Overview
- Learn about generative art and its creative process
- Understand how to use SVG and JavaScript libraries for creative coding and design
- Create interactive sketches, graphics animations using only the power of code
Part of the book series: Design Thinking (DESTH)
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About this book
This book introduces you to the exciting world of generative art and creative coding through the medium of JavaScript and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Using tried and trusted techniques, you’ll tackle core topics such as randomness and regularity, noise and naturalistic variance, shape and path creation, filter effects, animation, and interactivity.
In the process you’ll learn SvJs, a JavaScript library that closely mirrors the SVG spec and makes scripting SVG intuitive and enjoyable. You’ll also study the craft of generative art and its creative process, along with JavaScript fundamentals, using modern ES6+ syntax. Each chapter will build upon the previous one, and those completely new to programming will be given a primer to help them find their feet.
Generative Art with JavaScript and SVG will take you on a fun journey, peppered with plenty of sketches throughout, designed not only to explain, but to inspire.
You Will:
• Structure and randomise compositions.
• Understand the different types of randomness and their probability distributions.
• Create organic variance with the SvJs Noise module. • Apply SVG filter effects in a generative fashion.
• Explore different approaches to animating with SVG.
• Make your compositions dynamic and interactive.
WHO IS IT FOR:
Web developers and designers and creative coders with an interest in digital and generative art as well as artists who are interested in learning to code with JavaScript.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
​David Matthew is a web developer, designer and musician with over 11 years of industry experience who is passionate about generative art and web development, music visualization and in particular, SVG and the often untapped potential it offers.
David blogs on topics including JavaScript, CSS WordPress and creative coding and as a regular producer of generative art, he showcases his work on his Instagram page: instagram.com/davidmatthew_ie
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Generative Art with JavaScript and SVG
Book Subtitle: Utilizing Scalable Vector Graphics and Algorithms for Creative Coding and Design
Authors: David Matthew
Series Title: Design Thinking
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0086-3
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: David Matthew 2024
Softcover ISBN: 979-8-8688-0085-6Published: 23 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 979-8-8688-0086-3Published: 22 March 2024
Series ISSN: 2945-7793
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7807
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 257
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour
Topics: Web Development, Graphic Design, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics