Releasing this experiment as an OSX screen saver. Download, unzip and then double click to install.
You may have to change your preferences to install the screen saver. System Preferences > Securty & Privacy > Allow Applications Downloaded from > Anywhere OSX >= 10.10 ( trying to get working on intel GPUs, I think I got it working. Ping me if not. )
Select Screen Saver Options… in the Screen Saver pane of System Preferences to change the options.
Day / Night: Switches between the two color modes based on the time of day.
Day: Color mode
Night: Color mode
Manual: Use the color pickers to select your own color choices.
Completed an office mural. I used the water-based Krink markers, which did not smell, but can be removed with water.
Peacocks are created using a custom peacock generator application written in OpenFrameworks. Each peacock is programmatically generated, and therefore unique. Peacocks are printed on a pen plotter and then water colored by hand. Each peacock is a triptych, composed of three 11 x 17″ pieces to compose the complete work. Below is the programmatic generation of my friend “Franklin.” More pen plotter works can be seen in Drawing Machine.
The output from the custom software is sent as lines to the pen plotter in three separate pieces.
After the pieces have been printed on the plotter, they are water colored by hand.
Final piece:
Squids are created using a custom squid generator application I wrote in OpenFrameworks. Each squid is randomly generated, and therefore unique. Squids are printed on a pen plotter and then water colored by hand. Below is the process for creating “Damarion.” More pen plotter pieces are viewable in Drawing Machine.
The output printed on the pen plotter and then water colored by hand, yielding the finished result below:
Just finished a Barracuda using the HP7475 pen plotter, some custom code and watercolor. I love that the output from my application will ultimately result in physical pen marks on a piece of watercolor paper. Available for purchase store.nickhardeman.com.
