Using a programming tool created with artists in mind (Processing), create a program that algorithmically generates a 2-dimensional design for physical output. Begin by analyzing some complex system (a spider’s eye, a pinecone, the interstate highway system, the solar system, etc). Through research, sketches, and writing, try to come up with a simplified algorithm that describes how this system, or a part of it, is structured/constructed visually, through repetition, pattern, translation, transformation, hierarchy, symmetry, etc. This algorithm will become the basis for your program, which will in turn be able to create new 2D forms that are not random in nature, but truly evolve from your findings. The results could utilize any media or tools, possibly including large-scale color prints or a bound book.
Medium: Illustrator (vector graphics) and Processing
Art, Design, Code 