flash mx   october, 2003   j.tarbell

200 x 300 pixels animated construction detail   600 x 337 pixels 54 individual piles

Bone Piles is an iteratively generated collection of simple organic shapes tied together with increasing complexity. With each new instantiation, the bone is given unique attributes computed at random and according to the progress of the iteration. Both rotation and scale are set in this fashion. As a final, important step, the instantiated bone takes its shape from one of seven possibilities. Arranging rock, plant, and bone in a computational space is easier to clean up.

0000 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 0010 0011

1000 Over 7,000 bones arranged in 486 discrete piles