User:Silviolorusso/Amanofmanyparts

A man of Many Parts

What
"A man of many parts" is a booklet in which each part of an SVG clipart becomes the constituting element of a pattern.

How

I broke down an SVG clip art found on OpenClipArt.org. In this way I obtained shapes that don't necessarily refer to a figurative image. Then I used python to generate a pattern for each one of these elements.

Why

I spent much time exploring the Open Clip Art archive because I found interesting the simplicity with which these designs can be break into parts. After a while I realized that I was less interested in the final designs than in their constituting elements. Therefore I looked for a way to repurpose these abstract shapes.

Code

The code I used is pretty simple: basically I played around with a nested loop.

PS

I had a hard time setting the pages in order to print and fold a booklet. Often I had the temptation to solve the issue in Mac OS, but in the end I stumbled upon this useful tutorial by OSP.