242 Project 3 Second Concept

After some short research I came across Nigel Parkers code for Rotating Blocks. It's a very simple translate and rotate programs which just rotates squares around on the spot.

After playing with it for a bit, I think it wouldn't be out of the question to either turn the squares into 3d cubes and do the same thing, make it interactive, or ultimetly, both. 

I am definetly going to need to do more research on how to make 3d cubes on a 2d plane and rotate them but I don't think this is out of my skill level.

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242 Project 3 First Concept

As soon as I read the project brief I had one instant idea for the third project.

Back in 2008 I did an art panel based on silouettes of bugs from New Zealand and one type of bug stuck in my mind. The Arachnocampa luminosa. A type of glowworm native to New Zealand. What brought it to my attention is the way to catches prey. It extends down long lines (called fishing lines) made of silk. These lines are then used to catch flies and other flying insects when they touch it. 

It is these lines of silk that I had an idea about. The beauty of the glowing effect and the way they are made interests me greatly.

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The use of hierachy and repition of the next project is what instantly reminded me of these fishing lines. Hopefully I intend to replicate a similar type of lone repeating line of shapes which would be able to swing around, maybe through interaction, and I can use rotate and translate to do this.

Obviously this is all still in the concept stage but I wanted to write about them anyways.

242 Brain Damage Development

Heres a picture from my first run of the new brain neuron code.

The lines are drawn randomly, turning and splitting at random.

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I like the way it draws the lines, but the overall end result feels a little static and one dimentional. Since I want to build color up in areas I'm going to play around with strokeWeight and Opacity and see what happens, hopefully to get that brain neuron feel I am going for.

I also like the almost bird nest or roots entwining look that this code produces.

242 Project 2 Concept

I have been looking at trying to replicate images such as these:

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These brain neuron pictures are quite amazing to look at. I like the way color builds ups in small clustered areas. The other great thing about these is the way that random elements can be used to create the picture. Having lines move around the page, curving randomly and building up color in the process I should be able to create similar images for the project.