artists that inspire me

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final design

Algorithem

Design experimentation

F I R S T D R A W I N G S

at first i started looking at using a simple grid and repeating it over and over again. I stared to get a very basic pattern, that i did not find very visually interesting at all. I then started to experiment with deconstructing the lines within the pattern, so the pattern wasnt so simple. The pattern started to get a little more interesting but i still wasnt happy with the results i was getting.

S E C O N D D R A W I N G S

After experimenting with my first grid, i decided to try something different. I started to look more at the shapes made within a kalediscope and how intricate they were. I started thinking about making a complicated shape and repeating it multiple times. I started playing around on photoshop, enlarging my drawings, rotating them and layering them over top of each other. I then started to get some interesting results that i was reasonibly pleased with. When i overlapped my shape it started making suprise patterns within the shape.

T H I R D D R A W I N G S

After looking at one of Angelas books, she passed around the class i decided to experiment with making a pattern in a circular shape. I really like the results this produced, but i thought it would be a bit difficult to write an algorithim for it.

I started experimenting with my origional design. I started cutting parts out of my design and placing the stencil over chalk covered pieces of paper. I then colour photocopied my design, then downloaded it onto photoshop. I then started playing aroinf with it in photoshop,multiplying the shape and layering it over top of eachother.

First Day, Introduction to the brief.

As of the first day of the course, I have been assigned the first project: to examine the nature of visual structure. We have to think about how structure can be formed and broken using code.

The first part of assignment is an exercise in algorithmic thinking. In the studio today I spent most of my time thinking about patterns that engaged the mind and were also visually pleasing. I started thinking about patterns that children's Kaleidoscopes make. I thought the way the mirrors within the kaleidoscope make such simple objects into complex, colorful, symmetrical patterns was very interesting. I wanted to focus on using simple shapes and lines to make intricate symmetrical patterns.

Above are some images that inspired me. Although i like colourful kaleidoscopic pictures, i prefer it when the colour is more subtle. I feel that colour can sometimes over power the beauty of the structured lines within the pattern.