9 sketches representing the patterns with randomness!!!

Naughty Circles

I. Geometry Circles.

Firstly, I applied random diameters to those lined up circles. It created a bubble-like sketch just like in the river or ocean.

Then, I added some comlexities. The circles were turning into concentric circles with random strokeWeight. Also, those concentric circles do not have the same interfaces inside, however, you could comprehend it as random circles drawing on one another. For the kinda gradual color changing, it is generated by random rgb in certain realm.

At last, I made all the elements heavier as they were seen before so that the gradual changes from the left-down corner to the right-up corner and inside the concentric circles would be more obvious.

For furthur development, the  color could be enriched. It needs not just be gradually changing but to have contradictions on different layers.

II. Random Circles’ Lives.

Four balls beginned their journey from separate starting point. During the process, their diameters and colors were changing which revealed their various experiences. It seems that each of them have their own life path.

For furthur exploration, I created chaos. Random circles in random positions, meaning colliding on each other’s life and having ineraction with each other. 

Here disclosed the classification of the society though it’s not so obvious.  The ones who stand out are the minorities while the density of lower class is much higher.

Accoding to these three sketches, the outcome struck me that there is the posibility for the sound funtions to combine in. If this could be iterated into motions, when we turn on our mic, the volume of the sound we've been recording is random and it'll bring more random movements for the balls under that circumstance.

III. Circular Rotation but not Rotating.

The sketch presents a simple rotation but not rotating. 🙂

 

To upgrade it, I added random color to the line when it is rotating so that the visualization could be more satisfying!

I set up random center position for multiple rotations so that they could appear in unexpected places. Each of them was combined by 2 rotations and the lengths of the lines were randomly determined, so they were like lasers or spotlights.

Reflect on the ratation part, lines could be used but also the geometries and the changing of angles so that it might create facet visualization rather than linear ones.

All in all, the patterns in setup function make the mode steady, this gives difficulties to presenting dynamic ideas but truely enhances our ability on using the techniques.

The author first mentioned the benefit and the ‘ill effect’ of the Web. In our daily life, Web is really a double-edged sword. For example, it surely could bring convenience to our life, we can get access to whatever information in a fast speed with high accuracy and different perspectives. However, the algorithm itself in dragging us inside the filter bubble, since I like to watch short videos, especially those short introduction about net literature, the Web will filter all the information that has nothing to do with those literature and keep feeding me with 10-minutes introductions of the literature. I am inside the whirlpool right now and it’s hard for me to jump out. As the Web is keep advancing, we are taking more advantages but we still need to be careful about it.

Concepts & Relations

First is Universally and Isolation. Universality means that Web should be accessible to everyone regardless of different regions, cultures, etc. Decentralization is also an important concept when we talk about Universality, it could widespread innovation. Isolation leads to the connections among data exist only within a site, which tends to limit innovation. After all, Universality promotes an open and interconnected Web where information can be sent or shared freely, while isolation arises from closed systems that hinder the universal sharing of data.

Second is Open standards and Closed worlds. For Open standards, they allow for multiple options and foster creations and diversity. It’s like different programming languages could be attached to python, so it also contains flexibility. When we turn to closed worlds, walls would be established, you are no longer on the Web, the evolution inside is limited while the development outside would also delay. So, Open standards enable sharing, while closed systems restrict it.

Third is Web and Internet. The two are interrelated,the Internet is the underlying network infrastructure that enables data transmission, and the Web is one of the applications that operate on top of this infrastructure.

Future?

• Open&linked data

Bring dynamic new capabilities to people everywhere. Link the world up!

• Social machines

Sharing views from different perspectives and different people on various fields. This is not only the collision of the opinions, but also the engine of design thinking. Commenting, blog posting, etc.

• Web science

Digging deeper into the essence of Web and internet for further exploration. The generation of HTML, 3D display and so on.

• Free bandwidth

Help with the poor regions, make the world more united.

• Drug discovery

Testable data, approximate calculations.

• Finance & economy

Resource and profit! Linking world.

• Privacy

Protect? Expose? This is a long lasting question during the development of the Web and internet. Because of hackers, governments, criminals, etc, we may be naked in those people’s eyes for they use different approaches on surveillance.

 

The way we use the Web determines the way it acts!

Well………….. How to begin with? A good Question……….

As GPS(Global perspective on society) talked about cosmology, a great idea popped up in my head. Why not describe the production of life by using the Big Bang as a starting point and delve into the Micro perspective?

Some techniques just gathered in my mind, for example, gradually changing speed, random balls with random colors in random speeds falling apart, rotation, sin/cos waves, etc.

So, I continuously created and updated some demos to see how far I can go. Below are some of my explorations.

explosion

cells

gene chain

Let’s focus on the  randomness, because this was the part that has been lingering in the air for so long.

The initial purpose was to keep hundreds of balls radiating from the center of the canvas, however, with limited knowledge, I could only code one ball at once and it was such a time consuming process. The visualization was not what I had expected.

Suddenly, I thought about function. By coding one ball and putting in some variables, I could make the code simpler and tidier. Still, I needed to type function(a,b,c) plenty of times in the draw function. This was becoming confusing and exhausting….

On the recitation section, I asked for help, and the fellow told me that when we reached array, you would find out.

After that, I searched up what array is and happily it’s quite similar to the list in python! As was expected, I failed again, because there is subtle difference in these two languages and I had totally no idea.

When it came to the day that the instructor taught about array, and under his help, I successfully make it!

The whole process was like being tripped down once and once again, however, the development of approaches and the final outcome brought me great satisfaction!

The prototype of Project A would be switching in 3 different motions in order to zoom in from the Macro view to Micro view. The creature may focus on the last motion which is Gene chain, because Gene is everywhere in the universe and by magnifying could we see its true self!

 

Just Expect It!!!