Digital art, generative visuals, music, and creative codinghttps://www.quad-damage.com/https://www.quad-damage.com/sunday-roast-mixes/https://www.quad-damage.com/sunday-roast-mixes/The music producing journey continues, and I have teamed up with my partner Dispas to start a new series of mixes. For the first issue, we have opted...Fri, 17 May 2024 16:57:36 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/harmless-figments/https://www.quad-damage.com/harmless-figments/Hello World again, greetings from Geneva! That's where the turmoils of life have cast me for the time being, to make a living in the corporate world...Thu, 09 May 2024 08:31:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/just-pulled-a-string/https://www.quad-damage.com/just-pulled-a-string/It's been over 9 months now, since my last creation and commit onto these pages. It is traditionally enough time for a gestation in the human realm,...Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:12:26 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/transcendo/https://www.quad-damage.com/transcendo/No times on my hands, but still an urge to get creative, every now and then.Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:00:35 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/home-and-centre/https://www.quad-damage.com/home-and-centre/alTHOugh we tried hard to imagiNe a life of our OwN,Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:47:58 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/thank-you-for-nothing/https://www.quad-damage.com/thank-you-for-nothing/The state of mind? ... Hazy, to say the least.Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:48:00 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/strange-at-traktor/https://www.quad-damage.com/strange-at-traktor/And another 6 months go by ... like that ... with a snap of your fingers! In my last post, I was rejoicing about a great audio setup in my new Sydney...Sun, 22 May 2022 22:10:24 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/let-the-music-play/https://www.quad-damage.com/let-the-music-play/It has been another very long break for Quad Damage, courtesy of Covid-19. Life has been packed as a result, but surprisingly rich and fun at the same...Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:13:44 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/komplete-kontrol/https://www.quad-damage.com/komplete-kontrol/Today's a blessed day: The Komplete Kontrol was finally delivered, after some mishaps with Fedex. And it is ... big! I went for the full piano size 88...Sat, 18 Jul 2020 06:33:54 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/going-audio/https://www.quad-damage.com/going-audio/Quad Damage has been a visual blog for the last 5 years or so, and it's been an elating journey, no regrets. However, it's been going through a drought...Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:47:39 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-hive/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-hive/Man! Seriously, it sounds pretty swag, this career I drive:Sun, 15 Sep 2019 08:20:36 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-void/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-void/They'll say the sun is dyingTue, 20 Aug 2019 13:42:22 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-theorem-of-everything/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-theorem-of-everything/Techniques: Magic Music Visualisations, Interactive Shaders, Final Cut Pro, PixelmatorMon, 19 Aug 2019 06:06:06 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/back-to-uni/https://www.quad-damage.com/back-to-uni/There will be a time, and a day you might curseMon, 10 Jun 2019 07:59:30 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/instaquad/https://www.quad-damage.com/instaquad/"Foggy morning, finally getting into the spirit of the season!Fri, 24 May 2019 21:49:43 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/le-voyage/https://www.quad-damage.com/le-voyage/Ô Mort, vieux capitaine, il est temps! levons l'ancre!Sat, 27 Apr 2019 22:33:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/bittersweet-seventeen/https://www.quad-damage.com/bittersweet-seventeen/The Friday night charades of youth,Sat, 27 Apr 2019 05:05:51 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/entangoed/https://www.quad-damage.com/entangoed/They march before me, filled with light divineFri, 19 Apr 2019 07:00:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-call-of-gaia/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-call-of-gaia/The mindset is exploratory, inquisitive, archeological ...Sat, 13 Apr 2019 05:22:48 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-fearless-and-the-fabulous/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-fearless-and-the-fabulous/The hour is past midnight, when reality turns nebulous.Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:14:31 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/why-dark-matters/https://www.quad-damage.com/why-dark-matters/Is something really rotten in the kingdom of Denmark?Sat, 09 Feb 2019 05:51:50 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/oh-man-the-expanse/https://www.quad-damage.com/oh-man-the-expanse/Oman! A land of raw elements, of rare goods, and heroes bygone.Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:32:32 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/sin-city/https://www.quad-damage.com/sin-city/Where the lights are brightSat, 17 Nov 2018 23:11:50 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/one-night-in-kangaluna/https://www.quad-damage.com/one-night-in-kangaluna/A craggy face in the dark, the voice of a Kahuna?Sat, 17 Nov 2018 03:35:12 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/bad-moon/https://www.quad-damage.com/bad-moon/Mate, can't really explain this sad mood.Sun, 04 Nov 2018 05:19:24 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-language-of-the-heart/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-language-of-the-heart/You see, I keep thinking that what we need is a new language,Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:44:28 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/now-or-never/https://www.quad-damage.com/now-or-never/A dream gone too far, that reason won't allow.Wed, 25 Apr 2018 01:18:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/night-run/https://www.quad-damage.com/night-run/My mind grows agitated, as the destination is getting nearer. Darkness falls upon the road. Shit, wish I could see clearer! Shivering and clutched, I...Sat, 14 Apr 2018 14:00:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/asynchronous/https://www.quad-damage.com/asynchronous/Techniques: Processing, Final Cut Pro, PixelmatorSat, 07 Apr 2018 09:45:43 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/branded/https://www.quad-damage.com/branded/Why are these eyes disenchanted? What makes you look that withdrawn? Is there a feeling you are stranded, And have to think as commanded?   Endure, the...Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:47:17 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/turbine-womb/https://www.quad-damage.com/turbine-womb/Rejoice, people of Earth, and be brave!Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:56:22 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/as-above/https://www.quad-damage.com/as-above/It only takes the morning sight of a dove ...Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:56:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-birth-of-gaia/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-birth-of-gaia/They say there are forgotten tales,Sat, 03 Feb 2018 02:34:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-minor-on-my-neurones/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-minor-on-my-neurones/A new year turns on the waltz of the seasons.Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:50:55 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/to-the-fallen-ones/https://www.quad-damage.com/to-the-fallen-ones/Techniques: Mandelbulber 2, Fx Photo Studio ProMon, 13 Nov 2017 11:47:52 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-san-miguel-katastrophe/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-san-miguel-katastrophe/Techniques: Chaotica, FX Photostudio Pro, Project Milk Syphon, Sound Spectrum Aeon, Pixelmator, Final Cut ProSat, 11 Nov 2017 22:21:18 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/qdysseus002/https://www.quad-damage.com/qdysseus002/Beginnings are very delicate times. And as a debuting hobbyist in digital art, my initial inspiration was found in the capabilities of the software...Sun, 08 Oct 2017 00:07:20 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/tabernaqle/https://www.quad-damage.com/tabernaqle/To give to every one according to his work.Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:26:06 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/qdysseus001/https://www.quad-damage.com/qdysseus001/Techniques: PhotoPresenter 4, CrazyTalk 8, Final Cut ProSat, 30 Sep 2017 22:00:31 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/quest-for-a-mantra/https://www.quad-damage.com/quest-for-a-mantra/The Quest for a Mantra: 131,582 anagrams found!Sat, 30 Sep 2017 05:44:09 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/hands-of-the-healer/https://www.quad-damage.com/hands-of-the-healer/As our time flows by, there's a sense it gets leaner.Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:25:20 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-hearth-of-the-sun/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-hearth-of-the-sun/Traveller... why are you flying around the sun?Sun, 03 Sep 2017 09:32:38 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-padovan-count/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-padovan-count/What am I supposed to do, the day I hit Forty-Nine?Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:24:14 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-butterflhayz/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-butterflhayz/A familiar dream shattered by a silent yell.Sun, 06 Aug 2017 07:38:59 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/comms-on-a-tear/https://www.quad-damage.com/comms-on-a-tear/Sometimes people are torn apart, and projected miles away from each other.Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:09:16 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/polyfurnication/https://www.quad-damage.com/polyfurnication/The beating of a million drums, The fire of a million guns, The mother of a million sons, Civilization!Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:32:07 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/zigzags-on-higgs-eggs/https://www.quad-damage.com/zigzags-on-higgs-eggs/Lost my balance, there's a disturbance in the Yin Yang.Mon, 17 Apr 2017 08:22:12 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/enneada/https://www.quad-damage.com/enneada/One, caught a glimpse in the corner of my eye.Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:07:27 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-icknield-way/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-icknield-way/It's doing my head in, sends my brain to curls.Sat, 08 Apr 2017 02:20:07 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/moonshine/https://www.quad-damage.com/moonshine/That again, with no warning sign ...Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:49:16 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/tesseraction/https://www.quad-damage.com/tesseraction/Techniques: Processing P5, CoGe VJ, Magic Music Visualisation, Pixelmator, GLSL SandboxSun, 12 Mar 2017 00:34:50 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-whole-lotta-woman/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-whole-lotta-woman/You could say she's got it allSat, 11 Mar 2017 05:03:23 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/i-mr-sad-rag/https://www.quad-damage.com/i-mr-sad-rag/Techniques: Processing, Magic Music Visualisation, Pixelmator, FX Photo Studio Pro, GLSL SanboxSat, 04 Mar 2017 00:57:57 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/nemometrics/https://www.quad-damage.com/nemometrics/The darkest folds of the cosmos,Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:02:37 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/rings-a-world/https://www.quad-damage.com/rings-a-world/Larry Niven, author of The RingworldSun, 05 Feb 2017 04:24:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/in-the-dragons-wake/https://www.quad-damage.com/in-the-dragons-wake/Techniques: Vision of Chaos, Magic, CoGe VJ, ProjectMilkSyphon, PixelmatorSat, 04 Feb 2017 02:16:45 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-heist/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-heist/I went to Cybertown the other day, took a ride on the fractal rail with the faint hope to meet some Julias. There was a grid lock though, and it seems...Fri, 03 Feb 2017 09:17:48 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/chromotorised/https://www.quad-damage.com/chromotorised/There's a particular emotion triggered by this visualisation, something along the lines of the making of a universe, just a fraction of second after the...Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:08:49 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-big-splash/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-big-splash/The fateful outcome of a mere hull crash,Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:27:32 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/hny17/https://www.quad-damage.com/hny17/Note that it took about 2,017,000,000 points to generate this beautiful firework like flame, using an iterated function system based on Scott Draves'...Sun, 01 Jan 2017 05:17:09 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/hot-stuff/https://www.quad-damage.com/hot-stuff/They say 2016 will be the hottest year on records.Fri, 30 Dec 2016 01:06:23 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/%E7%A7%91%E9%87%8C%E5%A5%A7%E5%88%A9/https://www.quad-damage.com/%E7%A7%91%E9%87%8C%E5%A5%A7%E5%88%A9/Que ce soit dit sans préjudice:Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:58:48 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/finaleppo/https://www.quad-damage.com/finaleppo/Aleppo has entered what hopefully will be the last days of a battle which has been going on for way too long. A real civilian bloodbath, scientifically...Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:27:08 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/bluluru/https://www.quad-damage.com/bluluru/Techniques: Vision of Chaos, Pixplant, PixelmatorThu, 08 Dec 2016 20:09:46 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-great-turning-away/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-great-turning-away/What a crowd this morning inside the local abbey:Sun, 04 Dec 2016 07:22:10 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/jaca-random/https://www.quad-damage.com/jaca-random/It's this time of the year again, and Jacarandas are blooming everywhere, turning Sydney into a velvet carpet of green and blue.Sat, 05 Nov 2016 03:06:23 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/terrorschach-with-doctor-who/https://www.quad-damage.com/terrorschach-with-doctor-who/“The universe is big. It’s vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.” —...Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:31:15 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/thats-show-bees/https://www.quad-damage.com/thats-show-bees/"When you look into a bee, The bee also looks into you."Sat, 01 Oct 2016 06:07:11 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/half-pi-before-doomsday/https://www.quad-damage.com/half-pi-before-doomsday/Techniques: Processing, CoGe, Fragmentarium, Pixelmator, Final Cut ProMon, 26 Sep 2016 08:10:30 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/out-of-the-muck/https://www.quad-damage.com/out-of-the-muck/In some bland primeval soup, you sit like a duck.Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:25:44 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-whole-ball-of-wax/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-whole-ball-of-wax/We want it all, right here, right now, the whole matter. All the elements, the entire affair, the whole shabang. Bring it on, all the way, let's run the...Sat, 10 Sep 2016 09:07:38 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/like-an-urchin/https://www.quad-damage.com/like-an-urchin/Like an urchin (A free variation of Madonna's iconic tune)Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:41:52 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-chess-mass/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-chess-mass/Today is the day I commit opus #64, and I can't avoid linking this number to another of my passions, which takes place on a 64 cells board: Chess!Sat, 03 Sep 2016 01:20:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/turtles-all-the-way-down/https://www.quad-damage.com/turtles-all-the-way-down/There is this new hype, wide-spreading in town,Sun, 28 Aug 2016 04:46:53 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/qubizm/https://www.quad-damage.com/qubizm/Felt like diving again in the world of fractals this morning, probably hoping to hear echoes and experience soothing reminiscences of my own fragmented...Sat, 27 Aug 2016 05:27:18 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/arquadoid/https://www.quad-damage.com/arquadoid/A graphic wink at an old classic of gaming arcades, back in the early 80s: Arkanoid!Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:05:46 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/out-of-the-orbinary/https://www.quad-damage.com/out-of-the-orbinary/A scream in the night, what is the matter? Eyes rolling hectically, chasing the imaginary, It startles you, the dull electronic chatter. Nary a doubt:...Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:01:23 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/acid-fl/https://www.quad-damage.com/acid-fl/I am just back from a trip to Europe, going through my home country, France. Once again it's been struck by blind terror, particularly in Nice, but also...Sun, 31 Jul 2016 02:29:16 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/back-to-square-i/https://www.quad-damage.com/back-to-square-i/How many scrolls should we read?Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:04:37 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-rove-by-farbrausch/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-rove-by-farbrausch/This morning I stumble upon another masterpiece from the legendary demoscene group Farbrausch.Sun, 12 Jun 2016 22:13:46 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/hoped-in/https://www.quad-damage.com/hoped-in/This clip is dedicated to all personnels out there Working for charities and bringing relief to the needy In times of disaster, war or oppression. May...Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:22:49 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/shot-dawn-in-flames/https://www.quad-damage.com/shot-dawn-in-flames/Peace. From sleep to life there's a realm of silence.Sat, 11 Jun 2016 07:26:41 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/in-the-heart-of-the-night/https://www.quad-damage.com/in-the-heart-of-the-night/Once upon a time, I had a friend, disappeared too young. He would have been 49 on 26/05. I post this in fond memory of him.Sat, 28 May 2016 11:50:31 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/retinal-explosion/https://www.quad-damage.com/retinal-explosion/It's been a wet year in Australia, and the bush has grown up like crazy, leading the rural fire services authorities to trigger some preventive back...Sat, 21 May 2016 05:12:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/bummer-i-think-i-spawned/https://www.quad-damage.com/bummer-i-think-i-spawned/“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”Sun, 15 May 2016 09:16:11 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/down-the-mandelbulb-with-giger/https://www.quad-damage.com/down-the-mandelbulb-with-giger/While toying with this piece of software, I could not help thinking about Giger, H.R. Giger, the artist behind the fascinating aesthetics of Alien.Sun, 08 May 2016 02:35:36 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/spaghetti-code-for-nodebox/https://www.quad-damage.com/spaghetti-code-for-nodebox/I have discovered NodeBox a few weeks ago now, while looking for other node based programming and animation tools, and I never really spend the minimum...Sat, 07 May 2016 06:54:11 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/may-the-psychedelic-4th/https://www.quad-damage.com/may-the-psychedelic-4th/This week we had a Star Wars day: May the 4th!Fri, 06 May 2016 21:18:14 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-big-hairy-idea/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-big-hairy-idea/Fall is upon us in Sydney, and as I am back from an evening NRL game, I can't believe we still have 22 degrees Celsius in the streets, on a 30th of...Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:08:14 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/watching-things-drop-down/https://www.quad-damage.com/watching-things-drop-down/Blue mountains! Just spent the week-end watching things drop down ... essentially leaves, as the season goes in this lovely region of NSW. But there...Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:20 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/waxing-mooning-flying-foxes-and-further-gibberish/https://www.quad-damage.com/waxing-mooning-flying-foxes-and-further-gibberish/Another moon cycle is about to close. 99.3% complete according to the ubiquitous and all-knowing matrix.Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:01:51 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/press-on-preston/https://www.quad-damage.com/press-on-preston/Another low pressures Sunday, and here we are strolling in Sydney's CBD, our feet randomly taking us to a cozy breakfast place in the basement of the...Sun, 17 Apr 2016 09:41:25 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/mantichokala/https://www.quad-damage.com/mantichokala/Morning brain yoga, and there's nothing like a Mantichokala to stretch your eyes and neural networks!Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:43:32 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/is-there-anybody-out-there/https://www.quad-damage.com/is-there-anybody-out-there/I have been thinking about the singularity for a long time now: This time in Human history when we will spawn a sentient intelligence, either...Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:01:11 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/41-43-wait-where-is-42/https://www.quad-damage.com/41-43-wait-where-is-42/Milestone achieved: 41 artworks printed in A3 format and gathered in my first book. It's been an exciting 9 months journey since June last year. An...Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:18:40 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/aman-aplan-acat-acanal/https://www.quad-damage.com/aman-aplan-acat-acanal/#43: A man, a plan, a cat, a canal: Panama!Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:38:22 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-ghost-of-blaise/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-ghost-of-blaise/"All human evil comes from a single cause: Man's inability to sit still in a room."Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:44:11 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/panimating-by-the-fireplace/https://www.quad-damage.com/panimating-by-the-fireplace/I have made a point to choose a rather boring and naive subject, and my thunder ended up on the "winter by the fireplace" theme. How innocent and...Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:52:55 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/before-the-storm/https://www.quad-damage.com/before-the-storm/Just random day dreaming, flocking birds in a scorched summer sky over a field of sunflowers.Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:01:00 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-glass-of-whine/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-glass-of-whine/It's a rainy night in Sydney, and I am craving for a glass of rain wine, that the Easter fast forbids. You have to give up on something, and get some...Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:26:36 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/psychocat/https://www.quad-damage.com/psychocat/Hey! Silky, come over here ... Kitty kitty! I'll give you a stroke, you'll give me a scratch. How graceful your pose, it suffers no match, Shall we get...Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:40:05 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/mazaika/https://www.quad-damage.com/mazaika/That's simply the name of a nifty little software I found back in 2009 to pull together a picture we were required to produce for the school art fete....Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:50:06 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/inspiration-tsevis/https://www.quad-damage.com/inspiration-tsevis/Charis Tsevis, for Womankind issue #7Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:17:28 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-new-friend-request/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-new-friend-request/Sometimes you visualise it so clearly in your mind,that you just have to execute, and it spawns on screen.Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:04:37 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/angerosity/https://www.quad-damage.com/angerosity/Hey you! Despicable hitmen, pathetic warmongers! Dumb alienated lowlives, excuse my curiosity: Which sort of despair ... or weird kind of hunger Made...Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:17:03 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/how-to-grow-a-brain/https://www.quad-damage.com/how-to-grow-a-brain/Mathematics are amazingly essential, and beautiful. They are everywhere in Nature, and bring to existence things of exquisite delicacy for our sense. I...Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:52:55 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/connecting-the-dots/https://www.quad-damage.com/connecting-the-dots/That was one of the stories Steve Jobs told the students of Stanford, in his commencement speech in 2005, some 11 years ago now. Actually the first...Wed, 16 Mar 2016 08:37:17 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/what-the-fudge/https://www.quad-damage.com/what-the-fudge/Seasonal, with Easter around the corner. I could never resist chocolate rabbits, especially if their are filled with fresh creamy vanilla and chestnut...Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:42:58 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/southern-sun/https://www.quad-damage.com/southern-sun/And your love is all aroundSun, 13 Mar 2016 05:25:18 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/burning-love/https://www.quad-damage.com/burning-love/Come with me love, I'll show you a place where it is done.Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:52:32 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/valensolo/https://www.quad-damage.com/valensolo/" Il suffit d'un bouquet de lavande pour qu'il vous soit parlé, et en un langage d'une étrange densité, de ces libertés essentielles qui sont le charme...Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:51:10 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/deep-sheet/https://www.quad-damage.com/deep-sheet/This is on! Computer 2 - Man 0 Another milestone achievement for AI just began in Seoul, with Google's Deepmind Alphago challenging 9th dan world...Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:48:07 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/eye-in-the-sky/https://www.quad-damage.com/eye-in-the-sky/A veil of darkness is falling on my day, My body all weariness, my mind total emptiness. Lost on a lonely mental road, I send out a "Mayday!" No...Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:36:51 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/la-casa-azul/https://www.quad-damage.com/la-casa-azul/From a lonely room, far from the world, in quiet Coyoacan,Sat, 05 Mar 2016 21:54:33 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/dogging-the-dots/https://www.quad-damage.com/dogging-the-dots/Special request from my girl: "Dad, if you don't like walking the dog, at least, you could dot it?"Sat, 05 Mar 2016 07:21:57 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/week-end-at-sea/https://www.quad-damage.com/week-end-at-sea/This was one of my early Vuo composition, to discover the amazing capabilities of this platform to deliver Quartz-powered 3d animations.Fri, 04 Mar 2016 21:17:32 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-fabric-of-the-cosmos/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-fabric-of-the-cosmos/According to modern physics, and if to believe in particular string theorists and quantum gravity enthusiasts, our universe spans across multiple...Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:13:50 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-law-of-the-land/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-law-of-the-land/The quest for advanced digital brushes continues, and along the way I find this rather basic outline tracer, which surprises me by its versatility and...Sun, 28 Feb 2016 09:20:32 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-big-blue-boids/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-big-blue-boids/As I am currently researching on Delaunay Triangulation and Bezier Curves based tracing, I pulled back from a drawer this very nice library for...Sat, 27 Feb 2016 22:06:06 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/revelation-1313/https://www.quad-damage.com/revelation-1313/Revelation 13 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:47:43 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/in-eschers-eye/https://www.quad-damage.com/in-eschers-eye/On God's secret service, unveiling the majesty of nature, You play a tiresome game, with a view to a chill, As you strive to express things beautiful...Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:41:23 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/tgif-this-gif-is-fantastic/https://www.quad-damage.com/tgif-this-gif-is-fantastic/First steps with a new toy: Gif Loop CoderFri, 26 Feb 2016 10:26:46 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/prayer-to-st-mandelbrot/https://www.quad-damage.com/prayer-to-st-mandelbrot/Our father of new mathematical heavens, hollow are your sets. Your equations be resolved, on computers as they are in Nature. Give us every day your lot...Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:16:38 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/rebus/https://www.quad-damage.com/rebus/Tribute to Jacques Poirier today, a French master of trompe-l'oeil whose paintings never cease to amaze me. Here is a selection of his work, courtesy of...Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:19:05 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/close-encounter-of-the-quad-kind/https://www.quad-damage.com/close-encounter-of-the-quad-kind/Crawling and walking, jumping and running,Sun, 14 Feb 2016 01:27:02 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/quarto/https://www.quad-damage.com/quarto/That was the name of a game invented by a Swiss mathematician in the early 90'sTue, 02 Feb 2016 10:39:50 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-quad-attractor/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-quad-attractor/First baby steps with Three.js.Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:28:40 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-light-cone/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-light-cone/The pencil scratches gentle words,Sun, 31 Jan 2016 02:51:41 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/leap-sticks/https://www.quad-damage.com/leap-sticks/Still yawning, I check my early morning mail notifications, to discover a patch update for Vuo: Version 1.2.1 is out and I decide to give it a quick...Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:08:58 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/expected-fallout/https://www.quad-damage.com/expected-fallout/Fallout 4 hit the shelves before XMas and I can't wait to have a crack at it on my brand new PS4. Incidentally and from a technical perspective, it...Wed, 27 Jan 2016 06:40:20 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/shrouded/https://www.quad-damage.com/shrouded/The challenge today was to play with Processing's 3D capabilities, so I started to generate some random cubes. Eventually, I ended up using a base image...Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:42:40 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/voxel-edges-in-200-lines/https://www.quad-damage.com/voxel-edges-in-200-lines/Very impressed by this slick implementation of edge detection in 3D for voxels, all done as a shader in GLSL with just over 200 lines of code. A...Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:56:11 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/an-alien-heat/https://www.quad-damage.com/an-alien-heat/"What new trouble are we going into?Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:25:44 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-construct/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-construct/The Matrix first appeared on screens in 1999, 17 years ago, can you believe it?Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:52:31 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/getting-into-the-pen/https://www.quad-damage.com/getting-into-the-pen/I have been looking for some time for the best way to embed Processing/P5 based animations into the bloody Wordpress ... and finally stumbled upon...Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:38:35 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-aussie-warp/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-aussie-warp/Believe it or not, it's possible to travel from Tuscany to the Outback, and from Florence to Uluru in nearly no time, and in as little as four legs, at...Sat, 23 Jan 2016 09:37:34 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-tuscaleidream/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-tuscaleidream/I had a dream last night... of Tuscany.Sat, 23 Jan 2016 07:37:35 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/galaxy-crunch-for-breakfast/https://www.quad-damage.com/galaxy-crunch-for-breakfast/Have you ever considered throwing galaxies in a black hole for breakfast, crushing a few moons on Jupiter, or simply flying through the solar system for...Sun, 17 Jan 2016 05:08:47 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/back-to-dinosaurs-island-in-vr/https://www.quad-damage.com/back-to-dinosaurs-island-in-vr/An impressive technical demo of the CRYENGINE. Which leads me to think that we are getting closer to the end of rendered 3D, with such real time...Sun, 17 Jan 2016 02:29:15 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C/https://www.quad-damage.com/%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C/(Russian for: "It was not a nebula!")Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:08:51 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/mesmerised-by-a-fuzzball/https://www.quad-damage.com/mesmerised-by-a-fuzzball/From the deep heart of galaxies,Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:28:40 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/sketchy-thoughts-bleeding-color/https://www.quad-damage.com/sketchy-thoughts-bleeding-color/Sketchy thoughts on a Saturday afternoon, Bleeding colour on a pixel canvas ... Feels like throwing a full spoon Of white powder in a clown's face....Sat, 16 Jan 2016 04:27:20 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-walk-on-burrewarra-head/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-walk-on-burrewarra-head/Back from a short vacation on the south coast of NSW, I had pretty images dancing in my mind about a short walk I did in Guerilla Bay, and fond memories...Sat, 16 Jan 2016 01:39:23 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/unreal-to-be-free/https://www.quad-damage.com/unreal-to-be-free/Looking at what real time 3D engines can offer these days, it gets quite jaws dropping. Next generation engines comme with unprecedented levels of...Sun, 13 Dec 2015 08:12:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/20-years-of-demoscene-by-onslaught/https://www.quad-damage.com/20-years-of-demoscene-by-onslaught/The demoscene is an international computer art subculture that specialises in producing demos: small, self-contained computer programs that produce...Tue, 08 Dec 2015 08:19:53 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/sub-zero-heat/https://www.quad-damage.com/sub-zero-heat/Sunday fun on some cool Beatport tune (Pow Pow by RG). And also first baby steps with Quartz Composer, using live audio feed as a trigger to spawn...Tue, 08 Dec 2015 07:46:26 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/tribute-to-the-free-culture/https://www.quad-damage.com/tribute-to-the-free-culture/In Paris, this now comes down to one word: BATACLAN We'll never give up on our freedom and our equalities!Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:25:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-french-motto/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-french-motto/The French motto goes this way: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite !Sun, 15 Nov 2015 06:22:06 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/praying-for-paris/https://www.quad-damage.com/praying-for-paris/Read the Book today and then toyed with a mouse for a humble digital tribute.Sun, 15 Nov 2015 02:02:26 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/the-seed/https://www.quad-damage.com/the-seed/SEED, a free flight project through the creative brainstorm of german agency Aixsponza. Technical exercise leveraging Cinema4D R17 nez features. A very...Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:18:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/lost-in-the-voronoi/https://www.quad-damage.com/lost-in-the-voronoi/When Georgy Feodosevich Voronoy worked on continuous fractions in the end of the XIXth century, he was far to imagine what sort of beauty and...Sat, 27 Jun 2015 05:54:05 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/first-steps-in-rd/https://www.quad-damage.com/first-steps-in-rd/It's all about research ... and a bit about development. When the two efforts come together, they form the well known acronym R&D.Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:22:36 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/moonwalker/https://www.quad-damage.com/moonwalker/Some fun with dots, pointillizing the rich hours of Mankind.Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:58:09 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/introducing-the-boids-01/https://www.quad-damage.com/introducing-the-boids-01/Boids is an artificial life program, developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986, which simulates the flocking behaviour of birds. His paper on this topic was...Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:34:56 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/tribute-to-roland-3/https://www.quad-damage.com/tribute-to-roland-3/This year, the competition has been disturbed quite often by the rain. When that happens, one could choose to stand on the field with an umbrella, and...Mon, 08 Jun 2015 01:35:35 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-tribute-to-roland-2-p5js/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-tribute-to-roland-2-p5js/Attempting to add more fun with P5.JS. Bets viewed in Chrome to get the background sound playing nicely. Click anywhere to stop or play and flash the...Sun, 07 Jun 2015 08:31:17 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/a-tribute-to-roland/https://www.quad-damage.com/a-tribute-to-roland/More fun with arrays, on Roland Garros clay fields.Sat, 06 Jun 2015 09:42:22 GMThttps://www.quad-damage.com/hello-world/https://www.quad-damage.com/hello-world/Always amazing to see what sort of playful and visually attractive experience you can spark with just a few lines of code! Starting a series here titled...Sun, 31 May 2015 11:39:21 GMT