Wednesday, November 7, 2007

no images...

Its been over a month since I last posted, so I figured it was about time to get something new up. Unlike in previous quarters, it seems I no longer produce much visual work to post. I need to download a java applet so I can post some of the animations I have been doing for programming class. We started dealing with user interaction a few weeks ago and I have created a few simple programs which generate pattern and colors based on mouse movement and clicking.
I've been able to use a similar programming syntax to script part of my studio projects. I've decided to focus in on two simple areas for the time being: brick patterns and a woven screen. The bricks were fairly easy to deal with using a simply flow command to array a primitive (brick) along a surface. The next step I have started to address is rotating the bricks based on surface curvature at a given point. I'm looking to use the brick as more of a screen rather than opaque wall, so as the brick rotates it creates small openings in the surface of the skin.
The screen uses user inputed variables, controlling starting and ending diameter as well as middle diameter in both vertical and horizontal directions. I would like to make the variables in one direction user controlled, and then control the variables in the other direction based on diameter size at the intersection points. I haven't been fully successful with this yet...
I will try to get images posted soon. Review is on Friday, so I am being forced to produce!
In other news... Architecture in Helsinki concert tomorrow night!

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