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Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by adyer07 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:29AM (#22066056)
Thanks for reading! I’m particularly interested in hearing how a technical audience responds to art like this. Did it resonate for you?
Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by undershirt on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:42AM (#22075551)
The first one looks like pictures of my eye taken after my doctor scans it with a light (I suppose that's just an angiogram you mentioned later). Those rasters were my favorite, and I love the artful clarity of complexity you achieved. I came away appreciating emergence a bit more. Interesting how the complexity resisted the contrivance during attempts to press it into shapes! (subscribed to your newsletter)
Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by adyer07 on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:55AM (#22075703)
Thank you! I do wonder why the resemblance to veins is so strong. There must be something interesting and emergent going on there, too.
Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by reroute1 on Friday January 17, 2020 @12:09PM (#22076596)
That's exactly what I was thinking! Blood vessels and capillaries. Cool project.
Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by zadkey on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:07PM (#22067759)
I most resonated with the "Objects in a git object tree, graphed by ants."

This felt very real or close to real for me.

Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by adyer07 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:39PM (#22068067)
Yeah, I still feel like there's a lot unexplored there. Abstract code visualization seems like it would be an interesting project in its own right.
Re:Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algo... by jgon on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:03PM (#22067724)
I really enjoyed it and it motivated me to explore some of these techniques in my own projects!