Why?
I have never thought of myself as an artist. In elementary school, I was taken off group art projects because I had terrible coloring skills. I never could draw or sketch or do anything that seemed artistic.
When my brother was taking art, I wanted to try. I was inspired by the abstract art of Piet Mondrian. To make it easier, I tried making a similar geometric design using tape to mask parts of the canvas. Even that was terrible, as I am just too messy and impatient.
In college, we had to paint our pledge paddles. Knowing I was not great at painting, I sought inspiration by Jackson Pollock. My splashed on paddle actually ended up looking pretty good, but some folks did not like it since it looked like I just splashed paint on the wood.
In my daily life, the most artistic experience I get is playing with Powerpoint for making technical presentations. Recently, I put together a kids book on behavior (Scout and Lout) using just Powerpoint. It was nothing special but I also think it turned out fairly well.
My wife recently bought a vinyl cutter. This opened my eyes to making something artistic. I could use my Powerpoint skill to design and create images that would then be cut into vinyl. Again, not exactly high art but it offered a way to be slightly artistic.
I may be able to do a few things in Powerpoint, but I really can make computers do things. It is like a puzzle to make the computer code do what you want. Plus, this could be a way to introduce new coders to something interesting. I had used Scratch for a variety of coding projects, and some were artistic. Scratch is a great way to introduce folks to coding, but it is limited in some ways. One great thing about Scratch is the community and the ability
Finally, I spend an afternoon with my wife at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on a cold February day in 2018. I saw some modern works that I realized could be emulated with a few lines of code. So I went home and wrote a few lines...
When my brother was taking art, I wanted to try. I was inspired by the abstract art of Piet Mondrian. To make it easier, I tried making a similar geometric design using tape to mask parts of the canvas. Even that was terrible, as I am just too messy and impatient.
In college, we had to paint our pledge paddles. Knowing I was not great at painting, I sought inspiration by Jackson Pollock. My splashed on paddle actually ended up looking pretty good, but some folks did not like it since it looked like I just splashed paint on the wood.
In my daily life, the most artistic experience I get is playing with Powerpoint for making technical presentations. Recently, I put together a kids book on behavior (Scout and Lout) using just Powerpoint. It was nothing special but I also think it turned out fairly well.
My wife recently bought a vinyl cutter. This opened my eyes to making something artistic. I could use my Powerpoint skill to design and create images that would then be cut into vinyl. Again, not exactly high art but it offered a way to be slightly artistic.
I may be able to do a few things in Powerpoint, but I really can make computers do things. It is like a puzzle to make the computer code do what you want. Plus, this could be a way to introduce new coders to something interesting. I had used Scratch for a variety of coding projects, and some were artistic. Scratch is a great way to introduce folks to coding, but it is limited in some ways. One great thing about Scratch is the community and the ability
Finally, I spend an afternoon with my wife at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on a cold February day in 2018. I saw some modern works that I realized could be emulated with a few lines of code. So I went home and wrote a few lines...
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