Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

nicolasme..

Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

in Events and Opportunities • 1 years ago

Helloo,

I'm a graphic designer based in Montreal, Canada. I'm having a fun little project where I generate shapes using super simple rules based on color statistics for inputs. The goal is to create very simple abstract yet organic shapes. Then I would print a book with the results using screen printing. It's pretty straightforward, but the end result would be quite pleasing to the eye!

I'm actually creating those shape in illustrator, so they are "hand made". But the simple system could be automated with processing to create a lot of content really quickly. So I'm searching a developer who would like to collaborate with me on that.

Here are some images of a work in progress, and if you're interested, drop me an email :D

Nicolas Menard

Email: bonjour (at) nicolasmenard.com

Portfolio: http://www.behance.net/nicolasmenard/frame

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yanom0

Re: Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

1 years ago

sweet. Where does your source code live?

nicolasme..

Re: Re: Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

1 years ago

There's no source code, those are hand made from simple rules (The equivalent of doing it on graph paper. Color statistics are translated in coordinates). I'm searching for someone to help me translate these rules in processing.

jazzaiman

Re: Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

1 years ago

Sounds interesting. I think if you lay down the algorithm(rules) you were following down here the community may help you improving it.

nicolasme..

Re: Re: Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

1 years ago

Oh you're right. Here's an example:

So to create the shape with the green background, you start by collecting the stats of a color. Let's say:

Apricot

#E67E30

RGB R(230) G(126) B(48)

CMYK C(0) M(45) Y(79) K(10)

LAB L(64) A(37) B(58)

HSB H(26) S(79) B(80)

(You can find tons of those on wikipedia:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_couleurs

Pretty fun since anyone can name a color the way they want, hehe)

Then I set a simple rule, like this one, to create a shape. The stats of the color are used as coordinates:

x1, y1 = C, M

x2, y2 = Y, K

x3, y3 = L, A

x4, y4 = B, H

x5, y5 = S, B

It gives you a shape. Then, using illustrator, I transform each point into an automatic bezier curve, giving it a rounded look. So the complete rule would be:

x1, y1 = C, M

x2, y2 = Y, K

x3, y3 = L, A

x4, y4 = B, H

x5, y5 = S,B

+apply autobezier

After that, you repeat the process for 7 other colors, then you stack up the results from biggest shape to smallest shape, and you've got a a cool weird shape! Doing the same process with 8 different colors would give another unexpected result. And changing the rules can give you a complete new look and feel. So having some code that could generate tons of those random shapes from a database would be awesome!

nicolasme..

Re: Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

1 years ago

Also, each shape has it's own color applied on it. So it gives a colorful palette. Though to print it easily in screenprinting, I'm transforming the images in bitmap, so only the lightness of the colors are preserved. Then I can print the abstract shape in one color on colored paper. That's unless I find a cheap way to print it in full color.

jazzaiman

Re: Searching a developer to collaborate on a fun project!

1 years ago

Now I see it. sound fairly easy to implement.

It reminds the 'generator' for decoded conference found here.

that one uses character data (letter frequency in german actually) to create shapes.

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