This site is a collection of links to libraries, frameworks, services, articles, tutorials and other resources that seem helpful for creating interactive, expressive artwork via JavaScript. It's intended to accompany and supplement my talk of the same name.
Libraries & Frameworks
Tensorflow.js
https://www.tensorflow.org/js
https://github.com/tensorflowTensorflow Models
https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs-modelsbrain.js
https://github.com/BrainJS/brain.js A library of neural networksConvnet.js
https://github.com/karpathy/convnetjssynaptic.js
http://caza.la/synaptic/#/paint-an-imagep5.js
https://p5js.org/three.js
https://threejs.org/babylon.js
https://www.babylonjs.com/TWGL.js
https://twgljs.org/PixiJS
https://www.pixijs.com/A-Frame (WebVR)
https://aframe.ioWebGL Frameworks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WebGL_frameworksregl
A functional approach to WebGL.
https://github.com/regl-project/reglMagenta.js
https://magenta.tensorflow.orgml5.js
https://github.com/ml5jsBodypix.js
https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs-models/tree/master/body-pixLiquidFun
https://google.github.io/liquidfun/Movement.js
https://github.com/mgechev/movement.jsPosnet (tensorflow.js model)
https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs-models/tree/master/posenetfaceapi.js
https://github.com/justadudewhohacks/face-api.js?files=1Resemble.js
Image analysis and comparison. Demo https://github.com/rsmbl/Resemble.jsprocessing.js
http://processingjs.org/pico.js (face recog)
Small face-detection library in only 200 lines of code. Demo
https://github.com/tehnokv/picojsTone.js
http://tonejs.org/WebMidi.js / MIDI
Makes it easier to work with the Web MIDI API.
http://djipco.github.io/webmidi/latest/classes/WebMidi.htmlTonal.js
https://github.com/danigb/tonalnatural
https://github.com/NaturalNode/natural
Natural language tools for NodeTesseract.js
https://tesseract.projectnaptha.com/
Pure JavaScript OCR in 62 languages
Articles & Tutorials
Machine Learning
https://www.ml.cmu.edu/Generated Artwork Auctions Off for $ 432,500
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/machine-learning-generated-artwork-auctions-off-for-432-500-c377be74146fGetting started with Magenta.js and MusicRNN
https://medium.com/@oluwafunmi.ojo/getting-started-with-magenta-js-e7ffbcb64c21Neural Networks in JavaScript with Brain.js
https://stackabuse.com/neural-networks-in-javascript-with-brain-js/ConvnetJS demo: Image “Painting”
https://cs.stanford.edu/~karpathy/convnetjs/demo/image_regression.htmlNeural networks in JavaScript
https://scrimba.com/g/gneuralnetworksWriting Code Poems
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/07/writing-code-poems/Image Classification in the Browser with JavaScript
https://thekevinscott.com/image-classification-with-javascript/Why is AI Art Copyright So Complicated?
https://www.artnome.com/news/2019/3/27/why-is-ai-art-copyright-so-complicatedFace detection using Shape Detection API
https://paul.kinlan.me/face-detection/face-api.js — JavaScript API for Face Recognition in the Browser with tensorflow.js
https://itnext.io/face-api-js-javascript-api-for-face-recognition-in-the-browser-with-tensorflow-js-bcc2a6c4cf07Microsoft Azure Face Detection
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/face/#detectionBodyPix Demo
https://storage.googleapis.com/tfjs-models/demos/body-pix/index.html
Audio
- Awesome Audio Viz
https://github.com/willianjusten/awesome-audio-visualization
Books
Topics include making art through computers, creativity & JavaScript
It's not hard to find good online tutorials and examples that show you had to make a ball bounce across the screen, animate text or even experiment with facial recognition in the browser. I still find it helpful to read books on these topics—even real, physical books I can throw in a bag and take to the beach.
Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing by Matt Pearson.
This book specifically shows you how to make things in Processing, but it's easy to apply to concepts to other languages.
Manning Publishing • AmazonJavaScript on Things by Lyza Danger Gardner
Manning PublishingMaking Things Smart by Gordon Williams
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/making-things-smart/9781680451887/SparkFun Guide to Processing by Derek Runberg
https://nostarch.com/sparkfunprocessingProcessing for Visual Artists by Andrew Glassner
https://www.glassner.com/portfolio/processing-for-visual-artists/Aesthetic Computing edited by Paul A. Fishwick
MIT PressThe Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman
https://natureofcode.com/Technology & Creativity by Subrata Dasgupta.
This is not a book on JavaScript or making art with computers. Instead it talks about the creative process through the lense of technological progress. I think it's as helpful, academic reminder that creativity isn't a piece of software or literal tool in your toolbelt. It's a way of thinking and approaching the world.
Amazon10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 by Casey Reas, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass, John Bell, Mark C. Marino, Mark Sample, Michael Mateas, Nick Montfort, Noah Vawter, and Patsy Baudoin
https://10print.org/
Slides
The slides from my talk at Microsoft Build 2019 are now available here:
→ speakerdeck.com/georgemandis/javascript-for-artists-8e9b3f52-ec3d-4374-8256-7122b9dbf485
The slides from my talk at FrontMania 2018 are now available here:
→ speakerdeck.com/georgemandis/javascript-for-artists