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This week I studied the aspect of Generative Art. I composed a number of drawings utilizing some online applications. The first two were made using a online drawing tool called ScribblerToo, one drawing was to be based off of an already existing photo and the other was to have a sense of volume. This program takes the input strokes and draws connecting lines between adjacent strokes as long as they are with the radius of the selected brush. My first drawing was based off of a photo of a lady walking through the forest. This image really stood out to me when I was searching for one to base a drawing off of because the image seemed to have depth to it. To start, I drew the foreground using a brush with a lot of heavy connections to nearby nodes, this would give the sense these objects were close to the viewer. While the background had lighter strokes with fewer connections between the nodes. I added some color to try and give the drawing more life. The second drawing, I was trying to portray a hallway as that was the first idea that came to mind when I was trying to picture something with depth. ScribblerToo does not allow one to draw in straight lines very easily so this was somewhat difficult to portray using a mouse. This drawing has a sense of depth and volume by having stronger, broader, and darker strokes towards the outside and lighter strokes towards the middle, giving the sense of depth. I feel that this drawing was mediocre, partially because of the limitations of the program and the mouse I was using to draw with. Drawing with a mouse is never a good idea, this is where a drawing tablet would have come in handy. I also feel that the program that I used was limiting on its functionality. It did not allow the user to erase and only allowed for the last stroke to be undone. So if a mistake was made, one would have to restart or try and draw over the mistake.

The other two drawings that I composed this week were made using software called Flame Painter 3. This tool is much better and much more complete than ScribblerToo. This software is focused around painting with fire. This program is really cool and allows for some really interesting effects. For this part of the assignment, I was to try and elicit some emotions by drawing with fire. The first image I made was trying to form anger or hostility. I used a brush called "Hue Blue" and "Flame" to form a strong blazing core, and the standard brush to give wisps towards the outside. The second drawing is an attempt to elicit tranquility. I used a flame brush with the chaos setting turned up to its maximum to give a cool blue and purple core in the lower left corner. While using the flame brush to create the big blue core towards the upper right. I think both photos portray their target emotion well, with reds being commonly associated with anger and blue being associated with something more tranquil.
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