Hallelujah! A child is born!!
Hey I WORKED IT OUT!!!! AFTER 2 WEEKS!!!Well, firstly, we have nicknamed my computer program that I'm growing. He is currently called MARCEL, courtesy of Eirian Chapman. What do you reckon of the name? My iPod is called Michael, it kind of goes together.. Although I'm not a big fan of calling all kids names with the same first letter..
I managed to get Marcel to randomly pick an image, and duplicate movieclips all over the place.
Below are the results:
What do you reckon? Some look really good, while others don't look quite as well composed, or thought out. Too much repetition of the same object, too large, too much space, etc.. Well, that's what you get if you ask for randomness.
WHERE TO FROM HERE:
Well the above pics are from my fav studio PSYOP (see right for link) and I basically took a whole lot of screenshots of their work, and mixed them up together in Marcel. Sort of like a moodboard for PSYOP. Eventually I will be asking you guys for images and work so I can make remixes of your work. Or even remixes of your face, your everyday life, etc etc.
I need to hone down my code, give it parameters so I have more control over the layout, but that is another giant leap for me. You might have to wait a bit.
I was thinking about putting parameters on the program, and realised that I'm considering what parameters I will put and how that will affect my design, etc etc - But I realise that THATS WHAT WE DO ALL THE TIME when we are doing graphic design, except we never even consider it.
Imagine I am designing a poster:
I, ErnMei, have 10 different pictures.
I, ErnMei, can scale them up or down, but not blow them out of proportion
I, ErnMei, have to put this amount of text on the page.
I wonder if we would end up with something that Marcel has spat out, or whether we would get something so clean, with white space, perfect leading etc etc.
Is that because we are designers and we are considering the audience? Or have we lost some sort of freedom in our work?
Feel free to leave comments and ideas about Marcel or anything.
posted by ::Ernie:: @ 4:23 PM
2 Comments:
I love Marcel. He is very talented!! Have you thought about what you are going to do with the most beautiful work he creates? You should print and sell them or something! Well done. It's coming along really well
well done! marcel is a genius
yeh, try putting type in there. they are great images - really interesting
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