Shapevent

While testing out my fast drawing library I created a handful of isometric planes. Most of these came out pretty standard and uninteresting looking - but they served the purpose of testing the flexibility of my API.

One plane came out rather interesting - its made up of 4,900 oscillating circles. Each circle oscillates up and down and changes from a light to dark color. I offset the oscillation of each circle using two cosine waves.

Click on the above image to view flash version

vCanvas is a custom piece of software that automatically creates animations from drawing input. I’m constantly trying to find ways to combine my drawings with my programming knowledge - vCanvas is one way for me to do this.

You can view the latest drawings created with vCanvas here.

More info coming soon…

This sketch is a few months old. It’s made up of ten horn-like formations that appear to glow:

Click any of the above images to see the flash version

To achieve something that at times looks like its being altered by light I use a technique that I originally stumbled upon in photoshop.

1) Take your abstract image that looks 2D or Flat
2) Duplicate it
3) Blur it
4) Place it over your original image with an offset and a blend mode / layer mode

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