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Alexandre B A Villares

@villares.bsky.social

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What will happen to Bluesky when the cryptobros decide they want their money back? Interact with me on Mastodon at ciberlandia.pt/@villares More about my stuff at abav.lugaralgum.com

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 10h

interactive #sashiko pattern generator WIP The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

WIP more #sashiko #hitomezashi studies The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a colorful rendition of a a sashiko pattern made with Python

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#TSP #GA The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A TSP+GA toy experiment we built at Sesc! #TSP #GA The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a 6 x 6 grid of closed blue polygonal paths on black dots with length shown under them

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WIP The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

A 10 by 10 grid of squares containing white dots, and a random black polygonal path connecting all of them. They are ordered by path length and the length is shown under them.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #LSystem #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

100 random paths on a sample of nodes from a grid.

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #LSystem #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

another L-System now with scaling
F -> @F[+F-F+FB]F[-F+F-FL'

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An L-System plant with rule F -> F[+F-F+FB]F[-F+F-FL], the B and L symbols make red ("Bloom") and green ("Leaf") circles. The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr……

An L-System plant with rule F -> F[+F-F+FB]F[-F+F-FL], the B and L symbols make red ("Bloom") and green ("Leaf") circles.

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Dürer meets py5 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I (thank you for the vertex data @introscopia!) The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Pyt…

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Introscopia @introscopia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Check out my physics-sim'd conveyor belts mockup: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRVM...

What if Factory Game but.. Physics

YouTube video by Introscopia

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

``` regras = { 'X': '@X[-FFFL][+FFFL]FFX', 'Y': 'YFFX[+YFFB][-YFFB]', } axioma = 'Y' passo = 3 angulo = 52 iteracoes = 5 ``` The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr……

L-System generated plant with red circles.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

```python regras = { 'X': '[-FY][+FY]FY', 'Y': 'YF[+XFB][-XFB]X', 'F': '[-F+FL]FF' } axioma = 'Y' passo = 7 angulo = 45 iteracoes = 5 ``` One more #LSystem sketch :) The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.co…

$An L-System generates "fractal plant" with black lines, green circles, and red circles.$

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#LSystem The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#sashiko The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

inspired by #hitomezashi #sashiko The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a pattern of black and white connected dashes on a gray background, inspired by hitomezashi sashiko.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Some colorful triangles on a black background (Boids simulation)

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

some colorful triangles on a black background (Boids simulation)

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #numpy #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

An experiment on drawing many triangles, to test ssome optimizations. The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

100 colorful triangles (with gradients of random colors filling them)

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A naive "flocking boids" (Reynolds, 1984) implementation we made yesterday at Sesc The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #flocking #boids #Processing #Python #…

two clusters of triangles on a light blue background

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Playing with a grid of square tiles made with 4 equilateral triangles, with aternating colors. Dodecagons emerge.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Playing with the colors of a previous grid of alternating tiles made of four "petals" with overall emerging circles.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a reconstruction of the geometry of a sidewalk tile made from 4 "petals" constructed from circle intersection.
Testing a 4 by 4 grid of tiles alternating inverted black and white areas. A pattern of circles emerges.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #shapely #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

this py5 sketch shows on the right a picture of some sidewalk tiles, on the left the construction of the main tile shape from intersecting circles, and a first version of the tile (4 white petas on a black square background).

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Two black circles intersecting, the intersection is painted white (like a Venn diagram)

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🎯🎯🎯🎯 Every study initiated on the subject makes it clear that the most effective, cheapest (yes, CHEAPEST, most inexpensive, highest return on investment) forms of aid are direct cash payments with zero means testing, and on-request right-to-housing. These are just facts.

Reposted by Alexandre B A Villares

tante @tante.cc · 09/09/2026

One for EU citizens: The EU is asking for feedback on "strategic vision for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the cultural and creative sectors and industries" You can tell them not to fund more slop in the arts!

European Commission - Have your say

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The final episode of season 1 is here, on the paper Do artifacts have politics? (The last regular one, we will do a recap/look ahead still!) www.felienne.nl/csoc-s01e10/

Computer Science, Off Course - Episode 10 - Do artifacts have politics

Today we release the final episode of the season! This is on a, now, quite famous paper: Do artifacts have politics, by political scientist Landon Winner. I could not find a lot more information onlin...

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a looping animamtion from a colorful grid of hexagons that trasnform into disturbed squares and back

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Back to some #hitomezashi #sashiko studies! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108… The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Pr…

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

part of Ada Lovelace's face, revealed on a a gray background from painting with pixels from the famous painting.

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This sketch was made during an activity at Sesc Av. Paulista, based on code by Nick McIntyre mcintyre.io discussed at discourse.processing.org/t/fluid-fu… The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this…

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

abstract composition made from a grid of concentric circles going from nlack to gray to white.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

an abstract 3D composition made of a grid of piles of circles going from dark to light gray, changing sizes.

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a grid of black and white stroked circles with varied sizes on a gray background.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a grid of squares with pairs of indices inside (from -2,-2 to 7,6).

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #pymunk #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

a 2D "box", open on top, filled with greenish balls, with two green boxes and 3 white capsule-like shapes.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #loop #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #loop #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

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Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #loop #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

abstract composition from randomly displaced colorful contour, unfilled polygons on a black background.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #OpenSimplexNoise #numpy #meshgrid #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

another abstract colorful composition using OpenSimplex noise. Oganic blob-bands of yellow-to-green and red-to-blue.

Alexandre B A Villares @villares.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The sketch-a-day archives and tip jar are at: abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day Code for this: github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tr… #OpenSimplexNoise #numpy #meshgrid #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

An abstract pattern using OpenSimplex Noise. It looks a bit like blobs, or a cross section of some structure, there are many kind of concentric stripes of yellow, black magenta nad red.