Robert Hodgin
roberthodgin.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Robert Hodgin is a graphics programmer and artist, known as flight404, who makes generative art and visual simulations, and co-authored Cinder.
What HN saysHN commenters link his demos, such as the cymatic ferrofluid and Cinder-based space simulator, and note his work on the iTunes Magnetosphere visualizer.
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- 1Meander: a procedural system for generating maps of rivers that never existed3 people · 281 points · first shared 2020 · 23 comments on HN
- 2Robert Hodgin's (flight404) amazing Cinder demos from Eyeo 20122 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Experiments with 3D meshes from the Google Maps API2 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 4Look Up: 100 Year Starship Screensaver1 people · 38 points · first shared 2013 · 7 comments on HN
- 5Stippling1 people · 9 points · first shared 2013 · 4 comments on HN
- 6Taxi, Taxi digital installation of realtime NYC taxis1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 7Rendering the Earth via OpenGL1 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 8Realtime simulation of aquatic feeding frenzies1 people · 1 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 9Cymatic ferrofluid1 people · first shared 2011
- 10Oculus rift gravity1 people · first shared 2014
- 11Homepage1 people · first shared 2010
- 12Magnetosphere itunes visualizer1 people · first shared 2013
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gregschlom · 2011-11-07
Amazing demo form one of Cinder's co-authors: http://roberthodgin.com/cymatic-ferrofluid/
He says that he started with Processing, so I'm guessing that at some point he felt limited by the performance he could get out of it.
lwhi · 2010-12-11
Art and code are definitely compatible, and there is certainly a market for digitally curated / created art.
If you want to create art, spend time exploring and educating yourself. Learn what you like, what you find interesting and what you feel is worth exploring.
There are quite a few people who seem to be making money in these fields, via commissioned works - one that spring to mind is Robert Hodgin [1]/[2].
There are also galleries which specialise in 'digital art'. I know of one in particular in Berlin [3].
There are blogs which cover digital and emerging forms of art. [4] [5]
I've only just scratched the surface .. there's a LOT that's definitely worth exploring.
[1] http://www.flight404.com/
[2] http://roberthodgin.com/
[3] http://dam-berlin.de/
[4] http://www.vvork.com/
[5] http://we-make-money-not-art.com/
1rae · 2014-05-07
I don't know why you would want to use javascript... have a look at this cinder space simulator, it supports oculus and should be easy to convert the cinder app to a screensaver - not to sure about a moving desktop background. http://roberthodgin.com/oculus-rift-gravity/
po · 2013-03-13
Just for some context here, Robert Hodgin is a graphics programmer/artist who does really cool work under the name fight404. You've seen his work as magnetosphere which is now the default iTunes visualizer.
http://roberthodgin.com/magnetosphere-itunes-visualizer/