Mental X

Boom Boom Desktop

Noah Larsen — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:13:08 +0000

I modified they Blossy Boom Boom code to make a more desktop Friendly version. Happy Friday!

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Blossy Boom Boom

Noah Larsen — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:21:12 +0000

Extracted Poem

boom

blossy, blossy, blossy

boom
	boom
		boom

explosiveness flows into ether

expanding
	expanding
		expanding

we watch awkwardly
	releasing
		releasing
			releasing

obsessing explosiveness
contemplate explosiveness

pushing
	pushing explosiveness
		pushing

awkwardly pushing, obsessing

we awkwardly contemplate

watch awkwardly
	contemplate
		everything
	flows into ether

we, watch, everything
				everything

explosiveness flows into ether

Final Code / Pre-Extracted Poem


void setup() {
  size(750, 600); smooth(); noLoop();
}

void draw() { 

background(0);

float boom = 0;
   for(int blossy = 1; blossy < 75; blossy += 1) {
     noStroke();
     fill(random(200), random(30), random(20), random(20));
     rect(boom, 0, boom, 900);
     boom += 5;
     noLoop();
   }

float explosiveness = 280;
float flows = random(255);
  float into = random(255);
  float ether = random(255);
for(int expanding = 0; expanding < 14; expanding += 1) {
  float we = random(750);
  float watch = random(200,400);
  float awkwardly = 0;
  for(int releasing = 0; releasing < 1; releasing += 1) {
    float obsessing = (2 * PI) / explosiveness;
    float contemplate = explosiveness;
    for(int pushing = 0; pushing < explosiveness; pushing++) {
      awkwardly = pushing * obsessing;
      we = width/2 + (cos(awkwardly) * contemplate);
      watch = height/2 + (sin(awkwardly) * contemplate);
      float everything = random(10,40);
    strokeWeight(.25);
    stroke(flows, into, ether, 255);
    fill(255,255,255, 100);
    ellipse(we, watch, everything, everything);
    }
  }
  explosiveness -= 20;
  flows += 10;
  into -= 20;
  ether -= 10;
}

}

New Bamboo Mounted Prints

Noah Larsen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:54:49 +0000

I’ll be having a couple new bamboo mounted prints from Plywerk coming my way. Below are the designs. These will be available at FACTORYmade in Boulder as soon as they’re in. #winning

OrnamentalX

Noah Larsen — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:46:24 +0000

So, here’s the inside scoop for all y’all mentalX fans. In the next week or two, I will be adding a few bamboo prints and iPhone cases to the wildly amazing collection of goods at FACTORYmade Creative Goods in Boulder. To celebrate, I’m dropping some new desktops. Keep an eye on the space for more information.

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Watering Creativity Print on Bamboo

Noah Larsen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Just got in an 8×10, bamboo-mounted version of the Watering Creativity export. It’s available on Etsy for 75 bones. Dig it.

2011 Happy Holidays Card

Noah Larsen — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:17:33 +0000

I’ve been working on what I’m calling “Code Poems.” The basic idea is that variables are named in such a way to create a readable poem that relates to the exported art. The overall goal is to more closely tie code to art in an attempt to make the art form more understandable to non-nerds. In practice, the code ends up being simpler and procedural in nature.

The debut of this concept was on our 2011 holiday cards to friends and family as seen below. Click on image for a more readable version.

Watering Creativity

Noah Larsen — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:48:55 +0000

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Snow Code

Noah Larsen — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:58:13 +0000

import processing.pdf.*;

void setup() {
size(1000, 1000);
smooth();
noLoop();
beginRecord(PDF, “sketch_06.pdf”);
}

void draw() {

//sets background color

background(random(10, 25), random(10), random(10, 25));

for(int r=0; r<400; r+=1) {
float x1 = random(1000);
float y1 = random(1000);
float x2 = random(1000);
float y2 = random(1000);
float gcolor = random(255);
float angle = 0;
for(int u=0; u<1; u+=1) {
float wedge = (2 * PI) / 10;
float radius = 30;
for(int i = 1; i < 40; i++) {
angle = i * wedge;
x1 = x2 + (cos(angle) * radius);
y1 = y2 + (sin(angle) * radius);
float e2 = random(2, 20);
strokeWeight(1);
stroke(gcolor, gcolor, gcolor, random(10, 70));
fill(255, 255, 255, random(10, 70));
ellipse(x1, y1, e2, e2);
}
}
}

for(int r=0; r<300; r+=1) {
float x1 = random(1000);
float y1 = random(1000);
float x2 = random(1000);
float y2 = random(1000);
float gcolor = random(255);
float angle = 0;
for(int u=0; u<1; u+=1) {
float wedge = (2 * PI) / 10;
float radius = 20;
for(int i = 1; i < 40; i++) {
angle = i * wedge;
x1 = x2 + (cos(angle) * radius);
y1 = y2 + (sin(angle) * radius);
float e2 = random(2, 10);
strokeWeight(1);
stroke(gcolor, gcolor, gcolor, random(10, 70));
ellipse(x1, y1, e2, e2);
}
}
}

endRecord();

}

Purple snow, purple snow

Noah Larsen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:28:03 +0000

New season. New export. New phone. New case. New desktops.

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Birthday Art

Noah Larsen — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:19:27 +0000

Made the following for a friend’s b-day gift. Three pics of the finished art mounted to aluminum, followed by the digital output (with bleed).