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Simon Alexander-Adams

Simon Alexander-Adams Multimedia Artist / Interaction Designer / Musician
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Pen Plotters and TouchDesigner

August 16, 2021 in Articles

Working with pen plotters in TouchDesigner, along with a review of the iDraw Metal A4 Pen Plotter.

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Creating Generative Visuals with Complex Systems

September 09, 2020
Creating Generative Visuals with Complex Systems

Workshop on complex systems from the 2019 TouchDesigner Summit. This includes both cellular automata and reaction diffusion systems.

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Variable Line Width in TouchDesigner

March 17, 2020 in tutorials

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial looks at how to create variable line width using the Line Material.

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Tags: generative art, touchdesigner, line mat, noise
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Looping Noise Part 2: Infinite Tunnel Zoom

July 23, 2019 in tutorials

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial uses 1D looping noise for the purpose of creating infinite tunnel zooms.

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Tags: instancing, loops, noise, generative art
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Looping Noise Part 1: Ending at the Beginning

June 15, 2019 in tutorials

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial explores a method for looping noise for the purpose of creating looping animations.

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Tags: generative art, noise, touchdesigner, processing, loops
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Instancing Geometry in TouchDesigner

May 30, 2019 in tutorials

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial covers instancing with the Geometry COMP, a technique that lets you copy one piece of geometry many times in an efficient way. To accomplish this we go through various methods for generating and manipulating CHOP data to represent position, rotation and color values.

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Tags: touchdesigner, generative art, instancing
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Noise Displacement in TouchDesigner

May 12, 2019 in tutorials

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial covers using the Noise TOP to generate vertex displacement effects within the Phong MAT. It also touches on how to create a render network from scratch, recoloring with the Lookup TOP, and adding post-render shading with the SSAO TOP.

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Tags: touchdesigner, noise, displacement, phong
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Developing a Daily Practice: Generative Art in TouchDesigner

April 28, 2019 in Articles

In this post I share my thoughts on my first year of creating daily generative art in TouchDesigner, and provide insight into how you can start your own routine of daily sketching, and why it could be beneficial to your own creative practice.

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Tags: generative art, daily practice, everydays, touchdesigner
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