Design is not the narrow application of formal skills, it is a way of thinking.

— Chris Pullman


Thursday, 31 March 2011

Layering of paint

Reference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZFENVBK1wQ&feature=related

this was a nice reference to my layering idea.

Colour Swatch


The colours I think I am going to use are down the far end of this colour swatch. So I am using the pinks/red and blues. With use of fade and transparency and smooth connecting lines.

Idea 3

Mouse activates flowers on screen ( wherever mouse is clicked). The flower grows from the centre to form an over-all shape. Each petal codes for a differnt colour (semi moving/pulsing), and that codes for a different sound. Also each flower will have different coloured petals with matching sounds but occasionally expressing the same colour so that the sounds compliment each other.
All the sounds work well together so when played they are easy to listen to.
An advance made to this, is that instead of just flowers a over-all pattern could be created, using swirls and circles.

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Idea 2

For school last year I experimented with ink in water, and running ink down paper and It looked really good. So I thought it would be interesting to try it out on coding. I'm not sure if you can get the same smooth, dark-light/patchy look but worth a try.
I think as you click your mouse you activate a line of ink to fall, and this will make a sound as it decends down the page. As you click more to the left it creates deeper sounds and to the right higher sounds this will also be matched by colours that I feel match each sound. Also to add another dimesion would be to had extra layers in the background and collate both my paint splodges idea with this one. Creating a inky look but in the form of a spoldge (almost as if it has been thrown at the screen).

Inspiration

I have always thought splodges of paint look very effective. So for this topic of transformation, I thought that maybe it would be a good idea if I encorprated them in some way. For my first idea, I thought that by clicking your mouse you were able to activate a paint splodge to be created on your screen, Almost as if you are painting your own painting. The background would be a canvis sort of style and each splodge would be a different sound that expressed the motion in which you click. Different colours that complimented each other would be used, and the an over-all picture would be created. To add extra interest to this, another component could be if the splodges had some sort of flash response or flickered a

little but these ones were only like this as they expressed the same sound? This is all me just typing up ideas.

Project two, Transformation