Looking Outwards – 06

The piece I decided to write about is “Take Me to the Desert” by Tyler Hobbs. To create this piece, Hobbs created an algorithm that randomly places circles of different sizes and colors. The algorithm starts by placing the largest circles first and the smallest last. It finds a spot to place each circle by checking for collisions. This is done checking if the difference between two circles’ center point is larger than the sum of their radii. It will continue to insert circles until the desired number of circles is reached or until the failed attempts limit is reached. I admire this piece because despite the circles being randomly placed, it still looks clean and none of them overlap. I also really like the colorfulness of this generative art.