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Above is three final images of my design. The most interesting part of this program cannot be seen in the still images however. The image drawing out is very interesting and the final image is only another part of the design.

I have used constrained randomness and added to initial random values to create a chaotic design where the final design is based on initial conditions but small changes in the initial values change where and how the image draws out.

I have also challenged the idea of time by working from the basic idea of a clock rotating to show how complex time really is in my images which more accurately display how complex time is.

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I have selected these two colours to chose between. I like the red because it creates firework like graphics but I also like the contrast of the dark green.

I have made changes to the design, refining down the random values of the position and line length.

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This is where my design is currently. It is starting to get there but I need to further develop  colour, composition and how much of the page the image will take up.

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I have experimented with having two of the images drawing out but this starts to crowd the design and ruins the composition of the design.

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I have used blue as the colour for these images but I do not think I will use this as my final colour as I do not like the blue on white.

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I have used random x and y positions here and it has created some crazy patterns. This however leaves the composition to chance and that is something I definitely do not want to do.

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I have removed mouse x and y from my program because I do not want the user to have influence over how the graphic looked.

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I have changed the size of my program to 600, 200 because the square 600, 600 size was extremely boring for the composition of my graphics.

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I wanted to experiment with different patterns that were created when the x and y position were changed as the pattern drew out so I have used mouse x and y to give me control only for this experiment. I will then remove it again.

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I have done a quick experiment to see if either red, green or blue look good with the design I have so far but I will have to re-evaluate colours towards the end of the project.

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I have used a new variable that counts down and when it gets to or below a certain value the program stops drawing out. I originally used the same variable that counted down changing the opacity of the background but this caused some issues.

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I have started to get some more interesting graphics so I have now started to code how and when the graphic stops drawing out as it currently continues and I do not want this.

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I am changing around the different different values that I have used to try and find the perfect range for my random values.

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I have started to find how I could possibly create the final picture that will draw out after the clock has sped up and started spinning out of control.

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I have stared to explore the idea of time with my code by using transforms. I will work off my concepts to creating a spinning clock which then picks ups speed and spins out of control to creates something different.

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I have decided to explore my time concept as I would write this code from scratch giving me a much deeper understanding of what I am working with.

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I have attempted to create similar patterns to below using transforms rather than the nbody code because I was struggling to understand the code and it was significantly slowing my progress.