Scream, from atop

“Thus in the forest where my spirit takes exile
An old Memory rings in full force from the body!“

excerpt from “The Swan” by Charles Baudelaire

No joke, I felt like screaming many times throughout this project.
A mass, a blob, both delicate and rough. “I created that!” I thought at some point while staring at the screen. In between being proud and lacking sleep, I felt ‘Scream, from atop’ creeping up my thoughts like a recurring dream, at times drawing me closer but others pushing me away.

Conceptually it’s a bit of an evolution from ‘soft spot’, with whom it shares a few similarities under the hood. For this, I combined 15 color palettes with 7 possible compositions.
Although they don’t all work flawlessly together, I’ve witnessed many interesting and surprising combinations emerge.
At some point, I figured that it was ok for this project not to be afraid of its shortcomings. But to search in vulnerability for a relatable place, with genuine assumptions and comfort. This is ultimately where I land when working in such an abstract flow.

At the end of each drawing loop, a timer starts, and after 180 seconds a new cycle begins, changing the composition and sometimes displaying different colors from the same palette.
It’s a way to imprint motion and further explore the system.

Pressing [p] pauses cycling, and another press resumes
[s] saves a PNG using the current resolution
[2] changes resolution to 4096x4096px - it’s the optimal resolution for visualizing
[3] 6144x6144px
[4] 8192x8192px
[5] 10240x10240px
[6] 12288x12288px
[1] reverts to the original resolution 2048x2048px

Because of the drawing methods, increasing resolution may yield different or quirky results across specific combinations. It may take a while to draw at higher resolutions.
Firefox desktop app is currently not compatible.