{"id":12463,"date":"2019-12-11T21:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=12463"},"modified":"2020-01-30T01:22:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T01:22:38","slug":"conference-project-self-portraits-and-molnar-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r6g.ad7.mwp.accessdomain.com\/?p=12463","title":{"rendered":"Art from Code: Self Portraits and Molnar Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Self portrait 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From the pictures I have here, there are two separate projects. The first is a few self portraits, which is what I worked on prior to deciding to pursue inspiration from Vera Molnar, an artist the class looked at earlier this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The self portraits were inspired by the assignment in class where we made self portraits freely. For each one, I found pictures of minimalistic art and then based my self portraits on that art. I took care to make shapes big and bold. The main intention for doing so was to compensate for my lack of skill with the program Processing. When I set out to code-draw them, I was not thinking of what they would look like in the end. I went on instinct, starting with a shape and then thinking, “Well, what if I added that?” “What would happen if I did this?” “What would this color here look like?” I did not know what I was doing in the sense that I was not really “thinking.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon learning about Vera Molnar’s approach to art, I liked her perspective. She would take her drawings and change one aspect at a time and make a series that would show the changes. She used bold shapes, such as large, noisy squares and lines that screamed over each other. In my two series inspired by her, I toned down the noise and instead focused on the simplicity and the predictability-unpredictability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By changing one aspect at a time, I would again go on instinct like with the self portraits. Instead of starting with a plan, I would set the board with a starting picture and then see what would happen if I changed things. “If I make this number bigger, what would happen?” “I don’t know what this changes. Time to find out.” “Oh, that looks cool.” There is a sense of freedom and individuality that goes with letting the process be loose like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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