LineColorComposition2 #12

Our story: In 1973 I was an instructor of Engineering Graphics in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University as well as a graduate student in Graphic Design. In the College of Engineering I was fortunate enough to meet Christopher Scussel, a fellow graduate student who was majoring in a new program called Computer Science. I was struggling using the earliest forms of computer equipment and the cumbersome programming language called FORTRAN to make make computer art. I asked Chris for help and he graciously consented. That began our amazing friendship that has lasted to this day.

Chris and I collaborated on a number of early pieces. He showed me how to formulate algorithms into code. He showed me how to program the primitive equipment of the time: line printers, storage scopes and pen plotters to make graphic output. We even built our own graphic output device, an 8 x 8 array of light bulbs. We were indeed pioneers.

Chris graduated in 1976 and has since retired after working 37 years as a research scientist at Bell Labs. I went on to get a Ph.D in 1981 and moved on with my life (see my story on (www.drbillkolomyjec.com). I started making generative art again in 2020. In true "glory days" spirit I tracked Chris down to see if he was interested in collaborating. Once again he graciously consented citing an opportunity for "creative stimulation", so here we go again. It is pure joy to be working with Chris again.

This encore work represents the second "published" output of our renewed collaboration. Beyond the contiguous lines that do not cross in LineColorComposition1, in LineColorComposition2 a grid or mesh of lines affected by the same vector field algorithm. The images produced have the same look of voluptuous, organic quality visual landscapes but the feel is different because of the crossing lines. We hope you enjoy this variation of Chris' unique algorithm. Again, I added a few subtle tweaks.

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