Category: Python

More living painting experimentation

Read full story / A new experiment of a randomised living painting. Turning pixel data of a picture into abstract animated art. I think.

Creating an animated painting using Python and Matplotlib

Read full story / Learn how to generated an animated, living painting from pictures with Python and Matplotlib.

Developing Du Bois’s Data Portraits with Python and Matplotlib (ongoing)

Read full story / My entries for the DVS #DuBoisChallenge2024 and my reason for joining this open data visualisation competition.

Revisiting my data art project with a cubist mindset

Read full story / Can you generate a cubist data art visualisation using code? Yes!

Exploratory visualisation in Python: a little trick

Read full story / A trick for the exploratory analyst working in Python.

Generating an GIF animation using Matplotlib and Imageio

Read full story / How to generate a GIF of your data visualisations using Matplotlib and Imageio.

Book Review: Lady Astronaut’s Secret Messages

Read full story / I read about the Caesar cipher encryption in a sci-fi book and went looking for secret messages inside.

An easy way to generate custom colormaps in Matplotlib

Read full story / A simple trick to make single-color shades in Matplotlib.

Making an interactive Star Wars Data Visualisation using Python and Javascript

Read full story / Can you turn a Matplotlib visual into a interactive website? Maybe it's a weird question, but I explored the idea. (And it works!)