So I made a Python script (click here to find it) that creates particle-based art in Blender, and left it running overnight, getting about 37000 pictures (around 3.25GB). More than half were disappointing, any many blank, but I will post some of the more colorful ones here. (Darker PNG files are smaller files so sorting by size allowed me to find these without scrolling through them all)
each took 1-2 seconds to render, and they are all just particle renders with random nodes in the compositor. I will put more renders below ideas for improvement are welcome
For those unfamiliar with Python, what this script does is randomize some settings in a particle system, then add some random nodes with random settings to the compositor, link them, randomize the time and render it, saving the result. It doesn’t look like its saved the spacing in the script, so it won’t work if you copy and paste
Anyway, to contrast here are some of the worse renders (30,000 of these)
There’s one thing I’m stuck on that messed up a lot of these. Loads of the particles appeared at the bottom of the screen where the emitter is instead of being up in the air like the others. Here are a few examples:
Not sure if it will work, but you may be able to sort the files by file size. The ones with mainly blank image should drop to the bottom and the more complex ones to the top.
If that works, you can search and delete by file size to limit bad results.
Thanks That’s how I got the more colorful ones at the top. My main problem at the moment is the number of files with blobs at the bottom. Fixing this would give them a far higher success rate, but I have no idea how.
ideas for improvement are welcome
That’s how I got the more colorful ones at the top. My main problem at the moment is the number of files with blobs at the bottom. Fixing this would give them a far higher success rate, but I have no idea how.