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Pattern

• 12.04.07
  Seize: Patterns + Photography
  Illustrator, Pattern, Photography (0)

  Another sketchbook sample, this one combining text, graphics, and a photo taken near Greifswalderstr. in Berlin. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Seize: Patterns + Photography", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/12/04/seize-patterns-photography/" });
  
  
• 12.03.07
  Sketchbook Sample 1
  Illustrator, Pattern, Sketches (3)

  A screen capture of an Illustrator work file created in October, 2007, featuring liberal use of custom swatch patterns and scatter brushes. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sketchbook Sample 1", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/12/03/sketchbook-sample-1/" });
  
  
• 11.30.07
  Process Grid
  Code, Illustrator, Pattern (0)

    THE EXPERIMENT: Taking a page from my own work in the realm of experimental text, this sequence makes use of the notion of "process", by taking and repeating a "source file" through a series of filters and gates. A sequence of ten boxes was drawn on a grid using the Metallic swatches. Over a series of 11 steps, a variety of filters were applied (see captions for more). VR LINK OF THE DAY: John F. Simon Jr. -- digital and code/info artist. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Process Grid", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/30/process-grid/" });
  
  
• 11.20.07
  Text Pattern Camouflage
  Color, Illustrator, Pattern, Typography (2)

  THE EXPERIMENT: The text reads, "The Dance of the Pirates Was Brutal and Short", but there was nothing short about creating this beastie. I typed the words in Futura Medium, outlined them, and repeated them in layers. Certain repetitions were colored with certain custom pattern swatches, and offset just a bit. The black patterns were created by grabbing sections of a photo of a statue I had broken up using Live Trace. The colored patterns are simple geometry. This, I must say, was a lot of fun to build. VR LINK OF THE DAY: Typographica SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Text Pattern Camouflage", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/20/text-pattern-camouflage/" });
  
  
• 11.20.07
  Exploding “Transform” Tool!
  Abstract, Color, Illustrator, Pattern (2)

  THE EXPERIMENT: I created a basic "explosion"symbol by applying an extreme "Roughen" tool to a series of concentric circles (going from white to yellow to orange to dark red). I then spread this around the page, along with the black/white house-looking icon, then applied the "Transform" tool to all of them. I won't tell you what my business partner thought of the resulting fireworks.VR LINK OF THE DAY: "Destroy the Web 2.0 Look"! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Exploding “Transform” Tool!", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/20/exploding-transform-tool/" });
  
  
• 11.19.07
  Retro-Futurist Photo Collage!
  Abstract, Grayscale, Pattern, Photoshop (6)

  THE EXPERIMENT: A digital remix of a photo I took of the outside of a grocery in northeastern Berlin. The store is all but vanished, and the bordering trees seem to dominate. This makes liberal use of the Photoshop "wand" tool, used to single out parts of the photo, which are then copied and pasted in sequence. I also used the "Direct Select Layer" function a lot, and I have mastered the key commands for moving a layer up or down in the stack. Highly recommended. VR BLOG OF THE DAY: Real World Illustrator SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Retro-Futurist Photo Collage!", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/19/a-grocery-store-in-pankow-berlin/" });
  
  

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