Documentation Blog on Recitation 5

 

To start with, this is a masterpiece from the American Artist Solomon LeWitt (1928-2007), who is known as a founding member of both Minimalism and Conceptual Art in the 1960s. I was a bit amazed at this picture for its style. Frankly speaking, I am a follower of minimalism and I think this picture perfectly shows its essence both in the structure and the logic. The general shapes and structure of this picture are solid and stable, yet it still manages to convey a subtle feeling of complexity. In terms of the sensibility level, I think I enjoy this kind of chaos inside of the order.

My final design was similar in the layout structure but is different in the contents. I use curves and circles to fit inside the rectangles, trying to strengthen the ideology that chaos exists within the order. I initially decided to add color to my painting, but I soon gave up this idea. Why LeWitt used color in his masterpiece was because his paintings were mainly constituted with rectangles. Adding color to my work, based on my perception, would interfere with the atmosphere of the whole painting.

Generally speaking, I think the processing is a good way to illustrate my design but not the best way. If I were about to create 2D static drawings, I think Adobe Illustrator may be a better choice, but processing may be better at creating animations and other visual arts that are not static.

Here’s the code:

 

size(600, 600);
rect(10, 10, 580, 580);

quad(20, 20, 20, 580, 200, 580, 200, 20);
quad(210, 20, 210, 430, 580, 270, 580, 20);
quad(210, 443, 210, 580, 580, 580, 580, 283);

noFill();
arc(50, 20, 300, 1586, 0, QUARTER_PI);

fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(300, 550, 50);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(250, 500, 70);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(335, 480, 80);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(280, 440, 30);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(450, 465, 200);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(533, 535, 80);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(370, 540, 40);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(480, 440, 100);
fill(0, 0, 0, 0);
circle(537, 350, 70);

fill(200);
circle(390, 178, 70);