Intersecting Python, code and art

Here's an introduction to creative coding, with no experience required!

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1. Intersecting Python, code and art Sabrina Sims @sabrinacodes
2. About Me • Programmer • Artist • Avid Zine Fan/Maker
4. What is creative coding?
5. Creative coding has helped me relate to code better
6. Creative coding has introduced me to a whole new world of code
7. LA Tiny Tech Zine Fair 2019
8. More people should try creative coding and other artistic things
9. Problem-solving is a creative process
10. Experimenting with creativity could give you a different perspective
12. Making things is fun
13. There’s no one single way to be creative
14. Ways to be creative with code! • Tech Zines • Processing • PyGame • Raspberry Pis and Livecoding
15. Tech Zines
16. What’s a zine?
18. Zines are self-published works, usually handmade and low cost
19. They can be about anything!
20. Zines are special because they are tactile objects
21. What can tech zines be used for?
22. To share your love of a topic
23. To teach people about a difficult or complex concept
25. You can find Julia Evans’ tech zines at wizardzines.com
26. To give people advice about an experience
27. How do you make a zine?
28. Supplies you need: Paper, pen, stapler, scissors
29. How to make a zine • Decide on an idea • Pick a format • Plan your text • Create!
30. To decide on an idea, choose something you like and know well
31. How to make a zine • Decide on an idea • Pick a format • Plan your text • Create!
32. Zines have many different formats
33. Two basic formats: Mini zine and booklet zine
35. Things to consider when picking a format
37. Mini zine - bite-size but lacks space
39. Booklet - room for text and pictures but might be a lot to read
40. Consider Color vs Black and White
41. How to make a zine • Decide on an idea • Pick a format • Plan your text • Create!
42. Decide what info and images you want to include
43. Brainstorm!
44. Questions to ask yourself:
45. Who’s your audience?
46. What’s the main take-away?
47. Plan where you want the content to go in the zine
49. How to make a zine • Decide on an idea • Pick a format • Plan your text • Create!
50. When you make your zine, keep in mind it doesn’t have to be perfect
51. Processing
52. “Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts.” - Processing.org
53. Processing is an open source visual language based in Java.
54. Here’s an example of a sketch in Processing.
56. Here is the code I used to make it.
58. Processing has multiple Python modes
59. They are Processing.py and p5 (not to be confused with p5.js)
60. Processing.py: built-in mode made by the Processing Foundation
61. A comparison between default Processing and Processing.py
64. p5: library made with Processing’s API
65. Differences between p5 and regular Processing
66. You can run p5 in an Python IDE
67. Processing.py is run in Processing’s own IDE
68. How to get started with Processing
69. https://processing.org/t utorials/gettingstarted
70. Processing is approachable for beginners!
71. PyGame
72. PyGame is a library for Python used to make games
73. It's a way to make multimedia games using Python syntax
74. Here's an example of PyGame code
76. The most basic thing you can do in PyGame is move images on a surface
77. Moving images on a surface is called bliting
89. In PyGame you can have keyboard and mouse functionality
90. Here are some examples of games made in PyGame
94. Unbeatable
95. https://www.pygame.or g/wiki/GettingStarted
96. Raspberry Pis
97. Raspberry Pi 3 - Model B
98. Raspberry Pis are mini computers with many features
99. GPIO pins connect the Raspberry Pi to hardware components
100. Touchscreen Display
101. Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT
102. Python can be used to run programs on the Raspberry Pi
103. One art project you can make with RPis and Python is generative art
107. http://projects.raspberry pi.org/en/projects/mode rn-art
108. You can run Processing on a Raspberry Pi
109. There’s so many things you can do on a Raspberry Pi!
110. Livecoding
111. Livecoding is a performance where people edit code in real time
112. https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=K6mdrD-e0 p8 Source: Association for Computing Machinery
113. There are many livecoding languages and libraries
114. Sonic Pi is a program that’s approachable for new livecoders
116. https://sonic-pi.net/ tutorial.html
117. https://github.com/ toplap/awesome-liv ecoding
118. Most cities should have a livecoding meetup or group
119. Key word to search for events: Algorave
120. Go out there and try new things!
121. Sources: https://processing.org/ https://pypi.org/project/p5/ https://www.pygame.org/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/ https://projects.raspberrypi.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6mdrD -e0p8/
122. More Sources: https://wizardzines.com/zines/oh-shit-git/ https://tyleryin.co/Tiny-Tech-Zines https://github.com/ahmed4end/unbeatabl e-tic-tac-toe-with-GUI-pygame https://pastebin.com/qitLVDVR https://github.com/toplap/awesome-liveco ding