporal scan tracker to make a static panorama image.

Honolulu Drive by

This started with video footage taken with a Flip video camera out the window of a moving car while driving through Honolulu that was then converted into a static panorama image with the Studio Artist 4 temporal scan tracker.

Unruly

Mike posted a set of new unruly Studio Artist paint synthesizer presets recently on the Studio Artist User Forum. I was fooling around with them and came up with this image.

Time Stretch

This started with a Flip video shot taken in Waikiki at night that was then processed with the Studio Artist temporal scan tracker to stretch time for the motion of the cable car in the video into a static image.

MSG Abstraction

Abstracted source image created with MSG processing in Studio Artist 4. This was created via directed evolution of MSG presets. It took a little while to get to the sweet spot in the parameter space, but there's an infinite variety of different images you can create once you get to that spot.

Sandy Beach

Flip video pan taken at sandy beach on Oahu near sundown that was then converted into a static panorama image using the Studio Artist 4 temporal scan tracker.

Hawaii by Night

Video shot taken with a flip video camera in Waikiki that was then processed with Studio Artist 4 temporal image operations into a static image.

Clean Abstraction

Real clean abstract image created via directed evolution of MSG processors in Studio Artist 4. This was done with a MSG processor that does vector drawing.

Recursive Patterning 2

More recursive patterning generated using recursive IO connections and MSG processors in Studio Artist 4. This one shows off the typical patterning seen when you use multi-processor threading with recursive io connections. It's great that you can choose now in Studio Artist 4, since there are cases where you want the processing to be threaded and other times where you don't want the threading. Of course for non-recursive io processing you always want the threading due to the speedup you get for the processing.

MSG Strange Attractor

Procedural chaotic strange attractor image generated via directed evolution of MSG processors in Studio Artist 4.

MSG Wave Effect

Abstract procedural wave effect generated with MSG processing in Studio Artist 4.

MSG Grid Effect

Source processing grid effect generated with MSG in Studio Artist 4.

Shadow Fractal

I like how the fake shadowing came out in this image. Generated while fooling around with MSG evolution in Studio Artist 4.

Live Video Abstraction

This is actually a MSG processed live video feed. Cool abstraction preset using MSG processing in Studio Artist 4.

Recursive Patterning

I've been playing around with non-threaded MSG processing with recursive IO connections recently. The variety of different fractal patterns you can generate is pretty interesting. It's kind of like video feedback except the feedback is happening along the wavefront of the spatial processing scan moving through the image. Would be fun to try different types of scans, like spiral out from center or peano curves. Have to try that out some day.

Fuzzy Wave

Fuzzy procedural wave generated with MSG processing in Studio Artist 4.