Hearing Shapes, Seeing Sound 🎵 | March 10, 2025
This Week's Highlight
I’ve wanted to make this tutorial for a while, and I’m so glad I finally did! It’s all about the Chladni patterns: beautiful visualizations of sound vibrations. To make the sand simulation feel more natural, I incorporated steering behaviors, adding an extra layer of realism.
It was a fun mix of sound, art and physics, and I’m thrilled to see how much you’re enjoying it.
What Inspires Me
If you think I’m done incorporating sound into my sketches, think again! The Chladni patterns tutorial sent me down a rabbit hole, and you can expect more soon. Art and sound are deeply connected, but oscilloscope music takes it further, transforming audio signals into real-time visuals.
From mesmerizing Lissajous figures to complex 3D forms and animations, artists like Jerobeam Fenderson have pushed the boundaries of drawing with sound. Stay tuned!
More Art + Sound
If you’re into the fusion of art and sound, you should check out Daito Manabe’s audiovisual experiments. He’s a Japanese artist and programmer who uses sound to control visuals. One of his most famous projects involves using electrical impulses to make facial muscles move in sync with music.
This video is an oldie but a goodie! Watching music physically move a person’s face in perfect sync is a fascinating glimpse into the creative potential of sound, technology, and the human body.
Until next week!
Patt