Taking The Web

off the screen

@charlotte_dann

Why use computers for art?

Physical

Design

Build

Test

Learn

CSS Generative Art

.grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(10, 1fr);
}

.grid__item {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: white;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
  
.grid__item:before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 200%;
  height: 200%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: black;
}

.grid__item:before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 200%;
  height: 200%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: black;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(2n):before {
  right: 0;
}

.grid__item:before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 200%;
  height: 200%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: black;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(3n):before {
  right: 0;
}

.grid__item:before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 200%;
  height: 200%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: black;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(3n):before {
  right: 0;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(2n):before {
  bottom: 0;
}

.grid__item:before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 200%;
  height: 200%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: black;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(2n):before {
  right: 0;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(3n):before {
  bottom: 0;
}

.grid__item:before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 200%;
  height: 200%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: black;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(3n):before {
  right: 0;
}

.grid__item:nth-child(4n):before {
  bottom: 0;
}

Pen Plotting

Test everything on crappy paper first

Use canvas2svg for

easy vector outputs from canvas drawings

const size = 1000

const canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
canvas.width = size
canvas.height = size
document.body.appendChild(canvas)
const context = canvas.getContext('2d')

context.strokeStyle = '#fff'
context.lineWidth = 5
context.lineCap = 'round'

const u = size / 20
context.beginPath()
for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  const x = i%10
  const y = Math.floor(i/10)
  const rotations = (i%3 === 0 && 1) + (i%4 === 0 && 2)
  context.save()
  context.translate(u+x*u*2, u+y*u*2)
  context.rotate(rotations * Math.PI / 2)
  context.moveTo(-u, u)
  context.quadraticCurveTo(-u, -u, u, -u)
  context.restore()
}
context.stroke()

const size = 1000

import saveAs from 'file-saver'
import C2S from 'canvas2svg'


const context = new C2S(size, size)

context.strokeStyle = '#fff'
context.lineWidth = 5
context.lineCap = 'round'

const u = size / 20
context.beginPath()
for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  const x = i%10
  const y = Math.floor(i/10)
  rotations = (i%3 === 0 && 1) + (i%4 === 0 && 2)
  context.save()
  context.translate(u+x*u*2, u+y*u*2)
  context.rotate(rotations * Math.PI / 2)
  context.moveTo(-u, u)
  context.quadraticCurveTo(-u, -u, u, -u)
  context.restore()
}
context.stroke()

const blob = new Blob([context.getSerializedSvg()], {
  type: 'text/plain',
})
saveAs(blob, 'pattern.svg')

Laser Cutting

abstractpuzzl.es

abstractpuzzl.es

Get access at a Hackspace, university, or pay-by-the-hour facilities

Figure out the right settings with material testing first

3D Printing

Generative Gestaltung

You can export STL

files from ThreeJS

Reaction Diffusion Coral Cup,

Nervous System

Mass customisation, unmade

3d-printed glass,

mit glass lab

thank you

@charlotte_dann

FFConf 2019 - Taking The Web Off The Screen

By Charlotte Dann

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FFConf 2019 - Taking The Web Off The Screen

The rise of generative art has brought a whole new wave of creativity to the web; this talk is about the myriad of ways we can use all that coding knowledge to make cool art in the physical realm.

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