Visual representations of IE's

[ArchonAlarion]

PREFACE:

1. There is probably alpha element bias, due to me being alpha
2. Pictures cannot do dynamic elements justice, because dynamic implies motion.
3. If you don't like them then explain why or make your own.

The software used is GIMP (GNU image manipulation program). Its open source, downloadable here GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Attributes
(statics of objects, Ep elements, Se/Ne)

Static Objects (Attributes): The variables of a thing. What something has at a certain moment. The qualities that define an object.




Paths
(dynamics of objects, Ej elements, Te/Fe)

Dynamic Objects (Paths): The changes that a thing is undergoing. It is the process that objects are following, coming from, or heading towards. The evolution of an object.




Links
(statics of fields, Ij elements, Ti/Fi)

Static Fields (Links): The attributes of a relationship between things. What exactly the observer’s view on a thing is. How things should fit together and how should something be considered. The “distance” between objects in a framework, network, constellation, system, etc.




Flows
(dynamics of fields, Ip elements, Si/Ni)

Dynamic Fields (Flows): The changing environment in which things exist. It is the processes behind the relationships of things. A broad "theme" or context of an environment or process. It’s like a fluid, rushing, “playing field.”

[Tom]

How very Ne of you; cool pics.

[1981slater]

I've heard you see the world this way if you take drugs.

[ArchonAlarion]

the attibutes one is a bit corny lol. I did it late last night. Maybe I'll make a better one.

[Brilliand]

Very nice! I like the "Paths" one best, simply because it closely matches my mental image. The "links" one feels a bit odd to me, because I keep wanting to read those blue lines as dynamic links and the yellow squares as static objects. I'd prefer something like this:



Of course, that doesn't have the colorfulness of your pictures, but it matches my mental image of a space cut up into chunks (rather than separate chunks bound together).

Flows - that's a hard one, you did a good job. I'd probably want the endings on the left gone, because they're sort of Static. But it does make the right impression.

[ArchonAlarion]

yeah the endings might have been more of an aesthetic choice on my part. It was supposed to be like... the tips of the flow making new ground or something.

[tereg]

Random aside...










k, I'm done.

[ArchonAlarion]

awww...

I was kinda hoping for people to post their own stuff...

and SubT space invaders are Beta o' course!