01 / Active system Drag to direct the image

Chess Sequencer

Chess structure translated into a playable musical sequence.

Role
Creative coding
Medium
Tone.js / JavaScript
Year
2026

Experiments / complete index

Thirteen public working systems.

Generative type, simulation, sound, interfaces, and early neural-image research. Every public GitHub experiment is included.

01 · Sound system

Chess Sequencer

Chess-board structure and moves translated into a playable Tone.js sequence.

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03 · Accessible type

StressType

Spoken words, emphasis, and stress made visible through expressive typography.

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04 · Simulation

Diffuse React Simple

A compact real-time implementation of Gray–Scott reaction diffusion.

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05 · Collection

Experiments

Nine browser studies in typography, shaders, sound, simulation, and motion.

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06 · Cellular interface

NCA Splash

Portfolio language used as the deterministic seed for a living cellular system.

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07 · Drawing tool

Type Paint

A ribbon-painting typography tool built for direct, gestural mark making.

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08 · Early study

Splash Page

An early bioluminescent WebGL garden and portfolio entrance study.

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09 · Generative type

Balloon-Type Field

A glyph-seeded reaction-diffusion system with growth and export controls.

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10 · Generative interface

Mycelia

A standalone WebGL mushroom garden that evolves through direct input.

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11 · Physics typography

Kinetic Type

Words dragged, flung, pinned, and exported under gravity and force.

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12 · Neural-image research

DeepDream

A notebook exploration built from the original Inceptionism research code.

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13 · Generative type

Letterform Gen

Letter shapes used to seed and contain evolving reaction-diffusion patterns.

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Private work / access by request

Client art direction and private systems live in a separate archive.

No client names or protected material are exposed here. This route is ready to become the password-protected portfolio when the work is cleared.

About

Colson Knight builds visual systems that can be played, tuned, and directed.

Art direction, creative coding, and tools for real-time image-making. Based in Claremont, California.

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