Bøger af Matt Pearson

Artists have always explored new media, and computer-based artists are no exception. Generative art, an emerging technique where print or onscreen images are created by use of computer algorithms, finds the artistic intersection between programming, computer graphics, and individual expression.Generative Art presents both the technique and the beauty of algorithmic art. In it, you'll find dozens of high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific programmatic steps author and artist Matt Pearson followed to create each unique piece. The book includes concise tutorials for each of the technical components required to create the book's examples, and it offers countless suggestions for how you can combine and reuse the various techniques to create your own works.

It's 1899, and inventor Hiram Codon is ready to launch the first manned rocket into space. The trouble is that he keeps losing pilots. After a rash of mishaps and sabotage attempts, only two people have not fled the operation-Ravi Mukherjee, Hiram's reluctant assistant and Sophia Westbridge the intrepid daughter of a British army officer. With Hiram's rivals and backers both closing in to take the rocket for their own ends, Ravi must decide whether to risk everything to make history and further scientific progress-not to mention impress the girl-or stop Hiram's mad scheme before it gets them all killed.