Several Sites, by Polly

I started out surfing the web, trying to find art sites that used flash, and perhaps math algorithms. But most of these sites were pretty tame. So, instead I am going to post some sites that I did find fun and interesting while I was doing this search. To make up for the fact they are only slightly related to what we are doing in this class, I will post several of my favorites.

A really great Site was created by Alan Becker. He is an artist who dabbles in several mediums, but he has done two great cartoons using flash. They are called Animator vs. Animation. Check them out!!

SiteNo2 is simply a video of a man called Bruce Shapiro who makes motion art using materials he finds, and computers. There is no real flash here, but the video is worth watching. He combines computer science, motion physics and art to make his pieces.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has an exhibit called Design and the Elastic Mind. I decided to include this third site because it uses a lot of flash and I think it does it very well. For instance, no matter where you are on the page, when you go to the top, the title is right there. This is basically an information page which is designed to entice you into visiting the exhibit. The site design is entertaining. They do have links to the contributors, so if you want to know more you can locate them.

A fourth site also makes great use of flash software as a way to get you interested in their business. It is a photo imagery site called Getty Images. They have a game page that uses their photos and flash interactively and is a great demonstration of what Flash can do.


The last site, called Box2D, uses Actionscript 3 to describe motion of 2D objects. Anyone can download this code for free. It has several demos, and they use some scripting we have already learned. The site is authored by Erin Catto, but it also has many contributors – and has become more of a group project. Some people in our class might find this site very useful. She has written a user manual to go along with the scripting.