Our Tools

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Synesthesia

Synesthesia from K Wilson on Vimeo.

Experiment in glitch. Mp3, pdf, and mp4 files converted to bmp. Bmp files compressed to jpg, then placed in sequence in an mp4. mp4 converted to raw and spot healed in photoshop, then back to mp4, then repeated again as raw to mp4. Audio from importing raw data of original mp3, pdf and mp4 files to wav.

Dial "W" for Wordpad Image Mangling

Before the Storm:

Aftermath:






More will follow as my experiments yield further results.

hex editor

Glitch Art

Picture 1


Picture 2
Picture3

glitch and original/text editor

Wordpad's Your Pad for Messing Up Images

Here's a helpful hint for all of you who intend to mess up your image files without breaking them:

Image glitching tutorial using Wordpad

You'll need to convert them to bmp or tif first. Don't forget to have the image in the required format for posting to the project page, though.

Audacity

http://www.hellocatfood.com/2009/11/16/databending-using-audacity/

sound to image

Create a blank photoshop file with a single dot painted inside.
Save image as a bmp file.
Open the bmp file and the audio file with text edit.
Highlight a portion of the text inside the bmp file and paste in all the text from the audio file (this keeps the image tag in it so photoshop will recognize it)

glitching images

data bending using audacity

Bent Images

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Interface Drawing

The Internet is Hungry


Ramen Noodles in Bamboo Forest

InterFace

Picture frame-Liz

Rock On!!

I had to resize this photo and down grade the quality to get it to upload to Blogger.  If you need the original 16 x 20 at 300dpi, then let me know.  Also, those 'logos' are clickable icons on the desktop (interface).

LOUDmute

Escape to the Rainbow Bridge

Tracks

I spent quite a bit of time playing with this single element (the close/minimize/maximize buttons in Mac OS X Lion). My designs tend to be minimal and based on geometric patterns, building up to something that resonates with me.

Windows of Opportunity Looking out on the Creative Vista (Software Puns Intended!)


Interfaces used:

Windows Aero
Sound Blaster X-Fi Go Sound System GUI
GIMP Tools Menu

Stonehenge

Publish Post

Interface Face



Monday, March 26, 2012

Interface Photoshop

Interface Flower


This flower was created entirely out of portions of interactive interface materials cropped down or screen shot in parts to fit the project. The petals were done each one individually for the larger petals and by duplicating layers for the innermost petals. Each petal was altered slightly, however. The background is a screen shot of the teal color in the color palate of photoshop expanded.

Patterns



Right click > open in new window/tab for full size.

UIs used: Firefox, Guild Wars, GarageBand, Mac Finder, Steam
Overload

Tetris

Spaced

Sunday, March 25, 2012

For Our Freedom!!

Fly a kite!

Networking is natural

This ended up way too large to post. This is the largest version I can get online, but it still doesnt' really show much detail:
CLICK HERE TO SEE ACTUAL PROJECT

Here are the web controls used to create it:

Here's my original photo it started with: