Josh Calugay
12 posts

Lego Generative Art – How

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 12 - 2023
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There wasn’t a fabrication process for my project per se; rather, it involved a lot of coding, so I’ll try my best to explain in plain English. All of this was done using C#, a programming language, and Unity, which is a popular game engine. First I had to figure out how to implement Perlin…

Lego Generative Art – What

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 11 - 2023
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When I began this project, I wasn’t too sure of how it would look, let alone what it was going to be. I’ve been talking about Japanese aesthetic throughout this class, specifically the Ma asethetic as described here. I like the idea of incorporating vagueness, abstraction, and irregularity to my work, but I just wasn’t…

Main Project Progress

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 10 - 2023
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So far, I’ve made some pretty good progress with my Generative Lego Art project; it’s mostly all there, but I do want to see if I can add a few more features and tweak the randomness a little bit. One feature that I’d like to have is the ability to save screenshots of the different…

Design Preview Report

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 9 - 2023
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What I’m Going to Make I’m going to make a Lego Generative Art Web App. It’ll be a little application that rubs on a web browser, and it will allow users to create their own procedural environments. Each environment is unique; no two environments are the same, and that’s because of the nature of generative…

Top 5 Specifications and Constraints

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 8 - 2023
For my project, my main idea is to create an interactive art installation to be display in our classroom. If I can’t present it in-person, it can still work as a web app. Here are my top 5 specifications: 1. I want my project to be at least somewhat immersive. When people talk about immersion,…

Upcycling Project – Cardboard Lantern

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 2 - 2023
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In recent years, I’ve been really into Japanese culture and art, so I’m going to base my aesthetic for this project on the Ma aesthetic (see this post). I think I really want to make a collage of some sort that features different handmadekatagami stencils. Part of the Ma aesthetic is the rustic, handmade feel…

Aesthetics Exploration – Ma（間）

Josh Calugay
2023 - new, Post 1 - 2023
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Ma is a Japanese word that means a space or an interval in time[1]. It’s a common word used in everyday speech, but when talking about aesthetics, it has been used to describe “the partiality in Japanese design for empty spaces, vagueness, abstraction, asymmetrical balance, and irregularity.” [2] It can also be used as an…

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