I've spent some time today taking a look at the options I have available online as a resource for designing a template for my coloured balls. The reality is that they closest thing I could find was an interactive, online version of Lite Brite from Hasbro (http://www.hasbro.com/litebrite/en_US/) however, I did not find it overly effective and it was very time consuming to try and get the right colour where you wanted it and then having to use a giant eraser to remove a small peg was not working.
So, I created my own design grid of 104 individual circles on a powerpoint presentation slide that I can use to map out my image. I can change the colour of each circle, and as long as I keep track of how many of each colour I'm using in my draft, I should be able to work out a few patters to use for my artifact.
My goal right now is to make a video of the space where the balls will be laid out and then my hand coming in one ball at a time to create the picture. Then I will speed it up to be less than 30 seconds per complete picture. I hope the effect will be quite cool.
So, I created my own design grid of 104 individual circles on a powerpoint presentation slide that I can use to map out my image. I can change the colour of each circle, and as long as I keep track of how many of each colour I'm using in my draft, I should be able to work out a few patters to use for my artifact.
My goal right now is to make a video of the space where the balls will be laid out and then my hand coming in one ball at a time to create the picture. Then I will speed it up to be less than 30 seconds per complete picture. I hope the effect will be quite cool.
Below are the patterns I created in powerpoint that allowed me to change the colours of each ball represented by a circle. I took note of how many of each coloured ball I had available and then spent time arranging and rearranging them into something visually pleasing.