Remember when you were a kid and you sat too close to the TV? You could see the little RGB elements dancing and glowing away.

This sketch was inspired by that, and also by a sequence in the film Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait, which Stu and I went to see in 2006. It draws an image using only RGB elements and introduces interference for that retro look. Look closely and reproduce your childhood eye trauma!

Hit ‘Continue reading’ to see it.


Destructions:

  1. First, click in the image to get focus!
  2. Move the mouse left and right over the picture to change the brightness.
  3. Use the R, G and B keys to toggle the different elements on the screen.
  4. Press 1, 2, 3, 4 to change the channel. I wonder if Thundercats is on…

To view this content, you need to install Java from java.com

Source code: rgb_cell.pde