For a long time I have been inspired by the work of Joshua Davis (click here to visit his site). He uses Adobe Flash Actionscript mixed with elements he spots in his environment which essentially make up the ‘brushes’ of his mechanical machines that eventually draw awe-inspiring art.

My example is by no means a comparison of his work however I was intrigued by the idea of creating a flash application that could essentially ‘draw’ an image placed in front of it. In my example Adobe Flash will ‘draw’ or ‘praint’ an image of Albert Einstein based on a set of rather dull oblong brushes I have equipped it with. The longer you leave the flash to run the more detailed the ‘generative’ art form will become, however this will put a toll on your browser and computer. If you leave it too long it may cause your OS to hang however Adobe Flash should only place 1500 brush strokes.

Further to the generative art engine I have built, I have attached this to a piece of PHP code that will render what Adobe Flash paints into a jpeg format for you to save for prosperity. J Be warned though it takes forever to render the image. Not sure if it’s my cheap server or dodgy code… I am not a PHP developer at all. This was just an experiment that came about to see if one could take a movieclip in Adobe Flash and ‘print’ it into jpeg format.

Check it out here!