On Generative Algorithms
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On Generative Algorithms
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#2Beautiful output and great, light summary of each process! I've been watching the pieces Anders has been posting over the past few months and freaking love his aesthetic.
There's been HN threads on it before, but just in case anyone hasn't seen it and wants to dive down the rabbit hole that is biomimetic / natural systems influenced generative work, check out Dan Shiffman's awesome http://natureofcode.com/.
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#3Beautiful output and great, light summary of each process! I've been watching the pieces Anders has been posting over the past few months and freaking love his aesthetic. There's been HN threads on it before, but just in case anyone hasn't seen it and wants to dive down the rabbit hole that is biomimetic / natural systems influenced generative work, check out Dan Shiffman's awesome http://natureofcode.com/ .
Awesome thanks. Looking for more references if anyone has them. Also if there's any work combining things like this with genetic algorithms?
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#4Beautiful output and great, light summary of each process! I've been watching the pieces Anders has been posting over the past few months and freaking love his aesthetic. There's been HN threads on it before, but just in case anyone hasn't seen it and wants to dive down the rabbit hole that is biomimetic / natural systems influenced generative work, check out Dan Shiffman's awesome http://natureofcode.com/ .
I was looking Dan's videos all day, nice closure for the day :)
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#5Great resource.
If you're into it, make sure to check out the "The Algorithmic Beauty of..." series of books. There are three:
- The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants - this is the original one. Fascinating read - one of the authors creates a rule system (L-system, now fairly well known in the procedural generation world) that allows for the generation of plant like organisms. Other approaches are presented, the prose and illustrations are wonderful. This one is a must have - a beautiful example of what can be accomplished when mixing math, natural sciences, computation, art, and design.
- The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells - this one is very good too. If you've wondered how sea shells can have almost perfect checkerboard patterns and so on, this is the book for you. Highly recommended.
- The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges, and Corals. My least favorite of the three - some of the content overlaps from TABO Plants - but that's only because the other 2 are so good. If you have interest in the matter, you probably want to read it as well.
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#6Reminds me of Turing's morphogenesis.
https://www.wired.com/2011/02/turing-patterns/
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#7Very nice descriptions, i really like the visual algorithmic "explanations". If you are interested in algorithmic descriptions that express other domain specific knowledge (e.g. architecture) check out http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/10/12763
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#8Glad to hear that you seem to enjoy the site!
Happy to try to answer questions if you have any.
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#9Beautiful output and great, light summary of each process! I've been watching the pieces Anders has been posting over the past few months and freaking love his aesthetic. There's been HN threads on it before, but just in case anyone hasn't seen it and wants to dive down the rabbit hole that is biomimetic / natural systems influenced generative work, check out Dan Shiffman's awesome http://natureofcode.com/ .
And what a fantastic rabbit hole.
I would recommend 'Generative Design'. http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/ (There is an English edition)
A really beautifully designed book. Great to leaf through for inspiration, but also has decent example code for a variety of techniques.
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#10This is beautiful :)