I’ve recently started working with the incredibly talented Adam Morse to learn more about computational design and generative art. Turns out, I have a bit of a knack for it - that or Adam is a very kind and encouraging mentor. Maybe both can be true? Either way, I know enough to know I have so much to learn.

After a few months of biweekly(ish) 15 minute(ish) working sessions with Adam, he’s encouraged me to keep expanding my skills in a more public way, turning my biweekly exercises into a challenge to create 100 computational designs in 100 days.

Some guidelines:

Make a new thing every day
Share the thing, even if it’s not quite there
Progress > Perfection
If it becomes a chore, take a break

Transparently, the designs are going to be pretty primitive, at least to start. And the challenge will likely turn into 72 designs in 100 days, or 100 designs 211 days, or some variation in between as I find balance between learning a new skill and mental stability during self isolation during a global pandemic. But! I do think a challenge is a great way to keep up my practice while cataloguing and sharing my progress with anyone out there who’s interested (at this point, likely just my mom, my partner, and Adam - but that’s fine company to be in).

Speaking of fine company, I’m super inspired (and also super daunted) by the work of the folks below, who have me stoked about the possibilities of this new-to-me medium. Hoping to dig more into how they do what they do, and discover more generative artists, as I clearly have a lot to learn.

Thanks for joining me for the next 100(ish) days!

Generative SVG Plot, Adam Morse // mrmrs.cc

Side Effects Inclue\d, Tyler Hobbs // tylerxhobbs.com

Colour-Wander, Matt DesLauriers // mattdesl.com

100x100 Computational Design Challenge

The Beginning