Part 1: Reading

Toward Aesthetic Guidelines for Paintings with the Aid of a Computer Vera Molnar

Realizations:
1. "to make good pictures one should know not only about composition but also about the psychology of perception and about experimental aesthetic."
2. She has an initial idea in her mind before she begins her work, but the outcome is always out of the box. Although the outcome is always different from what she thinks, she wouldn't start with no idea.
3. Procedural: Works develop and be evaluated, not in a one-step. the codes need to be edited and improved in the process. Create versions: Save it, make a new version that you are happy with, and modify again.
4. Limitation: time. The same works, or with similar technique(s), can be developed infinitely. But it is time-consuming. Unlike the program that starts and run by itself, modifying a code has to be done manually. An artist has to be satisfied or he/she will be stuck in a point where they cannot escape from dissatisfaction.
5. "Conversational method": Pick some images during processing and see the changes. And go back if something went wrong.
6. People are just not into what they like about artworks, they are influenced by other factors.

Part 2: Description

3 layers(with different stroke color) X 4 columns X 32 row of cells slightly, randomly distributed on the same row

Part 3: Recreate

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Toward Aesthetic Guidelines for Paintings with the Aid of a Computer Vera Molnar

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