r/glitch_art

Mixed media. Sketchwork on linen alongside photography, combined and reworked through glitch software.No AI. Any feedback appreciated or if theres any questions regarding the processing feel free to let me know. Regards,

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a glitch tool as a side project that I originally built just for myself because I wanted something that matched my own workflow without having to jump between tools or mess around with unnecessary clutter that doesn't matter to me.

I made it public recently because maybe it’s useful to others as well. Its completey free, no accounts and stuff and runs fully local in your browser.

I'm here to get some feedback on the tool from other people who are into glitch art to further imrpove it, escpecially:

• whether the tool feels useful to you?
• what features or controls are maybe missing?
• what feels confusing or unnecessary?

As mentioned before it's completely free and I'm not trying to sell you anything. No need to sign up or install something. Just open the tool and try it out. I’m looking for honest feedback from other artists who are into this to get some fresh ideas on further improvements.

You can try it here:

glitch-fx.com

Would love to hear what you think, what you’d change, or what direction you think the tool should go in.

Thanks!

Hi everyone!
The GIF above shows a Datamosh effect generated directly inside Pixel Alchemist, a retro and glitch tool I have been solo-developing for the past year. To get this specific look, I actually ran the video through the app in two passes. First, I did an I-Frame Drop, and then a second pass with P-frame Bloom using slightly different settings.

I shared a very early version here about 9 months ago, but the project originally started a year ago as a simple dithering utility for my own motion design workflow. I was just tired of booting up heavy software for quick retro looks. Since then, I kept adding features I needed for my own work, and it grew into a full creative sandbox.

To be honest about the flaws: the app is built in Python, so it is not a perfectly optimized, blazing-fast native C++ application. Heavier effects like Datamoshing run on background threads to keep the interface responsive, but you will definitely hit some speed bottlenecks. Also, because I have packed so many different features and complex effects into it, the app might not always be 100% stable under every condition. I am actively working on fixing bugs and ironing things out, but crashes can happen.

One more thing: Windows will probably flag the portable executable on first launch because I cannot justify paying annual corporate signing fees for a free project. You just need to click "More info" and "Run anyway" to open it.

Despite the technical trade-offs, I tried to make it versatile enough for real creative work. There are 19 stackable effects including CRT/VHS emulation, K-Means palette reduction, CMYK halftones, and pixel sorting. You can stack them in any order, combine multiple images using 7 blend modes with shape masks, or drop in videos (MP4, MOV, GIF) to process them frame-by-frame.

It also does live webcam processing. You can apply any combination of effects to your camera feed in real time. To broadcast this stream to apps like Zoom or Discord, Pixel Alchemist utilizes OBS Virtual Camera, so you will need to have OBS Studio installed on your PC for the virtual camera feature to work.

I built this because I needed a lightweight playground for my own visual experiments, and keeping it locked on my hard drive felt wrong.

You can find it on Gumroad by searching for "Pixel Alchemist" and just typing $0 in the price box.

If you are into retro aesthetics or glitch art, give it a spin. I would love to hear your feedback, criticisms, or what features you think I should try to implement next.

Real-time, audio-reactive ASCII filter for TouchDesigner.

Don't know why the algorhythm decided to resurface this few years old system of mine on social media, but quite a few folks ask me if I could make it available.

Available exclusively through the recently released Tools Store. 

PS: There might be a couple of cool discounts in the Tools Store for the first brave ones to access them. Enjoy!

Animated the knight base in After Effects, then ran the frames through a mix of pixel sorting and pixel-art style passes (palette quantization, dithering, a bit of glow). Liked how the sort dripped down the cloth and shield the most.

The first Tron is in my top 3 favorite films of all time. Take me to the ol' grid for a vacation. It's the most visually beautiful thing I've ever seen. All of the photos and edits were done by: me. No AI was used in any of this.

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