Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Colorforms 15: Alien Language


There's always something new you can do with the Colorforms concept. Especially when it's adapted to Photoshop. The basic story is still there: black square background. 4 each color, each shape different, some new things added in like the dark purple circle. How to translate the alien language? All these variables including color form the "written" text. In our languages and alphabets, the color of the writing is irrelevant, no matter what it is. In this script, the meaning is inseparable from the color. The alien folk, who look rather like anthropomorphic parrots, can recognize far more shades than we can, no matter how sensitive our vision is.

Photoshop, 5" x 5", October 1, 2019.

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