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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