Category: Deliverables-03

bumble_b – Exercises03

1. Iteration: 7 Circles

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2. Variables: A Parametric Triangle

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3. Transformations + Functions: Critter

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4. Nested Iteration With Functions: Repeated Motif

(VHS tapes: very subtle, but the tape on each one is randomly sized for length of film and whether it was rewinded/stopped in the middle of viewing.)

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(And, alternatively):

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5. Nested Iteration + Randomness Gradient: Recoding Schotter

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peatmoss-Readings03

From Tyler Hobbs, I found it really interesting that color/image mapping can be used to create a secondary palette for your generated artwork. I’ve used gradient maps before in my raster/illustrated work and I personally love them, so I look forward to attempting to do something similar with generative work. The example he showed was beautiful, and he made a great note of adjusting the secondary reference images colors to make them more stark and obvious when translated over the generative piece!

 

(from https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2021/color-arrangement-in-generative-art)

shrugbread-Reading 03

I had some new insight after reading  “Color Arrangement in Generative Art”  towards the end of the reading.  Part of Hobb’s message aside from the warning to new artists about leaning too hard on other artists color choices is to not be afraid of random variation in color so long as it makes sense contextually. He has multiple pieces that have groups of cool/warm, bright/dark, like/contrasting colors right next to each other to provide a specific cohesiveness. This coupled with the use of gradients can make for color choices that almost form themselves and don’t require the artist to sit there diligently with the eye dropper too looking out for the best hue.

bumble_b – Readings03

In Tyler Hobbs’s “Color in Generative Art,” I was really interested in the sorting/sequencing technique. I’m fairly new to art entirely, and I know color is one of the most difficult aspects of it. I really resonated with his ideas on sorting colors from a palette by some characteristic like hue (with some aspect of randomness still) for the program to sequence through in each new element. The technique really inspired me and gave me some new ideas.

Monday – Readingso3

A very useful piece of information from Tyler Hobb’s essay “Color Arrangement in Generative Art” was the idea of inheritance in the subject of generating color palettes. Previously, I was unsure of how to generate colors, but I knew how chaotic random selection was. Inheritance is definitely useful for generating colors that will create a sense of unity in a palette, as it bases the newly generated color off its parent color.