Painting with Data, Will Mac Neil, OFFF HIVE

Wills talk looks at his weather paintings system, Distral. Will will go through the process behind acquiring live weather data and using it to create generative images, all within Houdini. This will include a quick look at Python scripting as well as massaging data values and then connecting them a generative art system. Will MacNeil is a filmmaker and digital artist currently working as a Design Director at The Mill in London. Will designs, directs and leads a broad range of projects from good oldfashioned TV to online, games, interactive and experiential. One of Wills recent personal projects, called Strokeit, is an oil painting tool that works inside Houdini. Hes now developing way to incorporate live data sources into Strokeit using Houdini.