Marcin Ignac

Computational design, generative art and data visualization. Founder of @variable_io and co-creator of @nodes_io. Also on
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[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

How will the flower bloom in 2100?

We collaborated with artist Annelie Berner to create a generative web tool that visualizes how the Circaea Alpina flower might evolve in response to future climate conditions.

I've finally put together a v1 of full case study including info about data, algorithms, behind the scenes and whole look dev process. Video content to follow!
#variablenature

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@cinamarina Do a google search for transparent anything and you will find out that 90% websites show checkerboard pattern and ask you to login or buy to download proper transparent image. So yeah the training data.

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@hiloki How would it even work if codebase is not react? How would it detect components or styles?

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@edankwan @makio64 @nikitabier 300k views -> instant account demonetisation and rev share for last quarter

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@kiaran_ritchie How does one deliver 12GB of content without delivering 12GB of content? From my understanding engine is below 5% of AAA game size these days.

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@hybridherbst @googledrive From company whose submit button in Google Search AI mode sticks out of screen in mobile Safari... I guess that's what you get if you ship agentic code to production.

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@kakachiex @andreintg This is some sick UI! Custom framework or sth more standard?

[Simon Harris @SimonHarrisCo]

pathtraced in my software - sevro.
screenshot below

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@pau_wee_ This is so neat! Whose demo was that?

[Simon Harris @SimonHarrisCo]

I embedded an agent + API into my procedural modeller.

This was a 'log cabin' it made.
I'm honestly impressed - not a bad first attempt.

Prompt and output in the comments

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@SimonHarrisCo Videeeeoooo

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@superligious So much hype but no explanation why? Would you mind sharing what's in it for people like me who don't do react native?

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@superligious @SimonHarrisCo I almost cheered for Copperfield sounding very rusty 🦀 but then i realised copper does not rust because it's not iron. 🤔 Still a cool name.

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@stevelauda_ This is so lovely! What find are you using?

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

Lots of shared feelings and struggles here!

"Some of us still measure the work by what it felt like to make it."

"I’m not a fan of the current state of social media. They expect you to post every day, show your process, talk to the camera, engage with everyone. The stuff you create doesn’t even matter. I don’t want to post stuff with my face talking nonsense about my art just because algorithms like it."

[PeterTarka @PeterTarka]

https://t.co/T5SkgCdFrJ

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

UK Elections results are coming so a bit of archive refresh with this UK Election Map I did for @thetimes 16 years ago (!). https://t.co/GCDcTMEvTw
My first major dataviz project and one of the reasons why I'm UK.

Still doing dataviz these days but those where the prime years, and so much energy about what's possible.

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@SimonHarrisCo Don't get me started!

⬆️inspiration vs outcome ⬇️

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

Living surface. One of my favourite things i've ever made. Completely procedural with initial modelling together with @SimonHarrisCo in Houdini but then brought to life and simulated in WebGL. [2020]

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

This a bit exploded so here is another one.

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

Living surface. One of my favourite things i've ever made. Completely procedural with initial modelling together with @SimonHarrisCo in Houdini but then brought to life and simulated in WebGL. [2020]

[Simon Harris @SimonHarrisCo]

@marcinignac This was the Houdini render that inspired it, so much gold on that project

[Marcin Ignac @marcinignac]

@liamegan @SimonHarrisCo I'm a big fan! They are an unachievable perfection!