Graphics Lab {Lab 6}

This lab was influenced in part by some live visuals used in a Nine Inch Nails tour.

For one song that features a drum machine, Trent Reznor is able to program the beat directly on a giant representation

of a drum machine interface. My visuals are more modest. I am simply representing the output of a drum machine using shapes.

Each beat is given its own point in space, and pitch determines the color of the shape.

With more time, I might try to recreate Nine Inch Nail's visuals and make the screen interactive.

In the meantime here is the original influence:

NIN - Drum Machine from Carl T. Holscher on Vimeo.

And here is my creation: