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More 3D development

Simon — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:39:19 +0000

Taking the collages into 3D once again, with the help of Grasshopper. Got a bit of a crushing critique, mostly about losing the functionality of the alley in the process. But here it is anyway, for the sake of documentation:

Collage into 3d – first test

Simon — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:20:14 +0000

I’m not happy with this, even though I like the form, because I’m losing the alley in all this. But you’ve got to start somewhere.

Colorize it!

Simon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:47:11 +0000

Wanted to see the collages from the previous posts divided into their components, so got the ones in the first row. Then I combined the original images with the color blocks, which ended up looking more or less like the second row (there was an intermediate iteration, but I think this one is better).

More collages

Simon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:06 +0000

After looking over the collages in the previous post, I realized that because of the orientation of the original images they were too directional for my liking. I decided to throw some rotation into the mix, and I think these are a bit more successful in conveying the atmosphere of the alley without being too literal about it:

Collages

Simon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:00 +0000

An idea I’ve been puttering about with, taking my Chicago alleys project into a more architectural realm. Not really sure how to take these into 3D, but most likely I’ll start off by using these as plans and working with collage sections generated in a similar way.

Wavey ball

Simon — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:33:44 +0000

Just putterin’ about:

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Jumping cubes

Simon — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:44:59 +0000

Well, happy little cubes, anyway:

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Holiday greetings

Simon — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:58:03 +0000

… and an axon if the elevation view doesn’t quite tell the full story:

Pluggin’ away

New portfolio

Simon — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:20:13 +0000

Open publication – Free publishing – More architecture

New rendering

Behind the Facade, formal studies

Simon — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:50:18 +0000

Here’s an attempt to distill some of the formal qualities of the alley photos – unlike the first try, this one done manually. I like this better, but I’m not sure if it has the punch of the high-contrast dropout images. Once again, if you have anything approaching an opinion on these, don’t hesitate to share.

Edit 9/14/11:

Here’s an idea that I think begins to better describe the formal qualities of the alley environment (in a funny way it’s beginning to look like my old multiple exposure street photography – something to think about). I simply overlaid all five of the above drawings and rotated the result to keep anything from being too obviously the “main” image: