Foliage
(Sample outputs generated on Ropsten Testnet)
"Foliage" is a moment of pause. The project is born from the futile attempt to catch a breath of wind, the one that no one sees but everyone notices when the leaves hang trembling. Inspired by long days near the Rio de la Plata studying the wind, this series of 625 foliage is an exploration of how angles and colors can generate the illusion of movement and harmony. "Foliage" is inspired on wind data visualizations where the use of angles and vectors speak of a trajectory. Winds, like data, travel through our world leaving a trace; this time hosted immutably on the Ethereum Blockchain.
For details of Foliage prints, see here.
An example of a vector field.
An example of visualization of wind data in Argentina. Extracted from Windy.com
As I said, "Foliage" is inspired by the area where I grew up and live. Very close to my house, a few blocks away, is the Río de la Plata, which is a very beautiful place, with lots of wind and vegetation. From that observation is that the project was born. That is why Foliage presents nine different types of plants and the name of each one is inspired by landscapes close to me.
The category is called surface analysis because in the study of winds you have to delimit an area where you are going to study. In my case, these are my surfaces.
Petals on my grandpa's desk
Ropsten #80
A vegetation near a river course
Ropsten #193
Forgotten leaves on a hill
Ropsten #195
The weeds of an abandoned land
Ropsten #159
My mom's yard
Ropsten #176
The lawn of a noble garden
Ropsten #134
Some plants a few blocks from a house
Ropsten #192
Spikes from a infected plant
Ropsten #186
My neighbors vineyard Ropsten #196
Regarding the color palettes, I wanted there to be a wide variety of colors that could reflect many different moments of the year and many different moods. In that variety, I decided to name the different color palettes following the names of the world's best known winds.
Zonda
Ropsten #2
Monzon
Ropsten #130
Tramontana
Ropsten #109
Mistral
Ropsten #116
Rashabar
Rashabar #189
Cordonazo
Ropsten #142
Puelche
Ropsten #46
Minuano
Ropsten #152
Pampero
Ropsten #168
Sirocco
Ropsten128
Levante
Ropsten #118
Bise
Ropsten #32
Alisio
Ropsten #110
Bora
Ropsten #156
Kóshkil
Ropsten #66
Poniente
Ropsten #5
Passat
Ropsten #146
Ostro
Ropsten #144
Lebeche
Ropsten #18
Gregal
Ropsten #77
Sudestada
Ropsten #138
Anime
To paint the foliage, I chose to use three techniques that I called: Random, Angle and Grid. Each uses a different technique that generates a different pattern. All the ways of coloring the foliage are based on the position and angle relationship that each leaf vector has.
Random
Ropsten #97
Angle
Ropsten #145
Grid
Ropsten #16
Each foliage can have different styles. I separated them into five different styles: Shady, Magic, Clean, Veins and Anime.
The "Shady" style has more depth through shadow work that creates volume. In "Magic" the color palette is inverted to color the edges of the leaves, which makes it more vibrant and colorful.In the "Veins" style the border of the leaves can be black or white and this disappears as the leaves scale, while in "Clean" there is no border at all, which at times makes the colors lose their borders. The "Anime" style is quite different and alludes to something mystical.
Shady
Ropsten #19
Magic
Ropsten #120
Veins
Ropsten #54
Clean
Ropsten #162
Anime
Finally, as the wind blows, the foliage may release more or less pollen, depending on their characteristics. There may be a lot or a light amount of pollen, or no pollen at all.
Off
Ropsten #167
Light
Ropsten #153
Hard
Ropsten #29