presentation outline

intro (8 min)

tristan, with taylor to cover select slides / his bio?

1. introduce presenters
2. very brief intro to- and definition of generative art
3. a super-scant, subjective history of the development of the field
   (that's too broad to review fully, hence just our experience of it)
4. very brief into to processing, and brief overview of python-processing tools
5. discuss n.f.t (fxape, showing source code) and plotter examples
6. resources (for this presentation and the tools we cover)

part #1: py5 (8 min)

tristan

1. opening thonny and installing py5mode
2. generating an fxape (like, stick-man-style version) starting with 01_module_mode.py
3. converting that code to 02_imported_mode.py
4. converting that code to 03_static_mode.py
5. show off advanced example 04_digital_aquatics.py
6. converting fxape to 05_plot.py, then to 06_multicolor_plot.py

part #2: bpy (10 min)

taylor

1. very brief intro to what blender is and what bpy does
2. inspirational work (https://gfycat.com/@selonus)
3. brief overview of the blender console and scripting workspace using 01_bpy_intro.py
4. coding an animated fxapes using 02_wavy_apes.py
5. shifting that code to an external editor using 03_external_editor.py (thonny?)
6. using that code to plot 04_plot.py

questions (4 min)

invite attendees to ask tristan & taylor questions

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