supermarket sallad (simon david ryden)

POPs attractor project file

Thomas Attractor POPs TUTORIAL

The stable build of POPs is finally out!

let's try to make a strange tractor in just three operators :)

and a few extra just for flavor.

okVJ on Github

Just wanted to inform you that okVJ and related stuff is available on GitHub
https://github.com/ok-vj/okVJ-Shared 2025-10-22 22:43:43 +0000 UTC View Post

POPs exploration Tutorial and Project files

Let's look at how to make a particle system and have some fun with POPs.

Also, real voice jumpscare

ASCII project-files

the project files from the tutorial

ASCII rendering in touchdesigner

As I'm working on some POPs stuff, here's a slightly crunchy TD tutorial on making ASCII renders in two ways. Just for fun.

okVJ - discount code for live performance tools

This year, for me, has been full of making a lot of different live performance patches. For a while, I was trying to create an "all purpos VJ player" - but since every performance is different, and...

with some love for color - RGB-post processing FXs

I've been playing with some post processing effects lately. and I've been on a quest to find fun ways to work with color. So I spent the weekend putting together some RGB chromatic aberration post-...

procedural terrain in POPs and TOPs

Procedural terrain in POPs. Leveraging the insane amount of surfaces we can get in POPs. The noise is translated along normals - so it's not limited to flat surfaces.

There is also a TOP ver...

POPs

because I don't want to seem like I'm not "with the times"

here's an sketch of thomas attractors in POPs.

More to come :)

TUTORIAL MICRO PROJECT #1

Ive been trying to make little micro projects, using as few operators as possible.

it is a lovely challenge

TUTORIAL storms in teacups - using 2d fluid sims and a simple GLSL particle system.

here's the first part for a tutorial for a little fluid sim project.
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would you in general be interested in tutorials that use more GLSL?
I've tried to stay away from it because it i...

2d fluid sim

I've been playing for a while with 2d, grid based, fluid sims.

Now - there are already a lot of great tools out there:
Paketa12 recently uploaded a lovely TOPs only fluid sim.
And thre...

Audio Analysis Cleaner triggers

I can't be the only one who dislikes creating triggers from audio. They always have to manually tuned - and it's usually a guessing game.

I wanted to make an audio analysis component that ha...

gyroid

a little gyroid function that takes in a 3 dimensional vector (position x, y, z) and outputs a monochrome vector describing a gyroid in that space.

explorations of a 2d displacement

Here's a file with a few options of how to render a 2d displacement. Just enough to get you started on your own.

A few of you have asked how I make UIs - to which my answer is - badly.
2025-01-03 23:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post

oil slick tutorial

Here's a tutorial and its corresponding file :)

I hope you all are doing very well and are having a good new year!

line_wiggles

while working on the next tutorial, I got a little bit side-tracked and made this thing for you.

Have fun with it, it's probably a lot of joy with some motion controls.

c...

Jiggle TOPs

Here's a little work in progress.

First, creating a grid connected by rows or columns without needing to go to SOPs. So we can make really large Joy Division visuals.

and some jiggly ...

Thomas Attractor TUTORIAL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%27_cyclically_symmetric_attractor

I'm also...

Strange Attractors (Lorenz System) in TOPs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_system

Conway's Game of Life in TOPs (no glsl)

As I'm working on the next tutorial, here's a quick little Saturday project of Conway's Game of Life - with a drawing pad.

2024-09-21 11:56:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Collapsing Noise TUTORIAL

finally found time to make a tutorial...

Anyways, it's been about a year since I started uploading tutorials on the request from some people on reddit.

A year ago I was just an idiot w...

sketch of the week - top fun

sketch of the week

having fun with 2d uv displacement, fluid-like movement, and the bloom TOP.

once again, I'm insanely grateful for your support.

feel free to ask questions about these if you want to.<...

sketch of the week

Creating a symmetrical 3d noise.
I've added some text DATs explaining what's going on.

sketch of the week

Here's a sketch of the week.

Based on this Paketa 12 technique (from memory, so I might have messed important aspects up)
2024-07-08 22:20:09 +0000 UTC View Post

audio rection diffusion Patreon Exclusive

Reaction diffusion is dark magic.

and I've been struggling to make something that isn't an eye strain inducing mess. But I feel like if you struggle through the headache, there are a lot of...

uneven ground TUTORIAL

sorry about being a little late with this one. as a thank you for your patience I'll share some extra versions of this system.

I'm using Paketa12's normal map in some of them. if you are fol...

Liquid Gravel TUTORIAL