Looking Outwards – 07

I really admire how Chris Harrison did his color flower, and the way he made his algorithm to create these sets of patterns is amazing and visually satisfying to look at. Although he didn’t specify how he made his algorithm, I can still guess a few of the steps that he took to make this work of art. First he made a set of point data within a boundary of a circle, and assigned values of those points based on the distance of them towards the center of the circle. Then, he used the points and the center of the circle to create vectors from the points and go away from the center of the circle. Eventually, based on hue value stored on each circle, they grab the name of the named color and list them on the vector using the color with the corresponding hue value, making this image a colored and worded art piece. Also, I love that he’s able to use the same algorithm to generate images not just circular but other shapes, such as spirals and others. 

Link: https://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Visualizations/ColorFlower