Pictures in Waves

Code: https://github.com/lorempipsum/vsketch-plotting/tree/master/pictures-in-waves

This generative art exercise consisted of 2 parts:

1. Plotting a bunch of waves / mountains in the form of perlin noise
2. Drawing an image in lines, by changing the y coordinate of the line based on the brightness of the pixel at that point in the image

The cover image above is of plain waves. That is, only the noise is plotted, no image. The plot is 2D, but made to look 3D via the perspective plugin for vsketch.

Anyway here’s some more images:

An image of the mona lisa. There’s no noise added to this one, just the image itself plotted as lines.

A depth map of a face was used for this one. It is a mix of noise waves and image plotting.

A different face, which ended up looking a bit evil.

A cathedral. I like the croissant-like shape of the roof.

This is a 3D model made in blender, overlaid with lines, so not strictly relevant for this technique. But it was inspired by the other images in this series, so I included it here.