Jason Zhu-LookingOutwards-06

This is an image of Tyler Hobbs work, Community 5, created with various algorithms.

http://www.tylerlhobbs.com/writings/probability-distributions-for-artists. Created in 2014 by Tyler Hobbs.

Community 5 is an artwork derived from various algorithmic work. In this case, the artist, Tyler Hobbs, used pseudo-Pareto distribution to vary the length of width of polygons used in the piece. He does this quite successfully in my opinion as it neither seems overly generated or overly humanistic; achieving the right balance of algorithmic work and human effort. The Pareto distribution is a form of power law distribution and is useful in situations where one wants to create balanced objects of various sizes. Other applications of the Pareto distribution include in Hobbs words “the population of cities (many small cities, few very large cities) and the wealth of individuals (many poor indiviuals, few very rich).”