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OBEY, what I say

This week I worked with Vanessa on a color experience. For our inspiration, we went with something that Felipe Pantone posted on Instagram (link here) where they printed Cyan, Magenta and Yellow (CMY) values individually onto separate glass panels, suspended the glass by cables and then moved them to show the relationships between the colors.

To replicate this effect, we had to change the blend mode in p5 to “DARKEST” which allowed the CMY values to blend and create the desired colors. We used the Obey Giant logo by Shepard Fairey because it’s easily recognizable and it’s all one color, making it easy to create CMY versions. We then found a song called “The Obedience Song” by Craig Louers on YouTube (link here) that gave the sketch a somewhat jolly/creepy vibe that was interesting.

By moving the mouse along the Y-Axis, the three different colored grids are moved in different ways, by moving the mouse on the X-Axis, the scale is altered.

The sketch can be found here.