Posts Tagged ‘particles’
Fun with particles: the Particle Messenger
While exploring the features of the Flint Particle System, I tought it would be cool to surprise my girlfriend with a “particle message”. I programmed a Flash module that uses 3500 pixel particles to put messages on the screen.
Once it was finished I decided to put it online, and changed it so you can create your own messages using a simple form.
You can see the application here: http://www.veryinteractivepeople.com/lab/particlemessenger
In the bottom left corner there’s a button called “create your own”, if you click that button a form will be presented that allows you to create your own messages. You can then share these messages on facebook, or just copy the message link and send it to your friends.
If anyone wants to use this on a website, or as part of a viral ad campaign, please contact me.
Here are some example messages:
http://www.veryinteractivepeople.com/lab/particlemessenger/?o=true&message=i,♥,QRSUiDNFm (I love particles)
http://www.veryinteractivepeople.com/lab/particlemessenger/?o=true&message=HNiOU,SPDLm (Flint rocks)
Have fun!
Fun with particles
When I started this blog it wasn’t my intention to write about generative art only. But… here I go again, I just love doing this.
Here’s a new experiment. I had this idea of taking a photo, and let particles wander around on it. I set up some basic rules for these particles. They normally try to steer towards bright areas, but sometimes they can have a mind of their own, and do whatever they want. They also more or less adopt the brightness of the pixel on the source image. On top of that, I added some filters, and this is the result:
Yes, this is the head of president Obama. I didn’t use his portrait as a political statement, its just a face everyone recognizes these days, and there are lots of good portaits of him available on the web.
I think this experiment turned out pretty cool. When I find some more free time I’ll try to optimize and improve it. Maybe even render the process to a movie.
