Okay, so, “radiant feldspar dream ticker” – sounds fancy, right? But what the heck is it? Well, I had this crazy idea to make a… thing. A digital art piece, I guess? I wanted something that felt like a dreamy, constantly shifting landscape, but also had this rhythmic, ticking element to it. Like a clock, but, you know, artistic.
First, I doodled some ideas on paper. Just messy sketches, trying to figure out what “radiant feldspar” even looks like. I imagined shimmering, crystalline structures, kinda like those geodes you see in rock shops, but glowing with inner light.
Then, I fired up Processing. It’s this neat little coding environment that’s perfect for visual stuff. I’m no coding whiz, but I know enough to bash things together until they work (most of the time).
The Building Blocks
- Shapes: Started with basic shapes – circles, rectangles, triangles. I played around with different sizes and arrangements, trying to create that “feldspar” feel.
- Colors: Lots of gradients! I wanted the colors to shift and blend smoothly, like light refracting through crystals. I spent ages tweaking the color palettes.
- Movement: This is where the “ticker” part comes in. I used a simple timer to make elements pulse and change at regular intervals. It’s not a literal clock, but it gives that sense of rhythm.
- Randomness: I threw in some random functions to make things less predictable. The sizes, positions, and colors of the shapes change slightly with each tick, creating a constantly evolving landscape.
I messed with the code, I messed and messed, and added different noise functions to create more organic, flowing patterns. Imagine ripples in water, or clouds drifting across the sky – that kind of thing.
It became an interative project.
After many hours of trial and error (and a few moments of wanting to throw my laptop out the window), I finally got something I liked. It’s not perfect, but it captures that dreamy, ticking, crystalline vibe I was going for.
It’s hard to describe in words, really. It’s one of those things you have to see. I made the colors shift and pulse, the shapes morph and rearrange themselves, all in time with this subtle, underlying “tick.” It’s like watching a dream unfold, one sparkling fragment at a time.
So, yeah, that’s my “radiant feldspar dream ticker.” A weird, personal project that kept me busy and entertained. And hey, maybe it’ll inspire someone else to create their own weird, personal thing. That’s the beauty of making stuff, right? You never know where it’ll lead.
