Tag: Design

  • Project Spotlight: Diamond EP

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    Diamonds EP The Diamond EP is a short Lo-fi Hip hop album. Moreover, It was my first music design project and a major learning experience. Initially, the Diamond EP was inspired by the passing of a good friend. They introduced me to many styles of music, and aspired to be a producer themselves… Style To…

  • Project Spotlight: Wallpapers

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    High Res Wallpapers I have chosen to upload some of my designs to the wallpaper sharing platform wallhaven. You can see them on my wallhaven profile page. Some of these designs are standard high-definition and some of them are ultra-high-definition. They’re mostly abstract designs that are part of a larger unpublished series. I’ve uploaded wallpapers…

  • Project Spotlight: Iris Color Scheme

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    Iris Iris is a high contrast color scheme for the Alacritty terminal emulator. This is a project that I had been considering for a long while. Not just for Alacritty but, as a general design guide. A simple, complete color palette can be a great aid in creating consistent designs. Alacritty Recently I started using…

  • Update: Qtile-Chameleon

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    A Young lizard This post is to announce an important update to qtile-chameleon. I have decided to move the project from Debian to Arch Linux. When I started designing qtile-chameleon I was making an effort to switch from an Arch Linux based distribution of Linux to a Debian based distribution, Pop!_OS. I noticed I had…

  • Graphic Medley

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    A Graphic Mashup I’ve been very busy designing. I’ve been revisiting techniques I’ve talked about before for example, kaleidoscopic images, glitch art, 3D computer graphics, and fractals. As well as synthesizing these techniques to create new concepts. I’ve been exploring a new fascination with color gradients, as well as revisiting some old projects like my…

  • 2D Fractals

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    What is a fractal? A fractal is a self similar geometric object. For instance, the Mandelbrot set is a commonly recognized two dimensional fractal. In design, fractals are a bridge between the mathematical scientific world and the emotional aesthetic world. Moreover, they are logical objects that inspire awe. Furthermore, they represent artistic ideals as forms…

  • Digital Kaleidoscopes

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    Kaleidoscopes Kaleidoscopes are a civil derangement of the senses. An innocuous parlor trick that gives views into mirrored infinity. Kaleidoscopes are instruments as prestigious as the telescope and the microscope. It is an oculus that provides dynamic views of symmetry. Humans are bilateral symmetrical entities, and this greatly informs our concept of beauty. Symmetry is…

  • VOSK How I Blog With Speech Recognition

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    Golem at the Gates Today I would like to share the potential pitfalls I see in the accelerated application of artificial intelligence technology and explore potential solutions. Overall, I seek to discuss how we can preserve humanity and coherence on the web. Specifically I would like to discuss how speech recognition can be leveraged in…

  • Project Spotlight: Wavey Shader

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    I’ve been continuing my exploration with the potential of shaders in Blender. Recently I’ve been revisiting materials from the old projects in new contexts. Here I’ve taken the shader I used in the planet project and applied it to a flat plane. Then I began to manipulate the existing texture with noise patterns and distortions.…

  • Glitch the Art of Malfunction

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    Glitch is one of my favorite visual styles. The way technology malfunctions has always been interesting to me. I get a strange satisfaction when the tracking on VHS tape is off or composite cables on an old video game console fail to connect. The artifacts and distortion caused by these vintage machines has an electronic…