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Charlie, 1995

The first image I ever created programming.

 

The first assignment in intro to computer graphics was to use Chaikin curves to create a cartoon character. We had to write the software that mathematically subdivide the curves based on their control verticies.

Some smart people wrote programs to interactively place the CV, but I didn't know how to do that. So to decide where to place each CV, I traced the tangent lines of all inflection points and where those lines crossed, placed a CV.

 

And it actually worked the first time!

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Uploaded on June 28, 2006
Taken on June 28, 2006