– CARPENTER MARS OUTPOST 7R, PRINTING FACILITY C, LEVEL 12 HEAD OFFICE, COMFY OFFICE CHAIR
The most basic polygon is the triangle. This fucker bridges the gap between angles and shapes.
For those not in the know, a triangle is a three sided two-dimensional polygon. Triangles are kind of like squares, but they have one less side. They’re kind of like an angle but the rays have a line connecting them, creating two more angles in the process so that three lines are now intersecting, warranting the name “TRI-ANGLE.” God damn; you didn’t already know this? Oh.. you did? OK Then. Good job.
There are several types of triangles. There’s the Equal Lottery triangle, for instance. This name has something to do with how random chance made all the sides the same length.
There’s also the I, Saucy Lee triangle, which I think was developed by Saucy Lee. Another one is the Super Cute triangle, which is just absolutely adorable! You should find one and play with it. PRICELESS!
Additionally, there are triangles out there calling themselves Right triangles. I’ve heard they’re some kind of cult. They regularly attempt to assassinate Saucy Lee and constantly put out videos and messages, warnings, and threats on the internet, sharing their main message of “If you’re not Right, you’re Rong!”
So that’s everything mankind knows about triangles so far, and I’m glad I could make this not only entertaining, but educational! By the way, I can’t stop seeing the word “TANGLE” in the word TriANGLE now.
Now that we’re all up to speed, let’s take a look at one of these things. This is what we in the industry call a triangle:
Dammit! Let me try again.
OK. Focus, Matt. Triangle. Three sides. Three angles. THREE sides! Here we go:
YYYYYESSS! Nailed it!
Anyway, what the hell are we doing here? It’s probably time to get to the feature:
I recently created this thing called the TripGrid. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. Were you? Here it is:
I really like what happens in the negative space (That’s the space that goes “Hey, this isn’t gunna work! Hey, your goals suck! Hey, I’m negative space and I’m here to tell you your hands are stupid and they’re bad at doing stuff!”) on the TripGrid, and I’ve continued to mess with this idea.
Are you shocked to hear that I tried this same thing with triangles?
Every one of those shapes was individually rotated and colored. I may be able to figure out how to automate this process but I think there’s something charming (or sad? I get those two mixed up all the time) about the fact that I sit there and tend to each shape on a personal level instead of just pressing a button. *ahem* excuse me while I pat myself on the back.
** pat pat **
Man, I give the best back pattings.
So, I placed a shitload of identical triangles on a plane and started rotating each one of them:
I know, you’ve probably got a better method, but this is MINE! 🙂
So then I colored them each individually as well:
So. There it is. This is what happens when I’m left alone with a big red triangle.
The full Try Angles is 30×30″ and is now in my Featured section.
I made a little comic version out of it, as well. Oh did you ever see the TripGrid comic? Look:
Carl just doesn’t get it, ya know? He attended EVERY meeting, and still had no idea what was going on…
So uhh.. oh yeah! The triangle comic:
There you have it. My featured work of the century.
Check in next century for another exciting new Featured artwork! Thanks for taking a look and having a read. You’re kind of awesome!