My conference project was making glitch art. I took patterns that I made in GIMP, then I put them into Java with the software, Processing. The first three images are the patterns that I made. The last pattern was already glitched inside of photoshop, then it was put into processing. The last three images are frames from the coded program. The code turned out just the way I wanted it to. Granted, I only have so much control over what the final product looks like because the code is semi-generative. But, I am completely happy with how my programs turned out! The colors all look great, and I like the way they change.
The thing I am not happy with in my project is how the frames saved. There is a lot of black that gets added into the images, which muddies the image and hides a lot of the detail. I am not exactly sure why it happens, but it makes the project look less like how I want it too.
A lot changed from when I started to what I ended up with. I experimented a lot with different ways the glitch could be created and how it affected the image. I made many small changes that either changed a lot in the way the code works or changed only a slight amount. I took the three versions that I liked the most out of everything and then made more changes to those. I added some coded patterns, which helped the code become less stagnant and change the color. The patterns I created were easy to come up with; they took a little bit of maneuvering to get right, but they weren’t too difficult to incorporate. The last glitch that I made (the last image) took a little more work to get the additional patterns included. I struggled getting colors that I liked to match the glitch. I wanted similar colors, but they either didn’t look quite right, or they didn’t stand out enough. In the same glitch, I originally had a different base pattern that got glitched, but I ended changing it to the final version because I thought it looked better and I liked the colors better.
I like how my work turned out overall. I think it suits my style as an artist, and I think that if I were to do the same project over again, I would end up with a similar project.
