Hey Creative Coders, 👋
I hope you are all doing good! As you know, i am currently working on the upcoming course on tools and today I want to share a code package with you and ask for feedback. You can open the files in any code-editor and play around with them. I recommend you to use 2024-06-28 14:04:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Creative Coders, ✌️
I hope you are doing great! Last week I did not manage to finish this post, but now I can finally share it with you, that's why I am reaching out a bit later.
While preparing the new course on tool-development in p5.js, I needed more inspiration, and so I've asked you a few week...
2024-06-24 20:32:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, ✨
I hope you are doing great! I am back from vacation and I had an amazing time. It was so necessary to log out for a bit and now I feel energized again.
Today I want to share a starter template with you that you can use to develop visuals within the 128kb framework. If you have not heard of it:...
2024-06-14 14:21:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi friends,
the website experiences some hickups right now. I have upgraded to a larger hosting-package with a more powerful server and these operations sometimes cause a bit of downtime. I am on it and it should be fine tomorrow at the latest.
Sending warm greets from Barcelona, ☀️
Tim
2024-06-10 09:36:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, ☀️
I hope you are doing great. Today, I’m sharing a story of inspiration and connection with you. The most rewarding moments in my work? It's when creative people with their unique backgrounds apply the knowledge from my courses to their work. In the past years, I have always been really grateful to hear...
2024-05-24 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey you! 🖖
I hope you had a nice week! I've started working on a new course called "Build a Design Tool with p5.js, HTML and CSS." Here's the intro text I wrote this week:
Up to this poi...
2024-05-17 14:01:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Creative Coders, ☀️
I hope you are doing great! This week I have worked on the new Challenges section again. I have written texts and added new items to it.
Before the Challenges section existed, it was...
2024-05-10 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Creative Coders, 🌞
there’s one thing that I have learnt in almost six years of teaching Creative Coding in universities, giving workshops and meeting patrons: It’s hard to learn only by watching tutorial videos and online courses. The knowledge does not stick, it disappears after a short p...
2024-05-03 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDear Creative Coders, ✌️
I hope you are doing great! I made it to produce the teaser for the "Random Compositons" course, now I am getting close to finish the production of the course. Of course I would love to hear how you like the teaser. So please leave a comment if you have any opinions about it. Regarding the deve...
2024-04-26 14:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Creative Coders! ✌️
I hope you are all doing great! These days, (I am working on a project) exploring the idea of generative avatars that can have a wide range of personalities. Looking for sketches on this topic in my archive that match with that idea, I found something I have built a couple of years a...
2024-04-19 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, me again!
There's a new lesson in "Random Compositions", I am happy to hear your opinions. I actually had a quite weird problem in the end, I kept it in the video and plan to post the resolution as a note to the lesson. So if you have...
2024-04-12 15:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Creative Coders, 👋
I hope you are doing great! In this newsletter I want to inform you about the most recent developments for the 128kb challenge. But before I go into the details, I'd like to tell you a bit about the background and the idea of this platform.
In the last years, while building trcc, I...
2024-04-12 15:08:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Creative Coders! ✌️
I hope you are doing great so far! Right now, here in Barcelona, the OFFF Festival is happening. It's one of the really big design festivals in the world and thousands of people come from all places to attend and of course, to give talks workshops and so on. When I saw that Talia Cotton is going ...
2024-04-05 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi Creative Coders! 👋
I hope you are doing great! I finally made it to record and edit the teaser for my course VERA MOLNAR RECONSTRUCTED, a tribute to one of my favorite computer artists, @vera_molnar_official who passed away in 2023.
The co...
Hi Creative Coders! ✌️
I hope you are doing well! I'm spending a few last days in Germany with family and friends before heading back to Barcelona next week.
In the last few days I have made some progress in the development of my upcoming course "Random Compositions". I have recorded the following three lessons.<...
2024-03-22 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Creative Coders, 👋
I hope you are doing well!
This week was really busy again, there were some family-related issues popping up here and I spontaneously traveled to Germany to spend some time with my relatives.
In the last days, I continued to work on my "2024-03-15 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Creative Coders, 👋
I hope you are doing well! It's been a few years now since https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/">Martin Lorenz and I first talked about our joint book project "Coding Systems". Admittedly, it's a process that has taken ...
2024-03-08 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Creative Coders,
I am in the process of filling the Peripheral Projects category in the blog with case studies to show how creative coding can be used in graphic design projects. Today I'm sharing an exciting p...
2024-03-01 15:32:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey there, 👋
I hope you are doing well! This week I'm sending you a curriculum update in which I give you an insight into my thoughts on the current status and planned further development of my courses. I would be very happy if you would let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Have a fabulous weekend! ☀️
Tim
2024-02-23 16:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Creative Coders!
I hope you are all doing well! Today I have a few exciting things to share with you.
Creative Coders BCN
Until today I did not share a lot about this project here on my Patreon, but...
2024-02-16 22:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, ☀️
I hope you are doing great!
You may have already read one or two of my essays that I have posted on my blog and maybe you even noticed that some of them are not really related to Creative Coding, which is ultimatel...
2024-02-10 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Instagram, Twitter, TikTok… All the main platforms that technically have the required features to connect emerging communies for Creative Coding and can be visible beyond are… total crap. Flooded with ads and bullshit content. I very often feel sad and trapped in this perverse system. Is there an easy way out? No. But...
2024-02-09 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
When I held Martin Lorenz’s new book in my hands and turned it onto its back, I was a little proud to see my testemonial on it. It said: “This is the book that bridges the gap between classic graphic design and coded design.“ The sentence made Martin and me wonder and inspired many intense discussions, because it touches ...
2024-02-08 17:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostHey Creative Coders, ☀️
I hope you are all doing good!
Next week on Thursday at 5pm CET I'll be hosting a special online event for patrons and students on the Discord server to discuss the "Low Tech Manifesto" of the "Redundant Technology Initiative". It's a highly interesting and probably contr...
2024-02-02 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Creative Coders, ✌️
I hope you are doing great!
In my teaching at universities and in workshops, I have met many very enthusiastic and highly talented people who have delivered highly impressive projects. Many of them have surpassed me in different areas. Among these special students, Kevin...
2024-01-26 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
New on the website: An interview with UX designer Lisa Apers from Copenhagen, who utilizes Creative Coding as an expansion of her practice.
https://timrodenbroeker.de/lisa-apers/
Enjoy your weekend!
Best,
Tim
2024-01-20 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey Creative Coders! ☀️
Today want to share and discuss a few new lessons with you I developed in the last week.
In this video I explain you what's new.
Here are the links:
Dear Creative Coders, 👋
one of the first exercises I assign to my students in my seminars is called “Random Compositions”. Basically, it’s quite simple and could be formulated as a prompt like this: Develop a sketch using Processing or p5.js in which various shapes get randomly placed on the format. The resul...
2024-01-12 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, I would like to wish you all a successful and happy 2024 from the bottom of my heart! I took the opportunity to recharge my batteries and spend time with my closest friends and family. Now I'm looking forward to the new year with lots of energy and new ideas!
Dear Creative Coders, 👋
with this message I say goodbye for the Christmas vacation. The next time you hear from me will be on January 5th with a curriculum update. Until then, I wish you all a very good time!
Warmest wishes, ☀️ 🎄
Tim
2023-12-15 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post