Experiments
POPtober 2026
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Details
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TYPE
Generative Art
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TOOLS
TouchDesigner/POPs/GLSL/Python
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DATE
October 2026
Follow along on my Instagram for the latest works in progress and experiments.
POPtober 2026
POPtober is a month-long open call: one sketch per day through October, each built around one of TouchDesigner's POPs (point operators), shared with #poptober and #poptober2026. My rule was to push every operator past its obvious use and make it the hidden engine of a small world. Every piece runs in real time. From day 24 on, the sketches are rendered with my own real-time path tracing engine.
Operators
| Day | POP | Piece |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Grid | Phase Change |
| Oct 2 | Delete | Fairy Ring |
| Oct 3 | Circle | Hexlet |
| Oct 4 | Transform | Fold |
| Oct 5 | Point Generator | Pollen |
| Oct 6 | Noise | Engraving |
| Oct 7 | Select | Style Swap |
| Oct 8 | Line | Blue Jay |
| Oct 9 | Proximity | Tumble |
| Oct 10 | Sphere | Crystal |
| Oct 11 | Attribute | Grains |
| Oct 12 | Curve | Bloom Web |
| Oct 13 | Sort | Collapse |
| Oct 14 | Twist | Gate Wave |
| Oct 15 | Particle | Sparks |
| Oct 16 | Math Mix | Globe |
| Oct 17 | Pattern | Light Cells |
| Oct 18 | Extrude | Pavilion |
| Oct 19 | Connectivity | Torus |
| Oct 20 | Group | Zygote |
| Oct 21 | Random | Lichtenberg |
| Oct 22 | Field | Event Horizon |
| Oct 23 | Limit | Endless Stair |
| Oct 24 | Revolve | Steiner Chain |
| Oct 25 | Lookup Attribute | Shifting Ground |
| Oct 26 | Sprinkle | Crystal Bloom |
| Oct 27 | Math Combine | Root Two |
| Oct 28 | Subdivide | Specimen |
| Oct 29 | Convert | What Remains |
| Oct 30 | TOP to | Relief |
| Oct 31 | GLSL | Orbit |