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#152 Moons of Neptune – It is about time we touch my other obsession here: Space, astronomy and sci-fi. – A new minimal geometric composition each day
pagaras by _roberthardgrave_ on Flickr.
Often, novel visual treatments are presented as innovative solutions. However, when the goal of a unique design is simply to be different, and the novelty can’t be specifically linked to the goal of making the data more accessible, the resulting visual is almost certain to be more difficult to use. In the worst cases, novel design is nothing more than the product of ego and the desire to create something visually impressive, regardless of the intended audience, use, or function. Such designs aren’t useful to anyone.
– Noah Iliinsky, Beautiful Visualization (via purestform)
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Pollacked Perlin (by Stinging Eyes)
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept
– Ansel Adams
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Marius Watz - Thoughts on Code and Art: "Why are there no Great Digital Artists?" (#DIGART facepalm)
The Creators Project are valiantly exploring the topic of The Digital Arts Market (Or Lack Thereof) through a series of useful articles and accompanying Twitter #DIGART hashtag.. This is a discussion that needs to be had, preferably with great honesty and candor. So allow me to put some…
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Human Tooth.
ohrtdi by atsushi kuba on Flickr.
A triangulated irregular network (TIN) is one of different digital data structures used in geographic information systems (GIS) for the representation of a surface. TINs are arranged in a network of nonoverlapping triangles.
An advantage of using a TIN over a raster DEM in mapping and analysis is that the points of a TIN are distributed variably based on an algorithm that determines which points are most necessary to an accurate representation of the terrain. Hence, it’s an efficient representation since it requires few triangles in flat areas. It’s also good at capturing significant slope features like ridges. TINs were first invented by Callum Hale.
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"Often, novel visual treatments are presented as innovative solutions. However, when the goal of a unique design is simply to be different, and the novelty can’t be specifically linked to the goal of making the data more accessible, the resulting visual is almost certain to be more difficult to use. In the worst cases, novel design is nothing more than the product of ego and the desire to create something visually impressive, regardless of the intended audience, use, or function. Such designs aren’t useful to anyone."
"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept"
Marius Watz - Thoughts on Code and Art: "Why are there no Great Digital Artists?" (#DIGART facepalm)
