Tim Rodenbröker

code preview for the upcoming course on developing design tools with p5.js 🛠️

Hey Creative Coders, 👋

I hope you are all doing good! As you know, i am currently working on the upcoming course on tools and today I want to share a code package with you and ask for feedback. You can open the files in any code-editor and play around with them. I recommend you to use 2024-06-28 14:04:51 +0000 UTC View Post

The p5.js Design Tools Directory 🔥

Hi Creative Coders, ✌️ 

I hope you are doing great! Last week I did not manage to finish this post, but now I can finally share it with you, that's why I am reaching out a bit later.

While preparing the new course on tool-development in p5.js, I needed more inspiration, and so I've ...

A p5.js starter template for the 128kb Challenge

Hey everyone, ✨

I hope you are doing great! I am back from vacation and I had an amazing time. It was so necessary to log out for a bit and now I feel energized again.

Today I want to share a starter template with you that you can use to develop visuals within the 128kb framework. If you h...

website maintainance until June 11th 🔨

Hi friends,

the website experiences some hickups right now. I have upgraded to a larger hosting-package with a more powerful server and these operations sometimes cause a bit of downtime. I am on it and it should be fine tomorrow at the latest.

Sending warm greets from Barcelona, ☀️

Tim

Omid Nemalhabib explores the intersection of Creative Coding and Perso-Arabic Typography

Hi everyone, ☀️

I hope you are doing great. Today, I’m sharing a story of inspiration and connection with you. The most rewarding moments in my work? It's when creative people with their unique backgrounds apply the knowledge from my courses to their work. In the past years, I have always been rea...

Let's collect examples for the upcoming course on building design tools!

Hey you! 🖖

I hope you had a nice week! I've started working on a new course called "Build a Design Tool with p5.js, HTML and CSS." Here's the intro text I wrote this week:

The new Challenges section is growing 🌱☀️

Hey Creative Coders, ☀️

I hope you are doing great! This week I have worked on the new Challenges section again. I have written texts and added new items to it. 

Before the Challenges sec...

Here's the brand new "Challenges"-section ✌️

Dear Creative Coders, 🌞

there’s one thing that I have learnt in almost six years of teaching Creative Coding in universities, giving workshops and meeting patrons: It’s hard to learn only by watching tutorial videos and online courses. The knowledge does not stick, it disapp...

The course teaser of "Random Compositions" is done. How do you like it?

Dear Creative Coders, ✌️

I hope you are doing great! I made it to produce the teaser for the "Random Compositons" course, now I am getting close to finish the production of the course. Of course I would love to hear how you like the teaser. So please leave a comment if you have any opinions about it...

New lesson: Random Compositions → Random Face Generator

Hey Creative Coders! ✌️

I hope you are all doing great! These days, (I am working on a project)  exploring the idea of  generative avatars that can have a wide range of personalities. Looking for sketches on this topic in my archive that match with that idea, I found something I have built...

New lesson in "Random Compositions": A simple way to animate Random Compositions 🆕

Hi there, me again!

There's a new lesson in "Random Compositions", I am happy to hear your opinions. I actually had a quite weird problem in the end, I kept it in the video and plan to post the resolution as a note to the le...

Massive Update on the 128kb Challenge 💾

Dear Creative Coders, 👋

I hope you are doing great! In this newsletter I want to inform you about the most recent developments for the 128kb challenge. But before I go into the details, I'd like to tell you a bit about the background and the idea of this platform.

In the last years, wh...

I've met Talia Cotton in Barcelona! Watch the full conversation

Hi Creative Coders! ✌️

I hope you are doing great so far! Right now, here in Barcelona, the OFFF Festival is happening. It's one of the really big design festivals in the world and thousands of people come from all places to attend and of course, to give talks workshops and so on. When I saw that Ta...

Courses update: "Vera Molnar Reconstructed" and "Shapes and Vectors"

Hi Creative Coders! 👋

I hope you are doing great! I finally made it to record and edit the teaser for my course VERA MOLNAR RECONSTRUCTED, a tribute to one of my favorite computer artists, @vera_molnar_official who passed away in ...

"Random Compositons": Three new lessons recorded this week 🔥

Hi Creative Coders! ✌️

I hope you are doing well! I'm spending a few last days in Germany with family and friends before heading back to Barcelona next week.

In the last few days I have made some progress in the development of my upcoming course "Random Compositions". I have recorded the follo...

New lesson in "Random Compositions": Positive-Negative (with Functional Programming) 💡

Hi Creative Coders, 👋

I hope you are doing well!

This week was really busy again, there were some family-related issues popping up here and I spontaneously traveled to Germany to spend some time with my relatives.

In the last days, I continued to work on my "2024-03-15 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

survey: x reasons (not) to learn to code (as a designer)

Dear Creative Coders, 👋

I hope you are doing well! It's been a few years now since https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/">Martin Lorenz and I first talked about our joint book project "Coding Systems". Admittedly, it's a pro...

Lena Weber on the process of creating a music visualizer for A. G. Cook

Dear Creative Coders, 

I am in the process of filling the Peripheral Projects category in the blog with case studies to show how creative coding can be used in graphic design projects. Today I'm sharing...

Curriculum Update February 2024

Hey there, 👋

I hope you are doing well! This week I'm sending you a curriculum update in which I give you an insight into my thoughts on the current status and planned further development of my courses. I would be very happy if you would let me know your thoughts in the comments. 

Have a fabulous weekend! ...

Creative Coders BCN / Back to the Future of the Internet / Anna Shams Ili

Hi Creative Coders!

I hope you are all doing well! Today I have a few exciting things to share with you.

Creative Coders BCN

Until today I did not share a lot about this project her...

My new blog “downgrade” is live 🌎

Hey folks, ☀️

I hope you are doing great!

You may have already read one or two of my essays that I have posted on my blog and maybe you even noticed that some of them are not really related to  Creative Coding...

Join the 128kb challenge! 🚀

Instagram, Twitter, TikTok… All the main platforms that technically  have the required features to connect emerging communies for Creative  Coding and can be visible beyond are… total crap. Flooded with ads and  bullshit content. I very often feel sad and trapped in this perverse  system. Is there an e...

Sign up for our "Coding Systems" Online Workshop on Feb 24th + 25th!

When I held Martin Lorenz’s new book in my hands and turned it onto its back, I was a little proud to see my  testemonial on it. It said: “This is the book that bridges the gap  between classic graphic design and coded design.“ The sentence made Martin and me wonder and inspired many intense discussions, becau...

Special Online Meetup - Discussing the "Low Tech Manifesto" (1999)

Hey Creative Coders, ☀️

I hope you are all doing good! 

Next  week on Thursday at 5pm CET I'll be hosting a special online event for patrons and students on the Discord server to discuss the "Low Tech Manifesto" of  the "Redundant Technology Initiative". It's a highly interestin...

Project showcase: "Ruder Processing Unit" by Kevin Koch

Dear Creative Coders, ✌️

I hope you are doing great!

In my teaching at universities and in workshops, I have met many very  enthusiastic and highly talented people who have delivered highly  impressive projects. Many of them have surpassed me in different areas.  Among these spe...

New on the Blog: A conversation with Lisa Apers

New on the website: An interview with UX designer Lisa Apers from Copenhagen, who utilizes Creative Coding as an expansion of her practice. 

https://timrodenbroeker.de/lisa-apers/ 

Enjoy your weekend!

Best,

Tim

Random Compositions with fluid Transitions

Hey Creative Coders! ☀️

Today want to share and discuss a few new lessons with you I developed in the last week. 

In this video I explain you what's new.

Here are the links: 

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Papon Punyahotra breathes life into Random Compositions

Dear Creative Coders, 👋

one of the first exercises I assign to my students in my seminars is called “Random Compositions”. Basically, it’s quite simple and could be formulated as a prompt like this: Develop a sketch using Processing or p5.js in which various shapes get randomly placed on the fo...

Happy New Year! / Random Compositions / Website Update

Dear Creative Coders, 👋

First of all, I would like to wish you all a successful and happy 2024 from the bottom of my heart! I took the opportunity to recharge my batteries and spend time with my closest friends and family. Now I'm looking forward to the new year with lots of energy and new ideas! 2024-01-05 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

A personal note and a brief outlook 👀 🎄

Dear Creative Coders,  👋

with this message I say goodbye for the Christmas vacation. The next time you hear from me will be on January 5th with a curriculum update. Until then, I wish you all a very good time! 

Warmest wishes, ☀️ 🎄

Tim