scans

Started thinking about what the final out put format would be for the project. One idea that came up with Elle, was to print them out on transparent paper, and put them in a book format, where they all layered up on each other. In this way, you would be able to look at the graphics from different times of day on top of each other and see an overall view, and then you could also look at them individually.

I liked this idea, but ran into trouble trying to implement it. For it to work, I felt like i needed the background to be completely transparent. According to processing.org, i needed to use createGraphics() and a bunch of other stuff to create an image with a transparent background, but we couldn't get this to run.

But then I had an alternate version of the same idea, which was to do them as if they were scans - kind of like xray scans of the different times of day. So i looked up some images of xrays for reference on the colour/look.

Looking at a bunch of scans, some common factors included having a foggy greyish background layer (where the flesh and things are) and then having the bones and details in brighter greys/whites, with some areas accented with very a bright white colour.



You also see the use of lines on the outside of the scans, to section of pieces or highlight important areas. Like to the right of the brain scans above. A lot of them also use a bit of text.