September 2006

I finished a painting using the Fibonacci spiral as a composition tool. The ratio used for creating such a spiral is one of those “found everywhere” ratios that even the greeks used in there building plans. Flowers, our finger’s porportions and the way people increase mentally show signs of this spiral/ratio. Reminds me of a shell, nevertheless you can get the files here:

http://mattvogt.com/images/Fibonacci_spiral.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fibonacci_spiral.svg

Looking for an open source vector program? Try Inkscape

Also if you want to impress ladies walking by your desk, you can read some interesting things about how it works and where else it’s found in nature here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

This link, thanks to Jon (http://surrient.com), has some amazing discoveries as well:
http://www.miqel.com/fractals_math_patterns/visual-math-phi-golden.html

The final!

I blew off the dust of my old art archive!  My photoshop artwork from grade 12 (2003) is now online!  This definitely deserves front page:

The last month I’ve been getting up a couple hours before work and painting some art which will be auctioned off. This was great – I commited myself to submitting art which resulting in strong a focus and all proceeds go to help the youth!