05. Distance Formula

a) resampling a line

Make one reasonably complex drawing with one line. This could be a
one line signature, or a cursive word, or something else. Then, working
on pieces of tracing paper over the drawn line, try to “approximate the
line” with a certain number of points, for example, if you were to draw
the line using only 10 connected points, what would it look like? Try
“resampling” the line with 20, 15, 10, 5, and 2 points. What information
is preserved and lost between the resamples?

a) distance formula drawing tool

Make a drawing tool using the distance formula to sum up the length of
the line being drawn. Do this for one stroke only. In addition to calculating
the total length of a stroke, can you also identify the shortest and longest
section?

a) distance formula drawing tool

Create an interesting drawing tool using the stroke / angle / body code
we did in class. Think about how the size of the body of a stroke could be
varied. Think about incorporating media, such as images, into how you
draw. Make an elegant stroke machine :)