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Nice. In 2005 the artist Allan McCollum made software to design 31 billion shapes, with the intention to have at least one shape per person for a long time. No
by zachrose 11y ago
Nice. In 2005 the artist Allan McCollum made software to design 31 billion shapes, with the intention to have at least one shape per person for a long time.
Not usable the way identicons are, but the shapes are pleasing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shapes_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shapes_Project
- ArekDymalski 11y ago>made software On the artist's webpage there's following note in the footer: "Note: Contrary to some errors made in certain press articles, McCollum's Shapes are not "generated" in a computer with an invented or scripted "program." Every shape is laboriously created by the artist using Adobe Illustrator — a common, everyday graphics program — by drawing little parts, cutting and pasting the parts into bigger parts, then cutting and pasting those parts into even bigger parts, and so on, and keeping track according to a written protocol, to insure against repetitions. The first exhibition of the project, in 2006, took around two years to complete." Anyway, thanks for a very interesting link. EDIT: More info on the tedious labor involved: http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/shapes/shapesworksheet.html http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/shapes/shapesworkshee...
- reagency 11y agoSo, they are generated in a computer using an invented program, but the mid level graphics API is implemented on his hand, instead of wholly inside the computer.
- egypturnash 11y agoWow. That sure looks like a process ripe for automation.