Sketches via solving the Traveling Salesman Problem

Some sketch effects that were generated by solving the traveling salesman problem. I've got it running in a MSG processor. In many ways the non optimal solutions are more interesting to my eyes (or work better as sketches).

Rendering Chaotic Attractors 2

More experiments using the MSG path start generator to generate chaotic attractors and then rendering the chaotic attractor using the Studio Artist paint synthesizer.

Rendering Chaotic Attractors

These are some examples from some experiments using the Studio Artist paint synthesizer to render chaotic attractors. I'm painting spline paths between the attractor points (as opposed to just displaying the attractor points themselves).

The MSG path start generator is used to generate a series of path starts over time. The path shape is set to spline to the previous path start (via the path load path shape option). The paint fill blend is set to a low value so the image builds up over time. The coloring is coming from a source image. Note that the source color maps from the path start point onto an entire path, as opposed to using the rendered attractor as an alpha mask for the source which would not look nearly as interesting.

Composition via Paint Synth Modulation

Trying out some ideas about generating compositions using various modulations of paint synthesizer parameters. These were generated with a single paint synthesizer preset in Studio Artist 4.

MSG Facial Abstraction 2

More experiments with directed evolution of MSG processors in Studio Artist 4.

MSG Facial Abstraction

Some experiments with directed evolution of MSG processors in Studio Artist 4.

Sunset Abstraction

Abstracted sunset shot from Oahu beach. More fractal self-similarity generated by the image processing brush load feature in Studio Artist 4.


The same paint preset was used on this next image, which started with a source photo of some snorkelers.