Sharing an open source project for creating psychadelic art -- using liquid motion, distorted shapes, shadows and light. This tool works in real-time in the browser using webgl shaders.<p>This project was inspired by drum & bass / acid techno music, and 90s rave posters.<p>Use this to create art for a music video, concert posters, stylized animations in creative projects, or simply to enjoy alongside some fine music.<p>Use the detailed control menu (top-right) to set a custom canvas size, adjust animation speed, control pattern and colours, etc...<p>You can export your creation as an image or video afterwards.<p>How this works: this tool uses WebGL shaders to create a real-time animation (with a trippy liquid / shadow / blur aesthetic).<p>The animation is created using a random seed position and mixes in random noise (fractal brownian motion, 3D simplex noise), so each time you re-run it you're creating a unique piece of art.<p>Github repo: <a href="https://github.com/collidingScopes/liquid-shape-distortions" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/collidingScopes/liquid-shape-distortions</a><p>-----<p>I hope you enjoy the visuals. I'd love to hear any feedback or suggestions.
IMO the most realistic generated psychedelic images were made by Google's Deep Dream 10 years ago. It seems like it's been mostly forgotten about after the advent of DALL-E, Midjourney, etc.
I recall experiencing an incredibly fast hallucination with my eyes closed—like tiny dots moving at an extreme speed.<p>Faster than anything I had ever seen, almost like an intense vibration, beyond the refresh rate of the eye. It was both intimidating and exhilarating.<p>Perhaps screens are unable to replicate this type of hallucination.<p>The animations on this website are impressive. However, in my experience, closed-eye visuals tend to have a central focal point, along with folding or tunnel-like movements and recurring patterns.<p>I feel deeply grateful for having had some psychedelic experiences, even though hallucinations are the least interesting aspect of them. For me, they acted as a magnifying glass for my overall state of being—allowing me to step outside myself and honestly assess how I feel. They also foster a deeper appreciation for nature.<p>It would be fascinating to have this discussion within this community. These substances are often demonized due to a lack of understanding, yet they can have a profound impact. For instance, after taking a small dose of LSD, I completely lost interest in alcohol. In the past six months, I’ve only had three nights of drinking, lost a significant amount of weight, and feel fantastic.
Very similar to my favorite trip toy of the 90s… rock ‘star’ Todd Rundgren’s Flowfazer. Quite mesmerizing for toddlers, too.<p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flowfazer/id507935335">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flowfazer/id507935335</a>
Cool. But this literally crashed my phone. I've never seen anything like it. Was impressed really. Little nervous. But it locked my Brave browser first then it locked my entire phone. System UI and Android crashed. It recovered but wow. What a trip.
Very nice! Reminds me of something I built on Shadertoy a while back: <a href="https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4ttGRf" rel="nofollow">https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4ttGRf</a>
I think AI tools like Stable Diffusion have a big potential.<p>Something along the lines of what Nexxus 604 is doing.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6m3OvB819s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6m3OvB819s</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s_Dtl1U9wU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s_Dtl1U9wU</a>
I love these projects, I've been really passionate about including our own sensory inputs into the experience, whether it's voice, webcam input or (in the future health metrics) in order to tailor the experience to the experiencers' desires.
Long-running fractal zooms are really good for this purpose, e.g.: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cgp2WNNKmQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cgp2WNNKmQ</a>
I really do appreciate the 90s, Video Toaster-esque[1] aesthetics<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster</a>
been tumbling down the old Cthugha and Milkdrop visualization rabbit hole recently, nice gfx and aesthetics on yours and it's always nice to see a fresh take on code