A. Aronsson's WeBOLLog

December was very hectic! Getting cards out, fixing with presents, new year celebrations etc. I hardly got this one ready before the month was over! Phew.

Eight2
2009-12-30

Linework | Fillwork

The board going from the left to the right is both attached to the top and bottom of the wall.

I worked on this one during the entire month, on four different computers! That is a sign both of how little spare time I have and how much trouble it gave me!

Skyscraper
2009-11-28

Linework | Fillwork

This construction has a top that does not match its’ base. At the same time the markings passes between unconnected surfaces.

It took quite some time to get everything positioned so it would work out, but in the end it was worth the hassle :) I really enjoy to use roundish objects, gives the scene a bit more mechanical feeling, or something like that. I also recommend checking out the Fillwork version of this one!

Belt4
2009-10-09

Linework | Fillwork

The two wheels are connected sideways by the beams, while a belt still goes from back to front between them. In addition the frame is both in one vertical plane and connected as two levels.

The fun with a netbook still has not stopped! I worked on this figure at home in bed, two times while traveling in a car, in a bed at church camp (awesome btw), while gaming with friends and while watching a movie with friends! Getting a bit out of hand, no? At least I try to use my time! Nobody has complained as of yet, well, not too much. At least the machine is quiet.

Irregular
2009-09-20

Linework | Fillwork

As can be seen the two blue blocks does not look the same, even then the center block matches both!

A fun fact about this figure is that I made it entirely on my newly acquired netbook, the Samsung NC10 with RAM bumped up to 2GB. I have been hearing that netbooks cannot handle much when it comes to applications, but I had no problems whatsoever even though I ran some pretty heavy stuff! Something I doubt it can do is video editing, as even my desktop computer seems to have a hard time with that.

Reverse
2009-08-29

Linework | Fillwork

From the right to the left the depth of the structure is reversed. In addition a tribar is superimposed on the figure.

Floors
2009-07-31

Linework | Fillwork

In the center it is two walls meeting at a corner, but going to either side the walls are separated into beams.

Back in March, the 25th, I implemented a contact form on this blog, namely Contact Form 7. A splendid plugin I have to say. I did not expect it to get used much, but I had always missed that specific feature myself, as it is what I look for at a site when I want to contact the author.

About ten days later, 5th of April, I got a message through the form from Paul Baars of Paul Baars Design in the Netherlands. It was a request for using my art in a calendar project! The calendar would contain a separate piece of art for each day of the year (2010), with the art being optical illusions. Among the artists whose work was already included were M.C.Escher, Ars et Mathesis, Oscar Reutersvärd, Dmitry  Rakov, Sandro del-Prete, David Macdonalds, Istvan Orosz, Scott Kim, Jos de Mey, Mathieu Hamaekers, Norman Parker, Igor Achkasov, Zenon Kulpa, Peter Raedschelders, Hop David, Jeroen Henneman, Vlad Alexeev, Bruno Ernst, Ken Knowlton and Vicente Meavilla Segui, which is quite a respectable list… I was intrigued.

After a bit more communication I happily accepted the request, prepared the high resolution images needed and credit information to go with them, and that was it!

As compensation I would receive a couple of calendars for free; which suited me perfect as just the opportunity to get published in any way at all is reward enough :)

This Wednesday I picked up a package at the post office, and was happily surprised to find four calendars in it! The print quality sure is spectacular, and I eventually found my own pieces in there. They are at May 1st, Juli 26th, August 17th, September 22nd and November 20th, 2010.

I will have to mark down those dates to check if the link included in the calendar affects blog traffic, it will be interesting!

Very awesome :) Thank you Paul, for including me in this project!

If you want an ILLUSIES & OPTISCHE FENOMENEN SCHEURKALENDER 2010 of your own, you can access the order form at Paul Baars Design directly, if you live in the Netherlands or Belgium that is; here is a PDF (in Dutch) with detailed information. Or, you could look for a Dutch book store, not sure if they ship world wide though.

Bend
2009-06-23

Linework | Fillwork

This is a pair of blocks that without moving turns from being flat on the ground to standing up, both in their own individual way.

Curves
2009-05-14

Linework | Fillwork

Two bent metal bars that intersect. You will notice though that one is tall while the other is short. If you pay extra attention you will notice that in the pairs of bands in the same color both of them exactly matches the single band on the opposite side.

It is a little curious when the vanishing points end up within the image area, the grid lines form solid gray blobs as the line width is constant. It makes sense if you look at the full size image as the grid lines then are more clearly visible. On another note, now I have totally caught up with myself, so from now on figures will be posted even more spaciously. Either one each month, or if I get overly creative (have time!), every other week.

Spiral4
2009-04-19

Linework | Fillwork

If you travel with your mind clockwise around the center rectangle you will notice that you always go forward, out of the picture. If you split the figure vertically at the center you will always go backwards, into the image, if you follow any of the sides in a clockwise direction.