Last month, a couple of my colleagues decided to organize a workshop called creative coding. They mentioned it was both for persons with coding knowledge and without. And since I read the word creative, I signed up.
Days before the workshop, they gave us the link for the tool to be used which was Processing. Downloaded it, never looked at it again. I did not do any research beforehand, deciding upfront I would go in there unprepared.
On the day of the workshop, I had zero expectations. The initial presentation was short and precise, and when they showed us the possible results I thought Someone who did that probably can code. What am I doing here? I mean, I am more of the drawer, not the coder!
So when the time came for us to create our own masterpiece, I kind of lost interest. I knew what I wanted to do, but knew little about coding. I asked a developer for help, but the result was really not what I wanted. Time passed and I still had nothing. 15 minutes before the deadline I thought I only need some way to create random sized squares in random positions. So I opened excel, created fix columns for the square, created random ones for the position between 1 and 800. Pulled them down till I reached 1000+ lines, copied it over to the program, and ran it. The result was not bad.
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I was really happy with the result. I know it looks like any other artwork, but I made it. On my own. So just let me bathe in this self love, because that is what I am doing now.
BTW, I heard from the presenter of the workshop that what I did was one of the chosen artworks to be showcased at Highlight Delft Festival this February! I wish I could visit.
I am kind of honored, but at the same time ashamed of the code I made. An 8 year old can probably code better than me. 😅
Silke 