Printmaking went well today, which cheered me up considerably. I've finally managed to produce a photo-etched plate that looks a lot like I intended it to look. My teacher was skeptical when he looked at it, telling me that the etch wasn't deep enough, the aquatint coverage possibly inadequate. But when I proofed it, it looked good. Ha ( Read more... )

A day off, in which to...go to school anyway. Sigh ( Read more... )

One of the pieces of homework I'm supposed to work on over break is a dérive * or drift **. It seems to mostly consist of walking around and taking pictures, which is something I do a lot of anyway, so that works out well ( Read more... )

Ha ha! Some guy has written a song about the Mandelbrot set. That's awesome.

Here are a couple of pictures of the beautiful kinds of cauliflower and broccoli available at the Market. I bet the people at the vegetable stands get bored with tourists constantly taking pictures instead of just buying the stuff, but I guess they're probably used to it.

( Purple, orange, and green )

This really isn't what I had in mind. I'm not sure exactly what I did have in mind, but this wasn't it. However, sometimes I sit down in front of the screen and this is what comes out.

( A self-portrait, of sorts )

Yesterday blackbraid and I filled up our backpacks with delicious picnic food, and went to the beach. It was a perfect day for it; the weather had been hot all week, and was still flawlessly clear and sunny. Today was much cooler and overcast, so we got there just in time ( Read more... )

Today's serving suggestion:

Grate one small zucchini and one medium red potato. Mince some red onion, and chop up a little fresh dill. Mix with two eggs, some salt and pepper, maybe a little garlic powder. If it seems way too soupy, add some bread crumbs. Fry in a mixture of butter and olive oil.

( Shredded colors )

I'm still bashing away at my fractal formulas. I can't tell if I'm getting anywhere useful or not. I don't really have any good pictures assembled so far, because I've been spending all my time staring at screens full of incomprehensible text instead. It doesn't seem like I'm making much progress ( Read more... )

I've solved the problem of the angle coloring. It wasn't completely simple, but it wasn't too bad either: it needed to have another variable added, as a placeholder.

I am ridiculously pleased with myself.

( Now I can do this too )