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I had such a great time demoing Big Wet Pixels live on stage at THU! Here are some photos and screenshots from the event.

https://otherthings.com/blog/2024/10/big-wet-pixels-live-at-thu-2024/

#TrojanHorseWasAUnicorn #THU2024 #THU #BigWetPixels #watercolor #simulation #generative #procedural #art

A view from on stage in a presentation room at the Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn Main Event. The room is colorfully lit with pink, orange and blue light. A volunteer in a turquoise shirt sits for his portrait on a chair onstage. In the foreground we see a tripod-mounted SLR camera aimed at the subject, and the presenter's laptop, showing a real-time watercolor simulation that's in the process of painting the portrait in vivid greens and yellows. The laptop's screen is mirrored on a giant LED monitor in the background, behind five rows of seats.

Check out the amazing room at #THU where I did my #BigWetPixels demo. I’ve never seen a layout like this: stage in the center, and screens on all four sides. It was AMAZING. #TrojanUnicorn

A panoramic photo of a presentation room at the conference center in Tróia, Portugal. There are huge LED screens on all four walls, and the walls themselves are lit with vivid pink, orange and purple light. A stage in the center is surrounded by seats only five rows deep, so everyone in the audience has a great view.

Tech check complete! #THU #TrojanUnicorn #BigWetPixels

A live demo of a synthetic watercolor portrait painting machine in a big presentation room with colorful lighting and great big LED display sceeens

Big Wet Pixels: future president edition

#KamalaHarris #watercolor #simulation #BigWetPixels #procedural #portrait #OurFuturePresident #GraceUnderPressure

Big Wet Pixels: PUBLIC MELTDOWN edition

#BigWetPixels #procedural #watercolor #simulation #TheFormerGuy #debate

Big Wet Pixels 13

Playing with new shapes and textures. Who ever said pixels had to be square?

https://vimeo.com/1006876046

#watercolor #simulation #procedural #KubelkaMunk #BigWetPixels

Big Wet Pixels: Beta

https://vimeo.com/985172038

Portraits of Beatriz Coelho, procedurally painted using simulated watercolor.

#nonPhotorealisticRendering #watercolor #simulation #procedural #BigWetPixels

I was stunned to see these paintings by the late Chuck Close that look almost like watercolor.

When I started working on my “Big Wet Pixels” homage, I had no idea the artist himself had been painting this way!

https://otherthings.com/blog/2024/02/the-real-chuck-close/

#ChuckClose #watercolor #BigWetPixels #oil #painting

These fluid sim bugs ain't gonna fix themselves. #watercolor #simulation #BigWetPixels #procedural #DebugView #algorithmic #NavierStokes

I'm midway through a (major, long overdue) overhaul of the fluid transport layer of my watercolor simulation. Made some good progress over the weekend. But more importantly: I made lots of new bugs. Glorious, unrepentant, face-eating bugs. I almost don't have the heart to squash them.

https://vimeo.com/cassidy/big-wet-pixels-10

#BigWetPixels #watercolor #simulation #DebugView #generative #algorithmic #procedural #NavierStokes

#BigWetPixels #watercolor #simulation #animated #GIF #procedural #algorithmic #KubelkaMunk

Continuing to explore the parameter space of this #watercolor #simulation. Enjoying the contrast between natural and artificial, accidental and planned. Really digging what's starting to happen with color. Finding bugs, fixing bugs, creating new bugs. This is getting close to the point where I'd use it to paint someone's portrait.

https://vimeo.com/cassidy/big-wet-pixels-9

#procedural #generative #genuary #BigWetPixels

Refinement, and wandering, and more refinement. Taking control, and losing it. Last night’s effort was less about pigment, and more about paper and water.

https://vimeo.com/cassidy/big-wet-pixels-8

#watercolor #simulation #procedural #algorithmic #genuary #BigWetPixels #realTime #NonPhotorealisticRendering

https://vimeo.com/cassidy/big-wet-pixels-7

Some refinements on the #ChuckClose homage, and then a left turn into something very different. The bugs in my code are a source of unending joy and frustration. Someday, maybe, I'll fix them, but where's the fun in that?

#watercolor #simulation #genuary #genuary2024 #procedural #RealTime #BigWetPixels

New today: exploring making each pixel smarter, with more thoughtful brushstroke planning. Starting to get excited about the shapes and textures that emerge. Also, interference pigments on dark paper. So many happy accidents. I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of this.

https://vimeo.com/cassidy/big-wet-pixels-6

#genuary #genuary4 #genuary2024 #watercolor #simulation #BigWetPixels

Continuing to explore grids of big wet pixels. Not quite an 8x8 grid, but 16x16 is pretty close...

#watercolor #simulation #genuary #genuary23 #genuary2024 #BigWetPixels
https://vimeo.com/cassidy/big-wet-pixels-4

#BigWetPixels

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