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Jeffrey Melton — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:33:41 +0000

I have started a repository for clippings that I find interesting, inspiring or whatever. Check it out.

Digital collage, untitled.

Jeffrey Melton — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:41:16 +0000

Being (less) Digital

2010: A New Hope

Jeffrey Melton — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:22:34 +0000

A new year brings a bounty of hope—for new attitudes, new projects, new directions. In the past year, my intentions were to play more live shows and focus on finishing select tracks to my satisfaction. Mission accomplished.

Rather than make predictions or resolutions, here are some of the things on my plate and/or on the horizon for the year ahead (not all related to this site, FWIW): taking delivery of a blinky, new monome grayscale 64; composing generative pieces using Nodal, Ableton Suite 8 and Max for Live; finishing up a new EP for commercial release; posting more free podcast mixes; turning my generative sketches into fully interactive works; selling original prints and artwork; reading J.G. Ballard‘s complete works and making a dent in my reading list; devoting more time to my Geometry Studio, Sympathy for the Robots and The Silent Stars projects; developing some ideas into a viable, sustainable business; brewing some homemade beer; eating fresh, local cuisine; staying more plugged in and chilled out. Opa!

Workshop it

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:03:18 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about the creative work I come across, whether in person or online. I’m a big fan of the critique and can lend a critical eye/ear/voice most of the time. I think it’s important to judge a work on its own terms, in a variety of relevant contexts in order to offer constructive tips on how to make something better or more effective. With that, I’ve formulated the following breakdown:

50% of all work is sub-par or unremarkable, i.e. upholding the status quo.
45% of the remainder tends to exist for shallow issues only, i.e. as decoration, current fashion or surface styling only.
5% is great and to be appreciated and recommended.

YMMV.

Processing: sketch_june09_comp_Screen1

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:30:21 +0000

Here is another recent sketch in Processing. This screen version is the basis for a short run print and painting series I’m working on. View sketch_june09_comp_Screen1.

Processing: sketch_april28_comp_Screen1

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:31:58 +0000

Here’s another recent sketch in Processing. This one has decidedly more visual complexity, with additional shapes and some white hatch lines for erosion. FWIW, I think it looks better at 1280×960 resolution. View sketch_april28_comp_Screen1.

Processing: sketch_march23_comp_Screen

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:45:35 +0000

I have been creating some new sketches in Processing. This sketch combines basic lines, bezier curves and triangles in a number of different ways. It’s still procedural code (running in a linear loop, as oppossed to object oriented, which I haven’t had time to explore), so I slowed down the frameRate() to be more viewable. Not every frame is a winner, but some are keepers, at least in my book. You can download the source code and uncomment the saveFrames() function to render the images to your computer. View sketch_march23_comp_Screen. More stills are in my Processing set on Flickr.

Book bytes

Jeffrey Melton — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:51:57 +0000

I had some time over the holidays to do a lot of reading, mostly short stories and graphic novels. Here’s a list of recommendations:

Pretty Monsters: Stories – terrific contemporary fantasy and modern fairy tales, by Kelly Link
The Best of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet – collected shorts from the underground contemporary fantasy zine, edited by Kelly Link
Ice Haven – each character is fixated on someone else, by Daniel Clowes
Dream Country (The Sandman, Vol. 3), Season of Mists (The Sandman, Vol. 4) – more about the King of Dreams, by Neil Gaiman
Shortcomings – longing and confusion, by Adrian Tomine
Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 – great action and espionage series, by Greg Rucka
I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets! – vintage cosmic weirdness, by Fletcher Hanks
The Best American Comics 2007 – another great collection, this one edited by Chris Ware
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth – the seminal work, by Chris Ware

Processing: sketch_2007_12_11a

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:18:22 +0000

I’ve always enjoyed these patterns, so I decided to generate them. Someday I’ll be savvy enough to make it interactive. For your consideration: sketch_2007_12_11a

Woe, Cinema!

Jeffrey Melton — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:37:19 +0000

RIP Michelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman.

Built with Processing image set on Flickr

Jeffrey Melton — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:01:01 +0000

I have created a Built with Processing image set on Flickr to collect some of the more interesting sketches.