Pi art? What the heck is pi art? WELL, my readers, pi art is something extremely interesting that I just stumbled upon in the past month or so. Pi art includes geometric or concentric shapes that are created using some aspect of pi (3.14159...). The first pi art that I found was created by Martin Krzywinski, and you can find more of his artwork at this site, along with explanations of how each piece was created and a description of pi itself.
One of the first pieces I saw was this one:
At first, it may just look like a bunch of random colored dots. And that's because it is. Pi itself is random, and that is part of the point of this piece. Each dot represents a digit of pi. Each number is a different color. For example, the first orange dot represents a 3, and every orange dot afterwards represents a 3. The red dot is a 1, the yellow dot is a 4, and so on. It's kind of hard to tell from this picture, but each colored dot has a smaller colored dot inside of it. The inside dots are the same color as the next larger dot. Make sense? The random connecting lines link together adjacent dots of the same color that represent the same digit. These connecting lines illustrate the randomness of pi, and as you can see, there is no repeating pattern.
These pieces were created using number-based software, and each piece is incredibly unique, yet similar because they are all based on the same concept. I encourage everyone to take a look at these pieces because they're utterly amazing! Of course, artwork based on something as simple as pi is extremely nerdy, but that's so me! And I appreciate the simplicity of these pieces. They're simplicity is hard to notice because each detail is random, but still very calculated. On Martin's site, you can buy prints of his pieces, and even phone cases with the prints on them. Please check them out and support this wonderful artwork!
Sincerely,
T
These pieces were created using number-based software, and each piece is incredibly unique, yet similar because they are all based on the same concept. I encourage everyone to take a look at these pieces because they're utterly amazing! Of course, artwork based on something as simple as pi is extremely nerdy, but that's so me! And I appreciate the simplicity of these pieces. They're simplicity is hard to notice because each detail is random, but still very calculated. On Martin's site, you can buy prints of his pieces, and even phone cases with the prints on them. Please check them out and support this wonderful artwork!
Sincerely,
T