Yesterday we shows how to configure the paint synthesizer to generate a simple tiled inset circle paint effect. Today we modify yesterday’s paint preset to generates hexagonal tiled inset painted squares.
Today’s paint effect was created with the paint action sequence (PASeq) shown below.
The PASeq starts off by erasing the canvas to white. I then used the Block Abstraction image operation effect to process the source image and generate a simple adaptive colored block representation of the source image (2nd gallery image above). I wanted the block abstracted canvas backing to be lighter than the tiled colored square painting, so I set the Mix parameter to 50%.
I then modified yesterday’s tiling paint preset. I wanted to use a hexagonal rather than rectangular tiling grid. So I changed the Mode parameter in the Path Application control panel from Rect Tiling to Hex Tiling.
I also wanted to paint inset squares as opposed to circles. So I went to the Brush Source control panel and changed the Comp Brush parameter from Normal (which generates a sphere) to Rect. This changes the source brush from a sphere (which will generate a circular paint nib) to a square (which generates a square paint nib). I could generate rectangles by varying the aspect ratio of the Horz and Vert Size parameters.
The paint action sequence (PASeq) preset used for today’s effect is available here 81211.paseq
