Draw a straight line from the edge of the paper to a point within without reaching the edge of the paper. Draw a line perpendicular to the first, beginning at a point on the first line that is the length of your right thumbnail inwards along the line. From the end of this line draw a line parallel to the first, stopping at the end of the first line. Draw a line perpendicular to connect the lines. Draw lines partitioning the form into thirds. Draw lines partitioning those thirds into thirds. Draw partitions in the final three thirds, dividing those spaces into thirds. Repeat as space allows. Repeat these actions three times.

1. Draw a small rectangle r anywhere on the paper.
2. Draw a set of at least 10 small rectangles, which I will call S, going every which way around r.
3. Select a random element s from S, then select a random edge of s, and extend that edge outward away from r. The length of the edge should be much longer than the original edge.
4. Randomly decide whether to draw a random amount of edges perpendicular to the one you just drew.
5. Repeat step 3 to 4 until satisfied.
6. Repeat step 1 to step 5 until satisfied.

Instructions:

0. Every line you draw can run over the page and connect to another line. It cannot completely cross over another line.
1. Draw several nonparallel lines.
2. On each side of each line, draw a perpendicular line. The entire set of lines you just drew is the “original series”.
3. On each new line you drew, draw a series of perpendicular lines varying in length. Space these lines apart so that, as they get closer to the original series line with which they are parallel, the space between each line decreases.
4. Repeat 3 three more times.

The way I thought of this piece was like a bird’s eye view of a city. I imagined the main streets to be more densely packed. I probably added too many lines in my own drawing because, visually, I was compensating for the lack of color in mine compared to the original drawings. Overall, this was a really fun assignment because I can definitely see how this relates art and code. It really opens my eyes to all the possibilities!

Using a straight edge:

1. Pick a point anywhere on the sheet of paper that is not too close to the edges.
2. Draw 4 non-perpendicular lines that branch out from the selected point.
3. On each of those 4 line segments, draw 1-2 non-perpendicular lines that branch out from them.
4. On each of the existing line segments, draw perpendicular lines connecting a line segment to its neighboring line segment in a random fashion. No two lines may intersect (cross) each other. For clarity: the lines must be perpendicular to the starting segment, but need not be perpendicular to the neighboring segment.
5. Recursively execute #4 within the shapes and subspaces formed until satisfied.
6. Draw a small number of perpendicular lines that branch out from the lines enclosing the larger spaces. These lines will not join two lines together.
7. (Optional) If there exists a large amount of unoccupied space on the page, repeat the entire process until satisfied.

Voilà!