The dynamic pictures found in our screensavers are great examples
of the generative art taken to the next level.
Since the early days of computer history, software developers have
tried to "teach" computers to generate poetry, images, music and
other forms of art. None of the previous attempts have been really
successful. Majority of the work in this area was done by the
programmers, not the professional artists, and hence many of those
efforts can hardly be called art. Also, for a long time personal
computers haven't been powerful enough to automatically generate
images in real-time that would rival the conventional paintings.
The technology used in our screensavers has been developed by San
Base - an artist at heart, with a great passion for both the
programming and visual arts. Basing his work on techniques used in
conventional paintings, he has been able to translate brush strokes
into algorithms that can precisely convey his original design of a
digital painting. Each picture starts with an idea described in a
precise mathematical way that governs the shape, color as well as
many other parameters of the generated image. This algorithm
represents a "DNA" of the picture. Just like a DNA of a living
organism, with a slight mutation, the image algorithm can produce an
infinite number of unique paintings. Yet, each of those distinct
images will follow the style and concept of the original
painting.
After a great deal of effort that goes into devising algorithms
or formulas of a picture, an artist relies on powerful computers to
generate images and mutate them over time. Many of the modern CPUs
are still not powerful enough to generate these images in real-time
and only the latest developments in programmable video cards (GPUs)
have made this technology possible. Instead of using video cards for
rendering 3D images like video games do, our screensavers tap into
the video card's raw compute power. Painting algorithms, translated
into shaders - programs used by GPUs - painstakingly construct
painting pixel by pixel at any desired resolution with an
unprecedented level of details. Because of this, the application of
our technology is much wider than just screensavers running at
desktop resolution. We are able to produce 80-100 Mpixel paintings
for printing or the real canvas. Please visit San Base
gallery if would like to acquire any of our unique
paintings on the canvas.
Our technology, dubbed "art of the 21st century" by many
professional painters, starts a new trend in visual arts and design.
We welcome you to the 21st century!
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