After getting a better understanding of C++, my interest turned strongly towards Moire patterns, so I started on creating animations / demos by experimenting with lots of combinations of different shapes. For that, I used a library called Allegro, that really gave me the freedom to be creative.
Below there's a video of my last work (not yet finished), and in the next posts, I'll show you a few of my previous Moire pattern animations that might just impress you a little bit :)
If you are a beginner coder, then this could be an inspiration, maybe get a clue of how others like me started. I had lots of guidance from a very good programmer, and that was 1000% time saving and very VERY helpful through my dark days :)
But I know that some of you don't have that luxury, so your days of pain, frustrations and agony are still to come :) When those days are more intense than others, just write a comment here and I'll help with what I can (fx. advice, references). If you're an expert coder or simply a designer, artist, reader etc., then this could be something nice to read through your lunch break :)
For those of you curious of how I started to code, you can see it here. The learning process hasn't been easy, but it was definitely exciting. Here's what I played with, before getting serious:
Counting all words in a text doc, making pieslices based on different stats...
Creating bitmaps with each pixel having it's unique color...
Creating lines in a bitmap...
...and creating functions outside the main function. I think that was the hardest part :) All these small tasks were made as challenges between me and my boyfriend (he was learning a new language as well). So we had to see who solved it first and/or quickest, each in our own language. It was fun and motivational :)
