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computational art

Recent graphics experiments in January and February of 2019

Below are some recent graphics I’ve been playing with in recent months. Most of the work are still generated in Python with Drawbot. Some new techniques I’ve been experimenting with is generating SVG or PDF vector outputs with code, while importing those vectors into After Effects to further convert them to shape layers. I find it much more controllable and the possibilities are even more endless. Although now we’re dealing with time-based animations only, there’s less computation and code-based things we can do with AE. Although, there might be something I can do with the data and After Effects expressions in Javascript.

Also, I know Cinema 4D uses Python, so I’ve been starting to play with that in C4D as well to make some time-based animations — like this one experiment I did for WordPress.com:

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Lines > Circle

Playing with a few rotated lines to create a circle. Mostly color studies here.

Something cool I discover is that the moire pattern in these graphics create a nice vibration when you scroll the page. This reminds me of the genius SONOS rebrand by Bruce Mau Design that uses computation pattern to visualize sound.

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Rotated squares

Inspired by Bridget Riley’s works. I started experimenting with squares that are slightly rotated and tiled, which creating some weird optical illusion when moved.

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2018 Chans

Made this piece as a cover for our 2018 family holiday card.

The idea here is making a piece of art with our last name 陳 (Chan) written out 2018 times.

2018 counts of the Chinese character 陳 (Chan) written out on a 1000x1000 grid
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Circles experimentations

Back at it for more circles drawbot fun. Playing with just using a circular shape and looping it many times with different rotations.

Circles line art
My favorite of the night. The inner curves of this ones are sublime.
Circles 8
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computational art

Select computational design experiments

Sine wave goodness
More waves
Waves on waves…
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    computational art

    Calder set in Caslon 422 set in Futura

    Sort of a meta design. Using the unique shapes of Caslon, trying out some animation techniques of text fitting into paths made with type in drawbot.

    It was pretty cool that Ace Hotel retweeted it!

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    computational art

    Juno + Ballio

    This time, I was inspired by Josef Albers’s “Interaction of Color” 

    Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color

    For this exercise, I was experimenting with using random()for various fills and the type. I was also trying to see how animation, timing, and frame rate works in drawbot. Lots to explore and play with.

    This reminds me of one of my favorite books we read to our children, Albers’s Squares and Other Shapes, before working on this design with Juno. Highly recommended.

    Here’s the code if you all want to play with it:

    NFRAMES = 50

for frame in range(NFRAMES):
    newPage(1000,1000)
    frameDuration(1/7)
    
    
# set a blend mode
    blendMode("hardLight")

# draw a rectangle

    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)

#    x    y    w    h
    rect(100, 100, 400, 400)


    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)
    rect(500, 100, 400, 400)

    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)
    rect(500, 500, 400, 400)

    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)
    rect(100, 500, 400, 400)

    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)
    rect(300, 300, 400, 400)

    # set a font and font size
    font("Futura", 200)

    # set a blend mode
    blendMode("overlay")

    # draw text
    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)
    text("Juno", (140, 630))
    fill(random(), random(), random(), 1)
    text("Ballio", (130, 230))
    
    
saveImage(u"~/Desktop/drawBotTest.gif")