Coding Art: A Guide to Unlocking Your Creativity with the Processing Language and p5.js in Four Simple Steps

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M. Funk, Y. ZhangCoding ArtDesign Thinkinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9780-3_2

2. Idea to Visuals

Mathias Funk¹   and Yu Zhang¹

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Eindhoven, The Netherlands

 

In this first part of the book, we will go through four process steps and show for each step how coding becomes a meaningful part of our creative process. In step 1, idea to visuals, we take a bottom-up approach and start directly with visuals and code. Our entry point to this approach is to use code directly from the ideation stage of the creative process. More specifically, instead of making mood boards, sketching, writing, searching the web, or talking to experts, we suggest that you just start ...