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This was a surprising variation of one of my earliest Generative Art pieces, Organic Illusion.

Organic Illusion is a regular grid of square tiles. Each tile consists of a square with its perimeter divided into the same number of points of the circle it contains. Randomness determines the placement of the circles’ center relative to the center of the square. The method where the points between the two shapes are connected creates a 3D illusion.

Twist uses the same configuration of a circle in a square divided into the same number of points. This time the circle is not randomly translated, rather it is fixed in the center of the square. The coordinates that make up the sides of the square and the perimeter of the circle are stored in arrays. Using a linear interpolation technique to move from one point of a figure to the other I manipulate the array indices of the circles’ data producing a happy, but unexpected result.

Twist is a true Op Art piece. It messes with your mind. If you try and hang it on the wall it always looks crooked.

Dr. Bill Kolomyjec's Algorithmic Plotter Art, 1974-1981 collection image

I've been involved in many aspects of computer art/computer graphics. First as a student and pioneer of the medium at Michigan State University (MSU). Followed by several years of professing engineering graphics, computer graphics and computer art at The Ohio State University (OSU). Followed by being called upon to start a program at Northern Illinois University (NIU), College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Art, Department of Design called Electronic Media, where I was an Associate Professor of Design.

This collection presents the original plotter drawings (pen on paper) programmed in FORTRAN, executed on a CDC6500 mainframe computer and an offline Calcomp 936 drum plotter. Done at Michigan State University during my MFA/PhD era, 1974-1981.

First buyer of every artwork gets an original print mailed to them. Contact me on Twitter to arrange this.

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This was a surprising variation of one of my earliest Generative Art pieces, Organic Illusion.

Organic Illusion is a regular grid of square tiles. Each tile consists of a square with its perimeter divided into the same number of points of the circle it contains. Randomness determines the placement of the circles’ center relative to the center of the square. The method where the points between the two shapes are connected creates a 3D illusion.

Twist uses the same configuration of a circle in a square divided into the same number of points. This time the circle is not randomly translated, rather it is fixed in the center of the square. The coordinates that make up the sides of the square and the perimeter of the circle are stored in arrays. Using a linear interpolation technique to move from one point of a figure to the other I manipulate the array indices of the circles’ data producing a happy, but unexpected result.

Twist is a true Op Art piece. It messes with your mind. If you try and hang it on the wall it always looks crooked.

Dr. Bill Kolomyjec's Algorithmic Plotter Art, 1974-1981 collection image

I've been involved in many aspects of computer art/computer graphics. First as a student and pioneer of the medium at Michigan State University (MSU). Followed by several years of professing engineering graphics, computer graphics and computer art at The Ohio State University (OSU). Followed by being called upon to start a program at Northern Illinois University (NIU), College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Art, Department of Design called Electronic Media, where I was an Associate Professor of Design.

This collection presents the original plotter drawings (pen on paper) programmed in FORTRAN, executed on a CDC6500 mainframe computer and an offline Calcomp 936 drum plotter. Done at Michigan State University during my MFA/PhD era, 1974-1981.

First buyer of every artwork gets an original print mailed to them. Contact me on Twitter to arrange this.

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ChainEthereum
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Creator Earnings
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