Inspired by Gerhard Richter

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One interesting piece I recently saw was a bunch of colorful rectangles by Gerhard Richter.  This seemed like an easy piece to tackle first.  An example image is above and the Matlab code used to create it is linked below.

richter_rectangles_basic.m - This is a basic Matlab file that will draw sets of rectangle with random (or fixed) coloration.  Number, sizing, spacing, color, and transparency can be modified.

richter_rectangles_intermediate.m - This is a intermediate Matlab file building on the basic example.  A function is used to draw the image so that parameters can easily be changed.  The full colormap can be provided so that a specific image can be rendered.

richter_rectangles.m - This is a bit more advanced Matlab file.  Different modes are available.  The function can be run in a loop.  An interactive mode can be used to save or print to file nicer versions of the image.

JPG images are lossy, so PNG or PDF should be used.  These types of files should allow for accurate viewing on large screens or for clean printing.

The image above is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

The code linked above is licensed under the Gnu Public License v3.0.

Other examples are below.  These can be reproduced from the richterdata.mat data file.







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