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Now that I’ve decided not to drop out of art school, work has resumed on my thesis.

 

Proto 2A et Proto 2B

Status:

The conceptual work for these iterations of my work is more or less complete. I reworked all of the variables from Proto 1 and removed the obsolete functions. I have simplified the formulas for Proto 2 and removed all of the trig functions that do not pertain to the angle generators. My reason behind this decision was to make this version closer to what I have envisioned as a final product. While the trig functions were nice as they are easy to set and always yield a result within a predefined range, they do not yield the precise control that I will require for future versions.

In the past I would create a function to produce something at a given point such as a part. Once I have the function which uses the variable which I want the size of the part to be dependent on, I would plug that function into a trig function and set the trig function so that all the parts will fall within a given range. This ensures that I do not have parts that are too large or too small to work with.

For Proto 2 I have replaced most of the trig equations with (1/x)^(1/n) and x^(1/n) with x being the formula that yields a value that is dependent on what I what that value to be dependent on (i.e.: the distance to the origin). In this case, n is set to a certain constant that controls the range of possible answers. This new limitation formula is slightly more challenge to control as I am now setting the curve of the graph of the function to a specific slope. In other words, I want the output to change at a certain rate depending on the input.

Proto 2 will be more simplistic mathematically. I hope by doing this I will be able to build on it with less difficulty in later iterations. The later versions will be far more complicated as they would have to be. The math required for Proto 2 will be predominantly algebra and trig. Proto 2A will probably feature the angle generators from Proto 1 (which use single variable calculus) as I am still working on trying to create a more advanced version of angle generators (this is the one problem that has plagued me for months and I have even gone so far as to try to repurpose equations from quantum mechanics (not that my attempts were all that viable)). I won’t install my latest experimental angle generator until Proto 3.

Proto 2A, as stated, will use the angle generators from Proto 1. It will also use the new variable, Energy, as well as the revised formulas and the new limitation equation (which will need to be refined down the road).

Proto 2B will use a random number generator to create the angles. Excluding the angle generators, it will mirror Proto 2A

The purpose of Proto 2 is to determine the effectiveness of my new variables and revised formulas. It will also allow me to test how much control I want over the angles of a piece by exploring two extremes, total control and no control.

I will add a status report as well as a photo once the first module of each piece is complete. These two pieces will be completed by 11/15/2013. To achieve that, Energy, which acts as a limitation for the piece in its entirety, will be set to a relatively low value. This will be the first time one of my pieces has a set overall limit that is predefined by a mathematic value instead of creating a piece that could go on forever and just stopping after long term trends become predictable.

 

As long as I can remain devoid of any and all emotion, I should have the first modules done by Tuesday.

 

On a completely unrelated note, I have yet another plaster piece polluting the floor of my studio.