Simple abstract art with a binary secret. The artwork when decoded spells out ‘frigopie76 AKA Alex Patterson’.
Initially this piece just looks like chaotic abstract art. However, there is order and structure. Any square in the wrong position and the message will not work.
I’ve always been interested in the secrets and messages hidden in art. Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Dali all had hidden themes in their art. With that in mind i created this artwork. Obviously the code is not really all that hidden, that is all there is. But without that knowledge it is simply a pretty cool looking abstract peice of art.
Basically, the hidden code is based on 16bit binary.
If you have the time and inclination you are welcome to attempt to decode the message. I’ll even give you a head start. 01010001 0101110110. (Simple when you know how.)
One of my earliest and greatest memories is playing space invaders. I used to sit for hours on a little foot stool in front of an old black and white tv. The choices of games were space invaders or pong on the Atari consone. Big chunky cardridges would slot in and my imagination would run wild.
If sat too long on the little stool you would get what we used to call ‘invaders cramp’.
My love of gaming was starter by this little space invading character. If not for him, maybe i might have got out more, seen more things, had more real life experiences. As it is I find solice in the fantasty worlds that games provide for me.
Games have come a long way since the giant pixels of invaders and pong, it wont be long until game and real world look identical. I look forward to that day. Once graphical perfection in games is achieved then game companies will have to become a little bit more creative in their game design and stories.
This was a design/artwork that is developed from 16 bit binary and is very personal to me. I still intend to get this as a shoulder/upper arm tattoo.
When interprated it reveals my philosophy in life, ‘Question Everything’.
The cubes represent the love i have of geometry and natural order. The non obvious layout of the design represents chaos. The colour scheme is representative of my love of art and design. The CMYK print process combination also aesthetically looks great.
To convert the art back into binary(ones and zero’s) you need to read from top to bottom, left to right. Each cube represents four ones or zeros. A small cube is a zero, then filled left section is a one, blank top is a zero and right filled is anther one. It takes two cubes to represent one letter. 01010001 (top 2 cubes = Q).
The pen tool is possibly my favourite photoshop tool. For years i was mistakenly using masks or lasso too to make selections. One mastered the pen tool opens up an extra element of accuracy to selections. Basically if you don’t know how touse the pen tool, you don’t know anything about photoshop.
As a design and retro pixel art geek I created this image. The simplicity of the Photoshop icon with a strong solid colour contrast perfectly.
The pixelation when enlarged, for me adds to the appeal of these art prints. Areas of the icon allow the colour of the background through just slightly. This helps blend the icon nicely and gives a more aesthetic, balanced feel.
This artwork was created using Poser, Photoshop and 3D Studio Max. It was part of a concept for a video game.
Basically it was an inovative imaginarry racing game that would mix elements of powered racing and extreme sports. To start with you would be pretty much free wheeling down hills with a wheel attached to each limb. (Local leagues and competitions.) As you progress you could purchase new parts and enter races of with different classifications. The pinacle would be an F1 style high powered, high adrenaline series of races. Focus would be strongly on racer characteristics and rivalries. Beating a rival should be almost as rewarding as winning a race.
I have always loved racing games but they generally just concentrate on faceless racing, there is rarely an actual aim rather than just winning against un named drones.
If only real life had undo and an eraser tool. Things would be so much simpler.
As a design and retro pixel art geek I created this image. The simplicity of the Photoshop icon with a strong solid colour contrast perfectly.
The pixelation when enlarged, for me adds to the appeal of these art prints. Areas of the icon allow the colour of the background through just slightly. This helps blend the icon nicely and gives a more aesthetic, balanced feel.
3D studio Max is a medium that allows so much. Creating textures and texture maps in Photoshop and seeing them with realistic lighting and atmospheric effects can be very rewarding. Sometimes just a few simple 3D elements and some moody lighting can portay more than just a static scene.
The idea behind this image was that it was a car nut’s lockup. The grafitti on the walls in the the darkness give the scene an element of danger and grunge. No post 3D work was done on the image, it is entirely 3ds max.
I have no idea who the beautiful girl is in this illustration unfortunately. The illustration was created entirely in Adobe Illustrator. I used mesh gradients to achieve the hyper realistic skin shading.
The contrast of the left image to the right was a subtle nice and nasty contrast. The girl on the left is paler, less overt and more angelic. She has bikini ‘white bits’ showing she has an element of dignity. The girl on the left in contrast is tanned and, although almost exactly the same image, looks more outgoing. The darker skin tone and lack of tan lines suggest promiscuity and lack of shame.
I could have worked on it more in Photoshop but I wanted the image to be entirely vector and therefore completely scalable.
A is for Rebel AKA Alex Patterson 