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Agent Based Drawing - Ellipses

Made by jjklein

This animation was made with Rhino, Grasshopper and Agent as a drawing prompt. Circles move and interact around a point in 3D, causing them to appear as a swarm of ellipses.

Created: March 5th, 2015

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The projected sketch

Circles, represented as ellipses in 3d space, generate from a drawn curve and congregate around a central point, creating interesting sections of overlap and non-repeating motion. 

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The drawings

The animation produced some interesting results. It turned out to be very fast for people to keep up with. One drawing took a literal approach, tracing ellipses, the other focused more on the overlaps.

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Grasshopper sketch

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This animation was made with Rhino, Grasshopper and Agent as a drawing prompt. Circles move and interact around a point in 3D, causing them to appear as a swarm of ellipses.