LO 1-My Inspiration

Title: Generative Portraits
Artist: Diana Lange

“Generative Portraits,” a collection of work by graphic artist Diana Lange, depicts human-like entities, with each image made up of hundreds of white lines connected by nodes on a black background. While none of these pieces fully replicate a human face or form, they are often reminiscent of parts of facial features–an earlobe, the bridge of a nose, eyelids, etc. Lange uses Processing and 3D modeling software to construct each of these portraits, creating areas of higher visibility, detail, and clarity by increasing the concentration of interconnections in specific places. Although it’s unclear where Lange drew inspiration from for this collection, she as an artist often looks to the patterns found in nature, using them to inform her code.