Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing

As someone that was not completely new to processing, but wanted to get more into generative art, this book was perfect.He goes over some basic concepts in a not too detailed, but detailed enough way to get you up and running. I don't think this book was meant to be a comprehensive guide to processing, but more to expose you to techniques and concepts within the world of generative art. And that it did. It's sparked many ideas that I now have and can't wait to explore. I'm confident that the concepts that I learned in this book will be transferable to whichever creative coding programming environment I choose to explore next, be it flash, cinder, javascript/HTML5/canvas, etc.Thanks Matt.

This book is the ideal approach to generative art. At the same time it is very inspiring also for people who already know about generative art. Not boring as tecnical manuals are though it is built as a step by step guide for the processing language. Recommended

I am a professional developer and I enjoy writing code, but at times the strict requirements, testing and strive for order and perfection can take some of the joy from creating something new. This book is great if you just want to play with code and see what happens when you embrace the weird side-effects that happen because of randomness, noise etc...I suspect that this book is a great way to get people who are afraid of coding into playing with computers and writing software - and it is enjoyable if you just want to learn new techniques for drawing abstract art with code.The book uses Processing which is not my favorite environment, but the concepts are simple enough and the writing is clear - and it was a non-issue to follow along in Javascript.

Lovely book! almost like new! Delivery was very quick.

I've read most of the books available on Processing, and Pearson's is unique in that it thoroughly covers the philosophical side of Genart, namely the struggle between chaos and order. Fantastic.

Nice to find a book like this. May become a collector's item, since art will go in this direction.

So, this book is ok, covers some really great things and has decent instruction for those who don't know all that much about processing. However the writing is kinda sloppy, and a bit too casual. I was really looking for a book that would teach me how to use processing for graphic design purposes not a book written that covers processing written by your cousin who knows a lot about computers. Like I said, not a bad book. Not a great book, but somewhere in the middle.

Without doubt an excellent book, but not for the complete beginner. The beginner will be confused with the lack of explanations as to why things are so and the code jumps to advanced syntax very quickly. As a beginner myself I'll put this on the shelf for a while and come back to it in a few months time.