Simon's World http://cygielski.com/blog Adventures in being me Thu, 17 May 2012 10:49:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Trees in Wichita http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/luMY5Gn4pNk/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/05/16/trees-in-wichita/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:29 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1647
  • Self-portraits
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  • 25 things I am not or have not done, or that haven’t happened to my family or anyone I know
    • ]]>     When I first saw these, I thought they looked hilarious. Thinking about it in retrospect, Wichita is one of the few places where I’ve seen trees neatly trimmed away from power lines rather than simply cut down to stumps. Kinda nice, really. The pictures are from Thanksgiving last year – I just came across them now and thought they made a good triptych.

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/05/16/trees-in-wichita/feed/ 0 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/05/16/trees-in-wichita/     Busy, busy, busy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/2KyMSsOYW6Q/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/05/03/busy-busy-busy-2/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 02:44:14 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1644
  • Busy, busy, busy
    • ]]>     A word of explanation to the hordes of you who have been waiting with baited breath for another one of my awe-inspiring posts.  Ever since I started working at SOM, I’ve been so engrossed in my work (getting paid to do what I like – woohoo!) that I’ve lost a lot of my motivation for extracurricular activities, such as this venerable institution. However, I expect to get back to at least my photography, the weather getting better all the time, and this will be the first place it’s going to land.  Just keep watching this space, my faithful virtual minions.

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/05/03/busy-busy-busy-2/feed/ 0 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/05/03/busy-busy-busy-2/     Crazy Monkey http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/t7uiYi3LXUE/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/03/27/crazy-monkey/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:08:38 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1638 Just messing around:

    I’ve also posted it on the Open Clip Art Library, meaning it’s now in the public domain, free to use in any way you like.

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/03/27/crazy-monkey/feed/ 0 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/03/27/crazy-monkey/     More 3D development http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/F8i9EmKVfOQ/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/12/more-3d-development/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:39:19 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1630
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    • ]]>     Taking the collages into 3D once again, with the help of Grasshopper. Got a bit of a crushing critique, mostly about losing the functionality of the alley in the process. But here it is anyway, for the sake of documentation:

    simon_alleyhouse-06 simon_alleyhouse-07 simon_alleyhouse-08 simon_alleyhouse-09

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/12/more-3d-development/feed/ 0 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/12/more-3d-development/     Collage into 3d – first test http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/52TifDwrKYQ/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/11/collage-into-3d-first-test/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:20:14 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1624
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    • ]]>     I’m not happy with this, even though I like the form, because I’m losing the alley in all this. But you’ve got to start somewhere.

    house1_perspectives-04 house1_perspectives-03 house1_perspectives-02 house1_perspectives-01

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/11/collage-into-3d-first-test/feed/ 0 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/11/collage-into-3d-first-test/     Colorize it! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/TARzDC2PYbM/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/09/colorize-it/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:47:11 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1614
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    • ]]>     Wanted to see the collages from the previous posts divided into their components, so got the ones in the first row. Then I combined the original images with the color blocks, which ended up looking more or less like the second row (there was an intermediate iteration, but I think this one is better).

    plan1a_block plan2a_block plan3_block plan1a_block_semi2 plan2a_block_semi2 plan3_block_semi2

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/09/colorize-it/feed/ 0 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/09/colorize-it/     More collages http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/6FmHK_Nr5g8/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/08/more-collages/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:06 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1604
  • Collages
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  • On a more lyrical note…
    • ]]>     After looking over the collages in the previous post, I realized that because of the orientation of the original images they were too directional for my liking. I decided to throw some rotation into the mix, and I think these are a bit more successful in conveying the atmosphere of the alley without being too literal about it:

    plan2a plan3 plan1a

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/08/more-collages/feed/ 1 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/08/more-collages/     Collages http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/6M0COb7wxfU/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/08/collages/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:00 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1598
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    • ]]>     An idea I’ve been puttering about with, taking my Chicago alleys project into a more architectural realm. Not really sure how to take these into 3D, but most likely I’ll start off by using these as plans and working with collage sections generated in a similar way.

    plan1 plan2

     

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    ]]>     http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/08/collages/feed/ 1 http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/08/collages/     What I saw on my way to work this morning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsWorld/~3/zsNiDXDvseY/ http://cygielski.com/blog/2012/02/07/what-i-saw-on-my-way-to-work-this-morning/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:48:40 +0000 Simon http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=1593

    The funny thing is they congregated on one stretch of the wires, and ten feet in either direction there wasn’t a single one.

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