Sketchy Vision of the Project

Somewhat a vision of what I want. As the user is a blob let it be covered by a symbolic shape with varying colors dependent on the size of, or the distance of the blob to the camera. Then the Trail itself is the dependent on the colors to control it's size in thickness. The peaks it reaches should display the creative emotion of the user.

Kinect Media Tail Test

Doodles on Project

Sketches done while offscreen.

Testing the KinectDraw3D of Memo Akten, changed the color of the line to white and figured out how to change the style of the brush, but since it's using GL it's limited to those styles. Currently TRIANGLES, TRIANGLE_STRIP, POLYGON looks the best. Trying to figure out how to change the width by movement.

Testing with Children, there was only one kid there. Though it seems she's not as young to be blissfully moving around. Holding the kinect upward to let it seem to follow her trail was most active of the child. Will post video later.

Kinect OF example

Research Drawing Machines

Desmond Paul Henry. He made drawin machines out of old analogue computers used in World War II. These computers contained: gyros, motors, gears, and a telescope. Henry modified the machine to draw line drawings which were "complex, abstract, asymmetrical, curvilinear, repetititive"(1960s) Fractal mathematics and techonology.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/desmondpaulhenry/

Jason Thielke. drawings have a sort of mechanical quality, the lines are captivating like the one below, the blue lines make up an interesting statement. Construction lines that are not construction lines. It be interesting to draw on top of already existing drawings or of the people, while the movements of either the wind or the circulation creates an additive effect like the ones below.

http://vectroave.com/2010/12/jason-thielke-illustrations/

Playing around, no ideas, doodle, doodle

Inclined for drawing machines, either just wind, or human circulation. Drawing,Doodling with Al.chemy and Mr. Doob's Harmony.

Choose

Choosing between, finding a generative sequence for the Kinect to detect and draw or scripting my own drawing style. Both seems that I may need to look into scripting, which I am eager to learn. But within a short time? The dilemma. Well, as long as I solve one problem, it'll be fine. Except the first option I would need to tinker with either openCV or tuioKinect on WINDOWS, which means I would have to install other "things" and bump around all over. The second option I would need to tinker around with existing scripting for drawing applications such as Alchemy or Harmony, which means I would have to understand the script within its own language and/or try to translate into a different computer language or learn the language its on.

I need to come up with something inbetween. I need to come up with a concept first. Let's see I'm interested in drawings, words, paper, typography, generative, chiptune... A generative movement. Decay, Coins moving. Paper ripping. Space creation through the ripping of a paper in a slow process, or throwing of paper. A snow globe. Pages turning, Still all wind. Movement of shadows. Movement of glares, Movements of Temperature and Time. would be a graph.... enough doodling back to sleep.

We love Alchemy. Playing around with alchemy. If only it can create such generative graphic with the Kinect sensor. Listing the drawing machines' input: Human Eye movement when watching a painting and drawing that; human sound and playing them back; using drawings of patented inventions (finding them by words); sounds of its own motors and surroundings in a circle; drawing of self with the aid of a computer that is tracking you; coop between human and machine; just pedaling into a geometric form. just adding power or the locomotiveness; sonar sensor array drawing sound waves; growth rendering machine - drawing growth of a plant every 24 hrs; following black line create sound.

Drawing something that one can not see or grasp. Drawing/ tracking a movement, a sound, a line drawing. Tracking a line and drawing it. What type of line? What type of? What type? What? ? Words? tracking words, and its movements in space.?

Video for Alchemy Drawing Style Test

Video for Alchemy Drawing Style Test.

Graphic Styles for Alchemy

Trying out different graphical styles for alchemy. All seem interesting, but there's something missing. The fourth one creates a nice animation while doing it, but it's too heavy to use with FAAST.