Author
Ahmad Moussa

Ahmad Moussa

Creative coder and Generative Artist. Creator of the Gorilla Sun Blog.

202 posts

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All Eyes on EditART - Interview with Piero

In this post we have a look at EditART, a hip new platform on the Tezos blockchain that revolves around customisable generate NFTs. We also ask it's creator, Piero, a couple of questions to wrap it up.

2023 MAY 13 · 8 min read
Tutorial
Recreating Vera Molnár's Homage to Paul Klee

In this tutorial we'll recreate Vera Molnar's homage to Paul Klee. We learn how to draw patches of slanted lines to the canvas, a strategy for enumerating all possible combinations, and at the same time have a look at a recode from Golan Levin.

2023 MAY 11 · 9 min read
Newsletter
Gorilla Recap 3

4th installment of Gorilla Recaps. This week we had a look at the life of Vera Molnar, built a Linktree clone and pondered a bit about sketching as a practice. We read about micropayments on Twitter, and how to grow your newsletter.

2023 MAY 08 · 7 min read
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The Importance of Sketching with Code

Sketches are more than just little artworks that you hack together in your bedroom. They're ongoing conversations that you have with the yourself and the machine. It's important to explore them, gain new perspectives and ultimately contribute to something larger than yourself.

2023 MAY 07 · 7 min read
Tutorial
Goodbye Linktree - Building a Beautiful Linktree Clone from Scratch

In this post we'll learn how to build our own personal Linktree clone. Throughout, we'll have a look at the CSS flexbox and how it can be used to create responsive designs. A complete example is included at the end.

2023 MAY 04 · 14 min read
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The Art of Vera Molnar 1947-1974

Vera Molnar is one of the pioneers of what we know today as Generative Art. She was one of the firsts to dare and use computers for the purpose of making art. In this article we have a look at her rich artistic career and how she paved the way for the computer artists of today.

2023 MAY 02 · 21 min read
Newsletter
Gorilla Recap 2

This week we've got a bunch of visual updates, an automatically generated content overview and a linktree clone. Alongside some worthwhile reads about generative art and the current state of AI, as well as a handy CSS nugget.

2023 MAY 01 · 6 min read
Tutorial
SVG export for P5 and the JS Rendering Context

In this post we'll thoroughly discuss what SVGs are, how they can be displayed on web pages, how we can algorithmically generate them, and how we can export them from our sketches.

2023 APR 27 · 17 min read
Newsletter
Gorilla Recap 1

This week we have a look at an implementation for the Quickhull Algorithm, how Twitter works behind the scenes, the usual AI controversies and other inspirational reads.

2023 APR 24 · 8 min read
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Everything we learned about the Twitter Algorithm so far

Elon Musk's decision to open-source the algorithm that powers Twitter after acquiring in October of 2022, is a monumental event in social media history. In this post we'll dive into everything that we've about the inner workings of the code so far.

2023 APR 24 · 19 min read
Tutorial
Quickhull Algorithm for Convex Hulls

One method for finding the convex hull of a point set is the Quickhull algorithm. It makes use of the divide and conquer paradigm, and builds the convex hull in a recursive manner. This post is a break-down of a Quickhull implementation.

2023 APR 20 · 14 min read
Guide
Sending MIDI Signals from Python to Ableton Live - 2023

In this post we'll have a look at automatically sending MIDI signals from a python script to Ableton Live to trigger instruments and other devices.

2023 APR 18 · 7 min read