INCEPTION Carnival Dream is a project that I started more than a year ago, when I was getting back to playing around with code as a creative outlet. I was learning how to implement a simple grid and tiles system but at that moment didn't think much of it. As it often happens, some time passed and I was drawn back to the simplicity of those forms and wanted to give it a spin: I added more color options and the possibility to have more than one palette in a single picture. I posted the results as my "Tessellation" entry for Genuary 2023, and felt I just couldn't stop there. I added different tile sizes and color patterns, explored the variability in the generated outputs and eventually set to what I think gives the most interesting results.

IDEAS & VISION This project tries to delve into the complexity of a multi-sized and multi-colored square grid. The different sizes of the tiles reflect the interaction between the macroscopic and microscopic scale of things in our life: we need to always pay attention to both the big and small details to fully appreciate anything and anyone in its entirety. I chose to use bright colors that give a strong contraposition to the simplicity of the three types of tiles: the Circle, the Three Lines and the Half Triangle. The different dimensions of the grid allow for the exploration of multiple structures and interactions between colors and shapes, always resulting in unexpected balanced or blissful lack of stability.

FEATURES EXPLANATION Grid size: the number of units into which the grid's sides are divided Palette colors: an assortment of 1 to 6 colors from the available 6 palette pairs (darker and lighter tones). Reverse color: a flag to set whether to invert the darker with the lighter color in the palettes. Color pattern: "random" choice of destiny, "lines" or "circles" as a way to harness the unpredictable. Tile sizes: available sizes for the tiles.

THANKS My special thanks to @AlfredoBoaron who has pushed me into finally publishing my work and bounced ideas back and forth with me. Many thanks to @gorillasu for his incredible useful blog https://gorillasun.de/ And thank you to everyone who chooses to collect my art!