Final Wallpapers

Final Images

Panel 1

http://openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=24829
Lines are introduced with a consistant space between them but variations in length and transparency. These lines are continued over the series of panels and are intended to create the floating effect. Instead of using a gradient in the lin colour like originally intended i chose to use float in order to control the start and ending of the random length of lines in order to create a similar effects. Because of time restrictions i couldnt spend too long trying to firure out how to use the gradient so this method was better for this project. 

In pannel one coloured lines similar to the white lines down the page are introduced with a higher transparency and colour and bunched up at the bottom of the page. thorughout the rest of the panels these lines are to look like they are traveling diagonally and changing colours as they go over the panels.

Floating are bubbles, random sizes, shapes and transparency. This is not a main feature so i have kept them grey and there highest transparency less than 100 in order to mkae them a minor enhancement. The shapes are there to help create movement in the page but in a contrasting more relaxed manr than the lines. 
 


Panel 2

http://openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=24834
Panel 2 follows the same principles as the first panel only the lines have began to start and end further up the page and the shapes are tranforming into a less elipse shape and a more sharp edged form. This starts the transformation from circles into triangles. 


Panel 3

http://openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=24833
Panel 3 has a consistant increase in the lines positioning up the page and the sharp edged " elipses" have now trnsformend into a more square shape. Again using random in order to make the image look as though it is transforming as it travels across the panels. You may notice that by this panel the shapes are falling lower to the bottom across the horizontal line creating a sort of grid format.


Panel 4

http://openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=24835 
In the final panel the bunched lines are obviously higher and the shape has concluded its transformation form ellipses into trinagles. The shapes are also now moving to the bottom of the page. My intetnion with the different movements was to make the viewers eye travel around the image and across the panels. the use of transparencies was in order to give it depth which didnt exactly work or turn out the way i had planned.


What i found hard
I found it hard to start my design from scratch. Prior to this project i hadnt realised how much i had depended on the development of my work to come up with new images as well as the codes that had been provided and already put into the programs. Starting from scratch and just setting up took time in titself.

Evaluation
I like the way that the image is random and not repeated. It has a sense of floating as intended however with the skills and knowledge that i have lernt whilst creating this i still wasnt able to give it the depth i had hoped for. The subtlty of the lines looked effective on the computer however after printing them and looking at the images again agin, i think its importatn to use a higher transparency in rder to make you design stand out more and make the colours more clear.

Having not much experience with computers i found it very difficult to try and start from scratch and create an image, however i learnt alot along the way. Although doing this process was time consuming and there were times where i would do hours of work and get nowhere I dont think my image conveys that which is a relief.

Making Wallpaper-problems, changes and new ideas

image of just lines
After finally figuring out the bst way to achieve my drawings and creating panel 1 i began to realise how simple my deign really looked and it became evident to me that i would need to add more to the design. making it more complex. although i like the simplicity it would be good to know challenge myself even further (trust me getting this far was a challenge). I have decided to combine the geometirc shapes with the lines. I will be combining my original drawing plan and my final sketch together. this includes the evolution of the shapes that was an idea that i liked in the begining.

Panel 2- Hexagons, i decided the best way was to use the shape draw. It involves alot of maths to figure out the positioning and in the end the shapes all turned out quite defromed but i liked the effect and in the end i thought it amde the transformation from circles in panel 1 to the triangles in panel 4 a cool transition.

image of hexagons only

I have decided to not include the vertical lines as with the geometric shapes it begins to look to much and far too random. TO void this problem with the shapes i have decided to keep the shapes a subtle feature by making them more transparent and grey to give an embossed effect on the background.

In the lecture we were given a couple of useful site i have been using to help me with the codes for certain shades of colours. I used colourschemer.com as i thought it was the easiest to use.

The tutorials provided gave me alot of the information i needed in order to create my design, but i found them hard to understand and to withhold the information. Throught trial and error i was able to understand how and what to do in order to create my images.

Project 1- Original Ideas, Brainstorms and Final Plans

TASK
Create a set of four aesthetically pleasing wallpapers for the big cupboards in the first year studio space. The final size of each paper should approximately be 1x2 meters.



Original Brainstorm
Key ideas when brainstorming was to create movement and/or depth to the flat walls in order to make to visually exciting to look at and to be different from traditional wallpapers consisting of 2 dimensional patterninh and to Create a flow between the 4 pannels in some way. Keeping in mind my experience (lack of) with the processing program, but still challenging myself to further my knowledge and skills.

Conclusion and Inspiration
In order to find my inspiration i looked through magazines, brochures and other coding uploaded to open processing.

I have decided not to go with the illusion idea as i find it less aesthetiacally pleasing to the eye and leaves less room for originality than my other two ideas which can be worked on.

Geometric Shapes
I want to stare away from traditional repetitive patterns in my final peice. Evolving shapes and placement as well as variations in size could all be ways of making simple geometirc shapes create the sense of movement i am trying to achieve.

Lines
I was originally inspired by Inifinity, an attraction in the Gold Coast Australia. The place is uses lazers, mirrors and lights to make special effects and provide "a journey into spectacular, futurisitic maze like world of wonder". The use of the lazers is what I remember most about the place. The way that the layers of lazers and the lines created by them made the 2D walls look 3D and have the illusion that the lines were never ending. I began to look at images that use lines to create a similar effect and bring a sort of depth to the image.

Infinity website: http://www.infinitygc.com.au/

Final Sketches

My final idea is to have four pannels that are all linked. Each Panel being slightly different and continuing into the next. The lines will have a range of transparencies and thicknesses, placements etc. in order to creat an abstract/random effect and give more depth and a sense of movement to the 2D deisgns. The lines will gather and have colour within in different sections on each panel, each section mving diagonally upwards between the pannels (again making the illusion of movement. These simple lines prupose is to act much like lazers do at infinity and to capture the eye and force it to travel across the panels. As the lines move diagonally up vertical lines will travel up the panels, this creates a grid effect. By using gradients in the lines i plan to make them look as if they are travelling in and out of the background.

Goals

My goal is to figure out how to construct my design using processing. I would like to further my knowledge and experience with the programme.

In order to succesfully create my image i will need to learn how to, or experiment with..

• colour- I havent tried to intentionally use colourin my images and will need to learn how to use it.
• gradients- I am unsure how i will create the lines.
• positioning-experiment with positioning lines on the page and determining where they start and end.
• make appropriate improvements and changes that support my inital ideas.

I dont have much experience with coding so i will need to keep in mind my time managment as it takes me a long time to figure out small things. It is important my project is printed and ready by the due date provided, Tuesday the 23rd of March.

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Other Developments

(need to upload other images created and developmets)

Ellipses

I am getting underway with the online tutorials in coding. Im not picking up on it very quickly, but it is beginning to make sense. I have begun to investigate at the effects that can be made with simple geometric shapes and lines.

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=23170

I have created a simple grid and positioned evenly spaced circles. Originally i created this image in black and white but then decided i would experiment with color. In this one i used the "random" colour code. I like the fact the the colored squares are random, however i think i need to control the colors in order to make it tie nicely together. This looks patchy, unfinished and jumbled because of the random clours so i called it "Patchwork".

Development 1

The first one was one i called "Spot" because the more you look the more you can spot (excuse the pun)

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=23171
I thought this was my 'most interesting' design. 

 By increasing the amount of circles and experimenting with the placement of lines and ellipses i have created an illusional effect. This effect was originally unintended, but i began to develop the idea after being inspired by Thang Phan's "illusion" design on open processing, learning that simple lines and shapes can make a complex effect. In his work the small line connecting to the big lines and the use of black and white space have all made up an optical illusion. In this design, the interaction between the circles, lines and grid have made other circles appear. Being new at this programme i don’t have much knowledge at using color but i think that through color and the use of layers and transparency, I could create an effective depth to this image. I definitely plan to expand on this design or build on the concept of creating shapes through the interaction between lines when i have more experience with processing.  This pattern is also very structured, it would be nice from there to create a more abstract image using some of these concepts.

Development 2 
Developing from my last image i bagan to experiment with the transformation of lines. I used the random code in order to create an unbalanced and random effect.

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=23249

I like the variety of transparencies within the image. It had a clear balanced grid but by changing the transparency of the circles throughout the grid i have created a more abstract image. The lines look like they are moving in different directions which i think is quite effective. In my next image i chose to use the transformation to develop a more clear effect of the lines.

Development 3 
 From the last image i decided to completely distort the circles and lines using transformation. Just by doing this I made completely new and unique image. I like the subtlety of the lines and think that the black and white is quite effective. another thing that could be cool with this design is to add birght colours within the subtle lines. to be able to do this i need to enhance my knowledge of colour and gradients within lines.

 http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=23252

Tutorial 1: Processing for the first time

After my first lecture, the whole coding ordeal just seemed like a burden. I am terrible at maths and to me this whole coding thing just looked like a foreign language. I have never done anything like this before so the feeling was much like when your sitting amongst a group of friends that are all conversing in jibberish, your the only one not in on it. I realize the process to get the hang of this may be long, but after trying out what and investigating the different things coding can enable you to do, i have a sudden burst of motivation and inspiration.

This first image i have created is just getting used to the program. I learnt how to determine the placements of shapes and the basics of typing code. the reference as well as my peers deserve a great deal of credit for this image. But its a start and in the end i am quite impressed with the outcome for a first time coder. I don't so much like the design as i feel it is very generic and too structured but i think this is quite decorative and maybe in some situations the structure and simplicity of this design could be effective. obviously once i have more knowledge it would be nice to be able to work on this design and better it.