“Ambient Canvas” is a software I designed and developed for the second part of the course Creative Programming of the Media Technology Master’s degree.
The technologies used are Processing and Pure Data.
This project is focused on creating a sonic environment to a painting according to the brush strokes of the user while they are painting. Erasing the colour will reduce the intensity of some sounds, while adding colour will amplify it. The painter is the one to decide how the sonic and artistic experience goes.
The prototype only uses nature-related sounds, but the project could be developed further by adding different palettes, each having a completely different sound theme. Another way this software could be improved is by making the painting software smoother (always have continuous lines).