TomorrowLand

MSG based source abstraction effect. I usually work in the Studio Artist Evolution Editor to build this kind of stuff using swap and mutate directed evolution.

Earache

MSG source processing abstraction effect.

The Wave

Spin Cycle was another title i was thinking about for this one. ok, my promise of something light to cleanse the palette after tuesday's post has been fulfilled. Who knows what tomorrow will bring (ha,ha). This is all procedural imagery generated via directed evolution manipulation of MSG processors. In Studio Artist of course, we wouldn't have it any other way here at Happy Island Music.

MSG Patterning Abstraction

Well i promised a happy MSG abstraction, and this seems a little dark and mysterious, so perhaps i missed the mark. More from my recent series exploring the effects of piled on patterning in MSG abstractions.

Reflections on Easter, and the Paths we Choose as a Nation

A reflection on easter, and the paths we choose as a nation, and where they lead us.

I used an image folder brush based on what i would consider american war crime imagery to build the photo collage. I think there's some relevance to last monday's supreme court decision, which is really what got me thinking about all of this, since it in some sense legitimizes bad behavior abroad as potential common practice domestically when it's abused (as it undoubtably will be).

There is this other disturbing thing i read recently that was playing in the back of my mind as i angrily tossed this piece together in a fit of passion. I'm usually a little more subtle in my pointed commentary imagery, but sometimes you just need to let loose with what you're really feeling and get it out there in the open. I guess my Easter reflections were not happy thoughts.

More happy carefree abstract MSG imagery coming your way here tomorrow.

Dual Attraction

MSG based procedural art abstract image. Created using the evolution editor in Studio Artist 4. Using a process called directed evolution to build the image via repeated processor swap and mutate evolution steps.

God's Rottweiler

You'd have to have read Maureen Dowd's NYT op ed piece today to get the title reference. I wanted the vectorizer processing around the hand features to have the feel of 'blood on the hands', so i'm using a max saturation coloring option to pull out that feeling.

More vintage SF graffiti worked into an automatic photo collage effect. Using the new image folder brush features.