This was one of my earliest AI images, it started out as a 3D spirograph I printed for my granddaughter, Jasmine. It was designed for small hands. I then decided to create a program using Scratch, a language designed for children, to create an app that would produce spirograph images by adjusting sliders.
The next step was to redesign the program to work in 3D. This needed a more advanced programming language. As I wanted to use sliders to adjust the spirograph drawing, P5.JS, a language designed for artists, was the best option.
As mathematical models and computer models aren’t constrained by physical limitations, I decided to let the drawing extend beyond physical boundaries. This suggests the name “Beyond Reality”. For example the diameter of an inside ring could extend beyond the boundaries of the external ring. As the spirograph could work in 2D and 3D, a button changes the configuration as the drawing takes place. Other sliders alter the diameters of rings, speed and colour.
With practice it is possible to create some interesting images. Far better than the one below.
Next the image is edited using a Digital Editor, until the final shape is produced.
The image is then transformed by adding previously created fractal images.
AI is then used to restyle the image. The image above was used to perform the restyling.
Digital editing is finally used to produce the finished result.
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