a) (working on paper) make one reasonably complex drawing with one line (one connected line only). this could be a one line signature, or a cursive word, or something else. Then, working on pieces of tracing paper over the drawn line, try to “approximate the line” with a certain number of points, for example, if you were to draw the line using only 10 connected points, what would it look like? I would like you to try “resampling” the line with 20, 15, 10, 5, and 2 points. think about what information is preserved and lost between the resamples.

Signature

Signature: 2 points

Signature: 5 points

Signature: 10 points

Signature: 15 points

Signature: 20 points

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b) (working in code) make a drawing tool where you use the distance formula to sum up the length of the line being drawn.  Do this for one stroke only (so earlier code could be useful, or you can limit the gesture to one stroke, etc).  In addition to calculating the total length of a stroke, can you also identify the shortest and longest section (ie, pt 6 -> pt 7) ?  for the mega nerds, can you calculate the mean value (average value) and the std deviation of these section lengths?

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c) using the stroke / angle / body code we did in class, can you create an interesting drawing tool?  think about how the size of the body of a stroke could be varied.  for example, in the second code example now, fast motion = larger stroke, could you reverse so that slow motion leads to a larger stroke?  Could you draw it in a more interesting way?  think about incorporating media, such as images, into how you draw.  make an elegant stroke machine.

MUSIC, MOVEMENT & GESTURE

This is the name of the tool I want to create, where music is the starting point of the drawing experience.  An expressive exercise, where the user can change the color of the tool while drawing.

I would like to animate the line in time, while the user keeps drawing.
The music used in this example is “Quiéreme Mucho” by Ibrahim Ferrer.

Create a drawing tool, where the user can choose the “brush tool” they want to use with a key from the keyboard.  Save the last 5 drawings, and create a collage with all of them as the final screen.

a/b/c — create three unique drawing tools that make the act of drawing more performative and fun.

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d) Make drawing from memories of the first exercise: You drew with your eyes only. Not, recreate that drawing on the paper.

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e) Draw a person or alive objects on to the space. draw it very large, with imaginative tools, for eternal time. And a piece of paper happens to be on the drawings way, and left some mark.

a) Given the code examples, create 2 different drawing tools as input.

DRAWING TOOL #1

With the information of the cursor, I created lines to create a stroke.  I wanted to recreate gesture, texture and randomness.

DRAWING TOOL #2

This tool is candy eye! A little experiment with random colors, random opacity and different sizes of circles.

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b) Take some time and think about what kinds of information you can capture in a gesture.

• Sequence of points
• Angle
• Parallel
• Perpendicular
• Segment
• Straight curve
• Line segment
• Linear equations
• Linear functions
• Two end points
• Order of points

From MathWorld [link]

Line's interception

The line with x-intercept and y-intercept is given by the intercept form

(1)

The line through with slope is given by the point-slope form

(2)

The line with -intercept and slope is given by the slope-intercept form

(3)

The line through and is given by the two point form

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A parametric form is given by

			(5)

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c) Use other student’s drawings to process (recreate/remix/whatever) your own drawings. The other person’s drawing can be used as a process of <scale>, <repetition>, <subject matter: this means you take the drawings subject matter, but draw completely new thing>, <interpretive: this meas you interpret the style of the other persons drawing and redraw>, or much more. Please be as wacky with drawings as you desire, but very clear about which drawings you have sampled and the methods of process.

a) Make 30 sketches of anything.  Spend about 5-20 minutes on each sketch.

b) Make 10 sketches with 10 different pieces of software.

Adobe Illustrator - Elipse Tool

Adobe Flash - Brush Tool

Autodesk Maya - Poligons and Nurbs

Autodesk Sketchbook Pro - Paintbrush & Eraser

Kerika - New Items, Connectors & Tasks

Tux Paint - Star Stamp

iWork Keynote - Shapes

Adobe Photoshop - Brushtool

Mind Manager - Meeting plan template

Adobe Photoshop - Trapcode 3D Stroke