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Coding My Handwriting
Coding my handwriting in Javascript - how I did it and what I’m doing with it.
Amy Goodchild
This 8×10” plotter art features “Meaningful Nonsense” text written in a spiral in the artist’s coded handwriting. Both the text and the handwriting are created using algorithms written by the artist in Javascript. The piece is drawn onto paper by an Axidraw plotter.
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Early Computer Art in the 50s and 60s
A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more.
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Chaos in the medium: Watercolour plotting
Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with painting in watercolours using my AxiDraw plotter. Watercolour is a medium I enjoy painting in (by hand) as a personal hobby, kind of separate from my public art making, so it’s been interesting to combine it with code. I’ve thought about trying
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Meaningful Nonsense: How I generate sentences
I’m coding a system in JavaScript that generates sentences of “meaningful nonsense”. Here are some examples.
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Generating the Alphabet
My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser based art work, using a “web safe” font could produce inconsistent results, while including a font file would mean a large file size. Additionally, I don’t want a visual element of the project to be s
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What Is Generative Art? (2022)
Randomness, rules and natural systems. Some non-restrictive definitions and an exploration of the form.