Less line density

And a Fractal

A quick digression today. I had this queued up with the Workshop group last month, but never got around to publishing it. So better late than never.

I combined the fuzzy line idea with a fractal. I am pleased with the result in the big and normally flat areas on the outside. However the inner "capture set" portion is too busy. The fine detail curlicues are masked by just noise.

There should be a way to gradually transition from the blended lines coloring on the outside to traditional escape-time fractal coloring on the inside. I will explore that at some unspecified future date.

Smaller features, or more distance viewpoint.

Similar to yesterday's, with bigger features.

I have several of these with the similar colors and shapes with variations in feature size and density. As usual, I cannot decide which I like best so I am going to post several variants, with minimal comment.

Fuzzy Lines

I just finished posting 29 images that I created in December. Initially I saw these as a collection of odds and ends, experiments, with no overriding theme or story. But as I struggled to add words to the images, I started to discover connections, and potentially some stories. I was then, and still am, too lazy to provide a decent organization. So they will probably forever be "Workshop 202012".

As I was preparing the previous set to publish, I was also discovering additional things to explore. So here is a new set, similar to the old set, with better categorization.

Wispy Ribbons

A five color variant.

Wispy Ribbons

Another one. Just because these are so fun.

Wispy Ribbons

Adding a third color. And a fourth if you look close enough.

Wispy Ribbons

Now the scribbles are wider translucent lines, in just two colors.

Embossed Scribbles?

Pushing the idea of the previous image past the limit. Individual lines and the flat background are gone.

Embossed Scribbles

Adding some white to create the illusion of embossed surface.

Scribbles

Larger, close up view. I get the feeling that the dancing lines continue beyond the edge to infinity.

Scribbles

Scribbles

Many of the images in this Workshop group were created by drawing many overlapping lines and letting the colors blend. Here I dial way back on the number of lines and colors.

Nested Distorted Squares

Back to the blue-brown color scheme. Now with the chaos / complexity that I am more comfortable with. A simple square grid is repeatedly merged with a shrunken, distorted version of itself.

Other than the color scheme. I do not recall how this is related the other work in this group. It is here because it was created at about the same time, and it is too cool not to post somewhere.

Fluorescent

Personally, I like the original color combination the best.

I was going to ask for color suggestions. Then I decided that I do not want to be in the custom art business. Then I tried a few different colors that I normally do not use and was pleased with the results. So, what the heck, post or send me your favorite colors and I will see what I can do with them.

Hot

Cold

Here is the first of a few variants of the previous post with different color schemes.

Blue Brown Minimalism

I think this one has a lot of personality.

This has more complexity, it is beyond minimal, but still much less complex than a fractal. It is closely related to the previous images, so I am keeping the sub-header.

Perhaps somewhere there is a measure, and a definition of levels of complexity. Perhaps someday I will look for that. Or perhaps I will stop trying to analyze and classify things that you can clearly see and decide for yourself. It is what it is.

Blue Brown Minimalism

A little more complexity, but still big, simple curves and color transitions.

The current series is called "Workshop". It contains studies of dots, lines, curves. There is experimentation with color, no color, and minimal color. Deconstructing and reconstructing.

This is different from my more complex and chaotic art. Both in method and result. I usually do not know when to stop, I get into a mode of infinite tweaks. Not quite sure what the goal is and finding that the many small adjustments are not getting there.

With the simple pieces the relation between action and result is easier to see. I hope these workshop pieces will help me be more effective with the complex art. That the deconstruction and fine tuning of the simple components will inform the fine tuning of complex pieces.