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Putting tools I’ve developed over the past few months to good use. This is my Envelope Transform tool, applied to font shapes for some satisfying distortions.
And hey, who doesn’t enjoy a good debug view? 😉

Just finished extracting vertex and bezier data from font files (thanks to opentype.js) and converting everything into my own geometry framework — with support for holes too. Everything’s now set up to start experimenting with physics-based deformation. Let’s see where this goes.

Signing off, see you in two weeks.

Capturing some final moments

Last weekend to visit the exhibition!

Last couple of days to visit the exhibition.
You’re welcome to drop by.

Working on a new design based on my Monograph algorithm, using my custom 3D prototyping tool.
This one will be laser cut in 4mm birch plywood, 50 x 70cm.
Happy to have figured out separate edge colors — it really helps define the shapes.

Last week to visit the exhibition.

Just ported my 3D prototyping tool from p5.js to Three.js. The switch boosts rendering performance and gives me better control over transparent materials and physically accurate dimensions.

Happy accidents on the laser cutter bed sparking moments of inspiration.

Mitosis #290 and #344 changed hands yesterday.
It's always nice to see ongoing interest in the collection.

'Mitosis' is leading the Curated Art list on @MagicEden today. Thanks for the continued support!

Currently building a prototyping tool for physical 3D generative works.

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Two editions of Mitosis changed hands yesterday. Grateful to see the collection continue its journey — thank you to the collectors.

Mitosis #17 and #259

Yes, you can draw shapes with beginShape / endShape, and between these commands holes with beginContour / endContour. Make sure the vertices of the shape or drawn cw and those of the holes ccw.

What do you mean by triangulation exactly?
Display of the shapes and holes is handled by p5.
(Future project is omitting p5 and roll my own version)

@winterbloed.be Check out these glorious holes 😀

It's because my system doesn't account properly for holes in shapes yet as a result of boolean operations.

Eagle-eye Frederik

Another example from my custom pathfinder tool: here, the union boolean operation merges two overlapping polygons into a single clean shape.

tbh, these shapes are chaikin rounded, so behind the scenes it's just a bunch a smaller straight lines.
I am able to also do bezier rounding, but splitting beziers is another project down the road. ;-)

Expanding my toolkit: writing a custom, fully vector-based pathfinder system from the ground up, based on boolean operations.
Shown here: intersection detection working smoothly.

Type distortion — all vector based

Grid-based distortion

Thanks! Great to have some context :-)

Implementing an envelope distortion algo

Discover “Monograph, Layered Dimensions” at the Artist Talk.

Saturday May 10 — 14h
Sint-Joriskerk
Mechelseplein 24, 2000 Antwerp

Light plays a crucial role in the visual experience of "Monograph, Layered Dimensions". The responsive interplay of light and shadow connects and anchors the artwork to its surroundings, making it feel like an extension of the space rather than a static object.