Gorilla Sun || Ahmad Moussa

A little #RecodeRethink étude! Homage to Frieder Nake's 'Homage to Paul Klee'!

I think I got pretty close 🤔 #CreativeCoding #p5js
Original on the left 👈 and recreation on the right 👉

Nov 9, 2022 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadMaxwell White Nov 9, 2022
@gorillasun fantastic job - just curious, why didnt you try to match the background color? Just to differentiate it?
Show threadGorilla Sun || Ahmad MoussaNov 9, 2022
@maxwell Thanks! And that's a good question, I just didn't think of it. I was more concerned with the structures that the lines form!
Show threadMaxwell White Nov 9, 2022
@gorillasun ive been recreating Molnar works and using my camera to snap the color and get the hex for the backgrounds. Makes it look nearly identical and is pretty fun to do
Show threadMaxwell White Nov 9, 2022
@gorillasun still need to hang this one on the wall but yeah, here’s my recreation
Show threadGorilla Sun || Ahmad MoussaNov 9, 2022
@maxwell That sounds awesome! I'll definitely keep the background color in mind the next time!
Show threadGuido SchmidtNov 9, 2022
@gorillasun LOL I literally started the same a few days ago, but didn't finish it 🙈 ... got somehow distracted and messed around with more and more lines 🐒
Show threadGorilla Sun || Ahmad MoussaNov 9, 2022
@guidoschmidt What a coincidence! I think you got pretty close actually! I wish there was a way to know how Frieder Nake coded the horizontal lines back then 🤔 I actually also ended up with a version with many lines that I liked:
Show threadGorilla Sun || Ahmad MoussaNov 9, 2022
@guidoschmidt Actually sorry, that was the wrong image, I meant this one:
Show threadGeorge H.K.Nov 9, 2022

@gorillasun Amazing! I recently re-made Auro Lecci's Slant series.

Slant One on the left, and my take (generative so the size/position of the shapes is randomised) on the right!

Show threadGorilla Sun || Ahmad MoussaNov 9, 2022
@tallzy Nice! You nailed it!
Show threadGeorge H.K.Nov 9, 2022
@gorillasun the shapes aren't all connected yet (it's still #wip) but here's a close-up
Show threadMaxwell White Nov 9, 2022
@tallzy @gorillasun fantastic. Looks like it would benefit from a pixel noise layer on top too for matching texture
Show threadGeorge H.K.Nov 9, 2022
@maxwell @gorillasun definitely! There's also an interesting detail that I haven't implemented yet: the lines shift across by 1 pixel or so at regular intervals so I will think about that first (and also how did Auro Lecci do this back in 1969!) 😅
Show threadMaxwell White Nov 9, 2022
@tallzy @gorillasun do you know how he coded it? Did fortran even exist… just wild