This reel is a demonstration of what can be done with the latest math/drawing/physics/utility code library from toxiclibs, which is made to work with the popular graphical programming language Processing. Creating art with code is becoming easier to achieve, while producing more advanced results. This is largely due to the open source coding community’s spirit of sharing code libraries and snippets.

I’d like to share some of my favorite code-based artists – people who are pushing boundaries and creating beautiful art, often with nothing but the code they’ve written.

• Toxi – The creator of toxiclibs, and well-known amongst the graphical programming elite. He’s helped push the Processing community forward for years, and you can see some of his old work here. He’s recently created an agency to commercialize his creative techniques.
• Flight404 – Probably one of the best-known code artists, he’s made a name for himself with his beautiful and intense audio-reactive music videos. His Flickr page is nice too, and the newer versions of iTunes have his code running as the default “iTunes Visualizer”.
• Dave Bollinger – A respected member of the Processing community, he creates beautiful static imagery and animations from his code. I highly recommend browsing his Flickr stream – I’ve lost hours staring at his works.
• Jared Tarbell – Another brilliant coder who’s been around for years, constantly creating stunning new generative art. You can run many of his programs from his site, and watch his code draw intense and pretty pictures.
• Movax – A good friend of mine, and another member of the elite Processing community. His audio-reactive visuals have been taken on tour by the Black Eyed Peas and Plaid, and have been used in live situations with Amon Tobin, Mochipet and a number of electronic artists (including myself).

These guys are my inspiration when it comes to generative and audio-reactive code, but they’re just some of the names at the top of the game. If this type of art strikes your fancy, check out the links in this post and dig deeper.

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