Reverse Engineering

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!