ShapeVision is printed art.
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All pictures copyright Martin Brooks 2018-2024.
ShapeVision painterly Ottawa nights seen through traffic cams. Source pictures courtesy City of Ottawa Open Data.
It is a privilege and pleasure to render Canada"s classic landscape with Extreme Vector Graphics™.
Portraits are a challenging and rewarding area for ShapeVision.
I visited Parliament Hill during the 2022 Ottawa occupation, and also used traffic cams to monitor the situation.
Fun with a favourite medium.
Exploring the edge of disappearing snow as the season changes.
ShapeVision captures the fractal geometry of nature. A primary artistic focus for solo work and also 2018-19 collaboration with Ross Photography and ShapeVision partner John Spence.
ShapeVision math seems out of reach to many people (see here if you are curious), but may be easily understood as follows:
The math treats each pixel of a source photo as if it were elevation data for a topographic map, with contour lines of equal brightness. Certain contour lines are selected to appear in the picture as the boundaries of shapes. Each shape has a single colour, determined by the colours of the source image pixels within. The artist controls the transformation from pixels to shapes using software dials and sliders, resulting in a wide range of vector graphics to use in artworks.
ShapeVision is easy to use: Photo in, vector graphics out. ShapeVision creates extreme vector graphics, comprising 10,000 - 100,000 shapes, many having thousands of boundary points. Extreme Vector Graphics™ is a new artistic medium.
ShapeVision inkjet prints reveal sharp shapes down to printer resolution. Below, see the view of the print surface through a 20x optical microscope; the shape details you see here are barely visible to the naked eye.
click photo for closeupSix large pieces (3x5foot) for hospital patients and staff.
Social art, convening neighbours to discuss art, life, and the universe.
One hundred guests, seven large pieces (3x5foot), fifteen smaller pieces (22x17inch), in a beautiful garden.