Ciaran O Brien

Cyberpunk aesthetic Gemini news rating with a CRT effect #touchdesigner #creativecoding #python

This is a mix of Python and TouchDesigner. I used Python to scrape and clean news headlines from ‘NewsAPI’. I then call Gemini to categorise each headline into a pre-defined category, and also evaluate each headline based on what it thinks the societal impact is on a scale of 0 to 10 These scores are […]

Ciaran O Brien

November 1, 2025

Rating news with Gemini and visualising with a CRT effect #touchdesigner #creativecoding #python

This is a mix of Python and TouchDesigner. I used Python to scrape and clean news headlines from two news APIs. I then call Gemini to evaluate each headline based on what it thinks the societal impact is. A score from -100 to -1 indicates a negative effect, 0 is neutral, and 1 to 100 […]

Ciaran O Brien

October 18, 2025

TouchDesigner: Life without sex #touchdesigner #art #creativecoding

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner with an AI video from Midjourney. The video is input to TouchDesigner where 3 layers of processing happen: 1. The main video has some displacement effects. This is seen by the black silhouette becoming washy and blurry. The lines that flicker over the main screen cause a wash or […]

Ciaran O Brien

September 20, 2025

TouchDesigner + Python – Gender inequality in the workplace #touchdesigner

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner and Python along with an AI video from Midjourney. The video is input to TouchDesigner where blob tracking, words with line connections, and visuals chaos responding to audio oscillations happen. A Python script is used to create a video with a black background and red text. Another Python script […]

Ciaran O Brien

September 12, 2025

TouchDesigner and Python: Surveillance state

Made using TouchDesigner. Diagrams were downloaded from Google Patents on the topic of ‘Mass Surveillance” or “Public Surveillance”. These wear read into TouchDesigner, and a green old school effect applied. They were synced to the audio here. Python was then used to take a photo of Banky’s art piece from the Royal Courts of Justice, […]

Ciaran O Brien

September 10, 2025

TouchDesigner, Processing, Python – Misuse of AI can have grave consequences #touchdesigner

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner, Processing, and Python along with an AI video from Midjourney. The video is input to TouchDesigner where blob tracking, words with line connections, and visuals displacement responding to audio oscillations happen. The video is also input to Processing script to create the ASCII art effect. A Python script is […]

Ciaran O Brien

September 4, 2025

TouchDesigner – AI may be harming children's development

Made using TouchDesigner with AI video from Midjourney. The video is input to TouchDesigner where line tracing, blob tracking, words with line connections, and visuals responding to audio oscillations happen. Some of my thoughts, as an AI researcher, on AI and development: https://www.instagram.com/kiki_kuuki/ Song ID: Jun Nishimura – Solaris Files available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kiki_kuuki/posts

Ciaran O Brien

September 2, 2025

TouchDesigner and Python – AI cannot replace human connection #touchdesigner #creativecoding

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner and Python along with an AI video from Midjourney. The video is input to TouchDesigner where blob tracking, words with line connections, and visuals responding to audio oscillations happen. A Python script is used to generate a second video of a poem. Then a second Python script combines the […]

Ciaran O Brien

August 23, 2025

Python + TouchDesigner: No freedom without struggle

The main video was taken from a recent train journey from Tainan to Taipei in Taiwan. I applied the intense skipping frame edits, the words over the video, and squares using TouchDesigner. I used Python to add some RGB channel offset, vertical and horizontal tearing, block displacement, slight warping, and a few split second frames […]

Ciaran O Brien

August 16, 2025

TouchDesigner + Python: Do not worship technology #touchdesigner #creativecoding

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner and Python. The video is input to TouchDesigner where the blurring, displacement, and effects of the lines coming off the wall to cover the subject are created. A Processing script is then used to generate the video of the ASCII art over the woman’s body. Finally, a Python script […]

Ciaran O Brien

August 9, 2025

TouchDesigner and Python – AI is no replacement for human connection #touchdesigner #creativecoding

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner and Python along with an AI video from Midjourney. The video is input to TouchDesigner where line tracing, blob tracking, words with line connections, and visuals responding to audio ossilations happen. A Python script is used to generate a second video of a poem. Then a second Python script […]

Ciaran O Brien

August 5, 2025

TouchDesigner and Python – Couple embracing #touchdesigner #creativecoding

Made using a combination of TouchDesigner and Python along with a stock video from Pexels. The stock video is input to TouchDesigner where video displacement and some noise effects added. A Python script is used to generate a second video of a poem. Then a second Python script combines the TouchDesigner video and poem video […]

Ciaran O Brien

August 2, 2025

YoloV8 Segmentation with Python #yolov8 #touchdesigner #segmentation

Entirely made with Python. Using the YoloV8 segmentation model for segmentation, along with OpenCV for the bounding box with a title and confidence interval, and PyDub for the audio. Files available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kiki_kuuki/posts

Ciaran O Brien

August 1, 2025