Day 4 Mon Feb 14th

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Don't forget to upload your image to the "Visual Diary" before class. 

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Will virtual and augmented reality move us into the knowledge age? by Zenka

[15:18]

 

 

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 When the Virtual meets the Physical: Bio Bots

 “These are novel living machines,” Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research, said in a statement. “They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It’s a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism.”

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Glowforge Laser cutter/engraver

Digital C-n-C router

[4 min 36 sec]

[13 min 35 sec]

 

 

 

What are Vector Graphics?

Vector graphics are a purely virtual form of drawing. It is mathematically based.

There are many file types that support vector graphics. 

 

The most common file type is the SVG (scalable vector graphic).  All the digitally based production technology in the FabLab, like the Laser Cutter, C-N-C router, and 3D printers utilize the SVG file type.

Hand Drawn

 

Vector Graphic

Image translated into a vector and laser etched into cherry plywood

 

Abstract Art

Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. from the Tate

 

 

Wassily Kandinsky, untitled (study for Composition VII, Première abstraction), watercolor, 1913

 

 

 

Geometric

Abstract Art

The pictorial language of geometric abstraction, based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in nonillusionistic space and combined  into nonobjective compositions, evolved as the logical conclusion of the Cubist destruction and reformulation of the established conventions of form and space. Initiated by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in 1907–8, from The Met

                   Piet_Mondriaan,_1939-1942_-_Composition_10

Project 2

[Assigned - Mon Feb 14th]

[Due - Fri Feb 18th]

Laser Cut Vector Design

description:
For this project you will be creating a BxW drawing that will be converted into a vector graphic and etched into wood or plastic

1. Using a sharpie or other marker create a pattern, drawing or abstraction, in a 5" x 5" square on a piece of white paper.

 

2. Repeat the process six times

 

3. Take a photo of each drawing. 

4. Upload the file to the class "Art116 Vector Images" Google Photos Album

5. Participate in the group critique

 

6. Convert the image chosen in the critique into a vector graphic using this link

 

Things to consider:

The image needs to be two colors only, black and white. The laser will etch the black lines into the material. The white is the material itself. Lasers burn the material. In the case of wood it leaves it looking dark and burnt. Plastic looks frosted.

What’s Due:

Six image files up in the class 'Art116 Vector Album SP22' in Google Photos 

 

 

 

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