Thanks, now we just have to hope for an eruption sometime soon :)
Renee Turner wrote: > Hi Pall, > > I see your point. But there is a real beauty to watching the image > unfold without quite knowing what you're looking at until it's fully > rendered. Anyway, I'm really enjoying watching the work as it > evolves :) > > xx Renee > On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > >> Hi Renee, >> Thanks for the comments. I agree that perhaps the tiled background >> is a >> bit much but I still think it comes out well to have a reference >> showing >> exactly what the actual image looks like at the moment. In this case >> I'm >> taking a low-res image and enlarging it to 800x600 and then >> manipulating >> it for the "painted experience". So at times the lack of clarity may >> be >> confusing. The viewer may not understand why the image is all black >> (perhaps it's night) or all white (perhaps it's snowing), etc. As >> far as >> the background being disturbing "noise" to me it doesn't seem like >> that >> much of an issue since what's occurring in the "painted" image happens >> so slowly and gradually. So, obviously, having a map as the background >> image wouldn't really do anything to cover these concerns. >> >> It would be interesting to hear what others think. >> >> best r. >> Pall >> >> Renee Turner wrote: >>> Hi Pall, >>> >>> I quite like it without the background. I wonder if a map view or >>> almost clinical description of the location might suffice >>> (geographical coordinates?). With the tiled background, there seems >>> to be too much visual competition. The slow building of the >>> processing animation is simply stunning :-) >>> >>> best, Renee >>> www.geuzen.org >>> www.fudgethefacts.com >>> >>> On Dec 30, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: >>> >>>> I've been toying around with the presentation of this piece and just >>>> added something new that I think is quite interesting. The page now >>>> displays as a background image the actual image as opposed to the >>>> low >>>> res "painted" image. It provides sort of a reference point so that >>>> the >>>> viewer can get a better idea of what's actually going on. >>>> >>>> http://pallit.lhi.is/hekla/applet/ >>>> >>>> best r. >>>> Pall >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ***************************** >>>> Pall Thayer >>>> artist >>>> http://www.this.is/pallit >>>> ***************************** >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
