Gallery: An Algorithm That Makes a Computer Paint Like a Human
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Kynd uses code to create paintings that mimic human techniques. *Image: Kynd*
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His Abstrakt series is an experiment in digitally painting with oils. *Image: Kynd*
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He was looking to create the visual effect of pulling oil paints over a canvas with a knife. *Image: Kynd*
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He also found a way to simulate painting with watercolors. *Image: Kynd*
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Here you can see how the code allows the digital pigments to work like actual watercolors, drying at varying speeds, which produces a blended effect. *Image: Kynd*
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Using openFrameworks, Kynd crafts lines of code that allow pigments to blend, fade and dry onto a digital canvas. *Image: Kynd*
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”If the goal was just to create beautiful images by code, the works don't need to look like traditional paintings,” Kynd says. *Image: Kynd*
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The goal is not to make a beautiful work of art, but rather to explore just how closely computers can mimic the human act of painting. *Image: Kynd*
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Though his process is extremely technical, the actual paintings have a distinctly human feel to them. *Image: Kynd*
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"An algorithm itself can be a piece of art," says Kynd. "An automatic doodling machine can be exhibited in a gallery or a museum as a piece of art. But even in this case, the credit is still given to the person who made it." *Image: Kynd*
