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Coding Creativity on the Canvas

For everyone from absolute beginner to absolute professional — Let’s get you coding in this very first paragraph! Type or paste the code below into a simple Online Editor and press TEST to make a draggable circle! You can do it, it is just one or two clicks and you are coding. …

Coding

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Published in CryptoStars

·Jan 18

What is FXHash for Generative NFTs?

Art is evolving — and we were born to witness it. Art on the computer has been around since… computers. Generative Art is a popular subset where calculations are used to draw shapes, write words, make sounds and more. …

Nft

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Published in CryptoStars

·Dec 30, 2021

Confused about NFTs?

There is confusion about NFTs and why people pay money for them. Here are concise answer to the following questions: What is an NFT? Why would someone pay for an NFT that anyone can see and download? What advantages do NFTs provide? WHAT IS AN NFT? An NFT (non-fungible token) is a proof of…

Nft

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Published in Level Up Coding

·Aug 12, 2021

Making Interactive NFTs

Tutorial from start to finish! Background — What Are NFTs? NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token which means that ownership of something such as digital art can be stored on the blockchain and can not be altered. The art can be sold and re-sold for cryptocurrency and a percentage of each sale goes to the creator…

Nft

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Published in JavaScript in Plain English

·Jul 29, 2021

An Invite for Generative Art Makers and Interactive Artists

Beyond Processing / p5.js — We would like to invite you to make art tools and apps. This is a win-win situation where you empower others to make art and still make art yourself. Before replying, I already do this! Please read on… I am sure that you have made (or seen) digital art where…

Java Script

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An Invite for Generative Art Makers and Interactive Artists

Jan 7, 2021

The Philosophy of Nodism

Hierarchy revisited in this age of Object Oriented Programming Welcome readers from ◎ Your Guide to the Mechanics of Creativity NODISM Nodism is a philosophy born from Object Oriented Programming but accessible to all. …

Nodism

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Published in Level Up Coding

·Oct 2, 2020

Converting or Porting Adobe Flash and Animate Apps to HTML 5 Canvas with CreateJS and ZIM

As Adobe discontinues support for the Flash plugin — In December 2020, Adobe will officially stop supporting the Flash plugin. Adobe Animate (formerly Adobe Flash) exports to HTML 5 as CreateJS. CreateJS is a JavaScript library built for the HTML Canvas. ZIM is a JavaScript framework that adds conveniences, components and controls to CreateJS. …

Adobe Animate

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Converting or Porting Adobe Flash and Animate Apps to HTML 5 Canvas with CreateJS and ZIM

Oct 2, 2020

Relevance in Creativity

Welcome readers from ◎ Your Guide to the Mechanics of Creativity Creating with Combinations (Composition)

Creativity

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Oct 1, 2020

Content in Creativity

Welcome readers from ◎ Your Guide to the Mechanics of Creativity Context Our first foray into creativity was quite the ride! We went from dresser drawers and bullets to DNA and consciousness! All this and more as we explored the terms of the Creativity Framework with respect to hierarchy including CONTEXT…

Creativity

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Sep 10, 2020

Inventor Dan Zen

and The Dan Zen Museum —

Dan Zen

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