1/23/2025
The prompt for Genuary 24 is 'Geometric art', and we are instructed to 'pick either a circle, rectangle, or triangle and use only that geometric shape'. A challenge, I thought, as my first inclination was towards stark lines, bold outlines, and clear delineation. How can I take this in a more organic direction? I thought back to some work on particle systems, moving towards twisted, sprouting, tree-like shapes. What if each particle was only a single geometric form: proof, therefore, that geometric need not mean inorganic. As Benoit put it, 'Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles', and yet here, these beautiful, blossom-laden trees are exactly that: circles, triangles, or rectangles. Slider 1 controls the main branch count. Slider 2 selects the basic geometric shape type: triangle, circle or rectangles. The rectangle category is actually two options: horizontal or at a forty-five degree rotation. Slider 3 controls the extent of the branches, and the likelihood they will burst into clouds of geometric blossom. Slider 4 shifts colour saturation from monochrome, right through to a somewhat garish display of over-saturated colour. Slider 5 alters the complexity of the branches, perhaps best described as twistiness, and the variety of the blossoms.
The prompt for Genuary 24 is 'Geometric art', and we are instructed to 'pick either a circle, rectangle, or triangle and use only that geometric shape'. A challenge, I thought, as my first inclination was towards stark lines, bold outlines, and clear delineation. How can I take this in a more organic direction? I thought back to some work on particle systems, moving towards twisted, sprouting, tree-like shapes. What if each particle was only a single geometric form: proof, therefore, that geometric need not mean inorganic. As Benoit put it, 'Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles', and yet here, these beautiful, blossom-laden trees are exactly that: circles, triangles, or rectangles. Slider 1 controls the main branch count. Slider 2 selects the basic geometric shape type: triangle, circle or rectangles. The rectangle category is actually two options: horizontal or at a forty-five degree rotation. Slider 3 controls the extent of the branches, and the likelihood they will burst into clouds of geometric blossom. Slider 4 shifts colour saturation from monochrome, right through to a somewhat garish display of over-saturated colour. Slider 5 alters the complexity of the branches, perhaps best described as twistiness, and the variety of the blossoms.