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03.05.26 That Was The Week That Was — 3rd May 2026
Monday morning saw us head to Düsseldorf for Beyond Tellerrand, celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, for which I’d created all the …
19.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 19th April 2026
After picking up an original 1977 pressing of The Strangler's debut album Rattus Norvegicus from my local record shop, it got me thinking …
16.04.26 Creating Organic Lines and Tubes in Touch Designer using POPs
A quick post to show a technique I use to create organic like lines in Touch Designer using POP operators. I won't go into every step but …
12.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 12th April 2026
Schubert’s imagination was unusually literary. Words released music in him: poems about desire, love, loss, solitude, the longing for rest; …
29.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 29th March 2026
Just a visual update this week.
08.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 8th March 2026
This week I've been deep in the weeds as I work on expanding some of the systems I use especially in respect of machine-learning. In the …
22.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 22nd February 2026
"World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The …
15.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 15th February 2026
Lots of type experiments this week, created in Houdini and also Touch Designer. In Houdini the minpos() method is great for constraining …
01.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 1st February 2026
"Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a …
30.08.25 That Was The Week That Was – 30th August 2025
Bugs and Errors At the beginning of the week I noticed my site was peppered with errors and bugs. The latest version of PHP had thrown up …
24.07.25 Look again at the scraps on the cutting room floor
Look again at the scraps on the cutting room floor. This image was a throwaway remnant of a deeper process. Yet it appeals to me as a thing …
10.05.25 The Joy of Uncertainty
The Joy of Uncertainty. Next week I’ll be travelling to Newcastle to speak at @thinking_digital_conf, talking about creating work using …
26.03.25 The Process is probably my most popular print
The Process is probably my most popular print. I drew this many years ago to describe the creative process. One colour screen print in Fluo …
23.03.25 Airfix for the absurdist
Airfix for the absurdist. An experiment taking an AxiDraw plot of the flocking motion of birds (created in Processing shown in last image), …
16.03.25 That Was The Week That Was – 16th March 2025
I've been continuing to explore more ideas using the Axidraw plotter, looking at various algorithms for generating possible prints. One of …
14.03.25 💥A new generative print is now live on @producedforuse
💥A new generative print is now live on @producedforuse. Flocks, Herds and Schools pays tribute to Craig W. Reynolds 1987 paper of the same …
03.03.25 This poster is heading out to one of the biggest single collectors of The …
This poster is heading out to one of the biggest single collectors of The Descendants series. 🤖
27.02.25 💥Now available - a new plotted generative art series to commemorate twenty five …
💥Now available - a new plotted generative art series to commemorate twenty five years of brendandawes.com. Using an AxiDraw plotter, each …
30.01.25 Bash Function to Calculate Image Print Size
This one is pretty niche but I find it handy so thought I'd post it here in case others find it useful. Often times I find myself needing …
16.01.25 Congrats to my “Eno” collaborator @brendandawes for winning the Cinema Eye …
Congrats to my “Eno” collaborator @brendandawes for winning the Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design for …
12.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 12th January 2025
The only consistency I want is to be inconsistent You'll often see comments from "collectors" of art how an artist should be consistent; …
10.01.25 Absolutely thrilled and honoured to receive the award for Outstanding …
Huge thank you to all that voted for me. It was amazing to be in such great company with the other nominees. This work has been a total joy …
05.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 5th January 2025
There are certain things in this world which keep me sane; things that I look too which reinforce my idea people are inherently good and …
14.10.24 Coded typography
Coded typography. From the archive from a few years ago, created in Processing, exported as a 3D .obj model then rendered in Fusion 360.
18.09.24 Typographic Fun Machine
Typographic Fun Machine. typography #graphicdesign #design #art #lettering #logo #type #illustration #branding #calligraphy #handlettering …
12.08.24 Grids
Grids. More play with this system. Controlling snapping to a grid and amount of objects.
07.08.24 Using @josefpelz T3D to take the typography system into 3D
Using @josefpelz T3D to take the typography system into 3D.
05.08.24 Typography cut-up system
Typography cut-up system.
24.05.24 More layout experiments, using UV mapping created from geometric grid
More layout experiments, using UV mapping created from geometric grid.
29.02.24 The Process
The Process. A sketch of the creative process. One colour screen print in Fluo Pink ink on 320gsm black G.F Smith Plike stock. Numbered and …