30 KM/s

2 of the biggest pieces of consistent feedback I’ve received is how to mirror the digital objects to the physical and how to translate/program more natural firefly behavior. The image above is from a really beautiful study called “Studies on the Flash Communication System in Photinus Fireflies” by James E. Llyod [Museum of Zoology/University of Michigan]. The illustration visualized different blinking pattern pathways described later in this post ❤ Hope to keep thinking on how to best animate the Big Dipper Firefly.

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Been thinking about how to create a playback function for musical notes connected in my icm / pcomp project. looking at maybe using setTimeout & setInterval (and closure) to play through an array of notes. Some references I’ve been watching/reading:

Coding Train: 

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(mason jar with a 3*3*3 LED matrix that visualizes fireflies caught through P5.js – image above is from an online tutorial)

(environmental sound layer in background)

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