Stamper Screensaver
Generative art became a very interesting space digital artists began to work within.
We took a look at creating a generative art tool and make it a screensaver for people to play with.
The tool allowed for configuration allowing users the ability to choose how it liked to paint:
- Brushes: What paint brush theme it should it use to paint. Also much scale or rotation variation to use.
- Location: Where to paint; if alighed to a grid or just random
- What to paint: The source images to sample colors from
- Speed: How fast it should paint
- Interactive painting: Allowing users to paint with mouse motion
- Live feed: Use the webcam as input for the painting
Demo video
A short video featuring our Stamper Screensaver in action.
A sampling of images created with Stamper:
Chicago image with icon brush
Chicago image with icon brush variation 1
Chicago image with icon brush variation 2
Space invaders brush
Mining brush
Abstract circle brush
Chicago image with abstract circle brush
Mythical creatures brush
Helicopter brush
Fighter jet brush
Vertical lines brush
Super hero brush
Brush strokes brush
Brush strokes brush alternate
Tetris brush with random grid layout
Future
Eventually it would be expanded upon:
Allowing users to choose their own images
Allowing users to create their own brushes
Ability to save out print resolution images
Adding enhanced grids to paint horizontally, vertically, isometrically or in a grid
Visual equalizer: leveraging sound detection to drive how much painting
Legacy lab experimentation (older than 2020)
Lab descriptions and details currently not available online, please reach out to discuss.
