hydrant booster

I've started a collection of "hydrant booster" signs.. You know those fire hydrant boxes.. Often the words start to break down and dirt gets caught all over them, and they make interesting shapes. Here's one where I vectorised the words and other textures and placed them in MARCEL. True, it's not your usual collage with the rough street edges, and dulled down colours, but it's a different take.

I have to say though, this particular output is something I could have easily done myself in illustrator or photoshop. I've noticed that half the things I output are pretty average, 1/4 is total crap, like below,

(like what the hell is that?!)
and 1/4 is amazing stuff...
i heart marcel.
paul klee
Yeh so im doing paul klee for mr. tomato-warwicker man. Just wanted to let you know. But if you really want to do him that's cool. just let me know and i'll change. ^.^
hahaah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWT3Rfn4dkg
omg i have stitches
lol...

this code can give you a grid...

which you can scale to make patterns

which you can rotate..

or hide the grid, so it's not obvious..

and in other news... using an old code...

This is an imitation of Tarbell's work here: http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/nodeGarden/index.php
(I cant do that one so i faked it..)
it's amazing how simple some things can be.. the thing is the grid or simple structure is hidden behind eye-candy..
what a long post.. im going swimming now..cyas
hello, stranger..
In an attempt to boost my blog up to the top again, here is a useless fact:
The youngest mother recorded in history was 5 years and 8 months old...
(Dont ask...)
- Have logged on to actionscript.org forums and asked for help on colouring my objects.. The response I got was pretty complicated so I might have to leave that aside. I did spark some interest in generative art though, so have got other people exploring it. I've sent MARCEL to a guy I met on the forums. and in exchange, he will send me back work that he's done with it. Hopefully it will be in time for the folio.
- Writing my thesis at the moment, so not much visual stuff. But I am drawing bits and pieces that might go into a mix.
DO any of you guys have any topics you want me to do with MARCEL? I need some new ideas.. Even if you want me to remix your work, just send it through..
:)
TWO WEEKS!

IN TWO WEEKS TIME WE HAVE TO PRESENT!!!! FFFFFFAAAAARRRRR OUT!!
for crafty's soft sculpture issue

sneak peek! here i generated a complex element then played around with it in Illy.. I just duplicated and scaled it. :)
untitled

I've been trying to think of new ways that I can improve my concept. Here's one of them. The idea is that everytime you click the image, a random message will appear. Because you're the one that clicks it, it is your 'choice' in a sense, and whatever you get is your fault.
heheh.. well in theory. Problem is that I can't remember how to make it so that it only loads one message, and not all of them.. so instead you have a little mess of thoughts.
Still looks kind of cool.

oh wait.. my housemates came around and fixed it for me.. dang.. why do they have to go and be so smart... But now that I've seen it, I'm thinking I actually like the first one better.