Focus

Philosophy and Exploration

With this new assignment I’d like to turn a new leaf. I don't think the work I’ve done so far is terrible and it's not exactly that I need to put more effort into the assignments, but I know I can do a lot better. 

The trick will be to focus.

For the blog that means lots of medium blog posts that show every step of development and inspiration.  Each must have an image and illustrate one thought.  To signify this new beginning I’ve changed the look of the blog to a simpler design.

For the work itself, this is will be the beginning of a process of constantly checking if my work follows the grading sheet. Finally I plan to focus on fewer things – but doing them better.  

An Exploration of Structure Redux

Finally I'd like to return to the exploration as a whole. I was aiming to create something that was basic in code, but through small changes could make large visual differences. Along the way I realized that this could be a tool to show how many real world objects are related in shape and pattern. I included variables where appropriate for my design, and not used them were there was no perceivable benefit. In the future, the next step may be to take the original code and add complexity to it, but I think for now this shows how effective a small code base can be.

I still feel that structure is essentially something that depends on our perception. Although I was trying to base my designs on real world objects,  it's likely others well recognize different structures.

Finally,  here are all the structures together.

Leaves

For the last form, I returned to the flower, as that had the most definable structure. This leaf design reduces repetition and rotation to create something that resembles small branches with long leaves.

Fireworks

I wanted to make something that was structured, while introducing noise into my original form. Fireworks seemed to be a good way to express this while staying true to the original structure.

To create the effect, colours were changed to be more appropriate, shapes were elongated as much as possible and the random function was introduced to change position slightly.

Back to Basics

As all my structures were based on fans, I tried to create a flamenco fan. As this is inspired my the basic structure, it was one of the easiest to make.

Transparency has been removed on the fan blades to create this form. Fill changes a bit between shapes to make a more distinct patten.

The Sun

With a few changes to my wagon wheel, I created what looked like the rising sun, with its rays spreading out across the horizon.

As with the wagon wheel rotation is increased. Shapes are elongated as much as possible.

The Invention of the Wheel

Through my experimentation, I came across something that looked like a wagon wheel. Because of the transparency, it appeared as though it was spinning. I also created something that reminded me of a 1950s car tyre.

Added an extra variable in the for statement so that I might have more control of the colour.Elongated the shapes. This one is a bit more abstract.

To create the wagon wheel effect, rotation was increased, as well as repetition in the for statement.