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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.