Pixar's color scripts

Visualizing The Incredibles' color script.

The Duck Tale

The one about hand-making Korean wedding ducks.

Smile

Transforming sketches into a mixed media piece.

Flock of Alfreds

Posted on 2009-06-04 17:29:12

I spent 10 minutes with Python, Quartz2D, Illustrator, and Photoshop to create a background for my Twitter profile.

First, I started by visualizing a flock of Alfreds using Quartz2D. The Alfred doodle is an SVG file where individual paths are randomly mutated within bounds; the output is the maximum resolution of a 30 inch monitor.



Then, I brought the flock into Photoshop and blended several radial gradients:



Finally, I added typography:



You can check out the final product on my Twitter profile (jankybear).