Composing Code

Project Details

This project consists of vinyl album designs and motion graphics that I have created for three songs I have selected. The album covers consist of original art taken from coded sound generated animations. The Spotify interfaces include the album art for the album song lists and song player with the abbreviated animated videos. I have also included the full animations. This project was featured in the University of Maryland’s Senior Exhibition and won a James P. Wharton Senior Award.

Roll (Burbank Funk)

By The Internet

The first album in my series of album covers I created is for the group The Internet. The song I used from this album to create the animation and cover art is called “Roll (Burbank Funk)”.

Code Application

I created this animation with the program TouchDesigner. This code uses sound input as well as a midi controller to control the system of cubes whose movement is controlled by the music. The midi has a series of sliders, buttons and dials that alter the color, direction, and size of the cubes as well as the volume of the music. I have included a screenshot from my TouchDesigner code that I wrote to create this animation.

Instead of Myself

By Sleeping At Last

The second album in my series of album covers I created is by Sleeping At Last. The song I used from this album to create the animation for the animation and cover art is called “Instead of Myself”.

Code Application

I created this animation using the programming language Processing. I created a multi-plane terrain of audio reactive springs that move based on the frequency of the music. This is also user interactive, when the code is run the user can move within the terrain using the mouse. I have included a screenshot from my Processing code that I wrote to create this animation.

Hold On

By The Internet

The last album in my series of album covers I created is for the group The Internet. The song I used from this album to create the animation and cover art is called “Hold On”.

Code Application

I created this animation with the program TouchDesigner. This code uses sound input to create particle movement. I have included a screenshot from my TouchDesigner code that I wrote to create this animation.