My first session with the program Processing was relatively successful, although still being in the process of working out the fundamental programming principals, it would be fair to say my work wasn’t particularly original. By my over emphasizing the importance of learning the scripting language it seems my designs were disadvantaged. I did however learn a lot about the scripting language and I feel the session was well used. The most important lesson I learnt, however, was not to forget the creative side of scripting. It doesn’t matter how well scripted the image is if it doesn’t look good.
The next thing I did was to design a new range of patterns, with a new approach and new goals, as can been seen above. The idea was to use very simple shapes and lines in a dynamic and interesting way. This was kind of a test of both my creative abilities and my ability to control the script. The designs I submitted for the first section of my first Creative Coding project, which can be seen here, you will notice look nothing like those designs. This is because although they are interesting, at some point you have to ask yourself “would I want this in my home?” sadly, for my first designs the answer would be a resounding NO.
So for my first designs submitted I tried to make interesting patterns that could conceivably be appreciated in a home or workplace environment. Next will be to take the abstract side further and incorporate a common element. I particularly like this idea of disguising common elements (shapes, symbols etc.) in interesting ways so it isn’t immediately obvious what the original element was. I would also like to add more colour to my next set of designs.
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