Design Statement

	We plan to generate images based on the idea that the human eye is attracted to circles. An example of this is a piece by Robert Rauschenberg titled “Keep Your Eye On the Ball,” which features a number of elements, including a baseball which the viewer finds difficult to look away from. We would like to create a series of images exploring how circle placement affects viewer response. We plan to use complimentary colors to make sure that the circle always stands out. The rest of the image will consist of other non-circular elements with more angular and line-oriented design so as not to detract from the circle's effect. We plan to investigate this because it presents an interesting problem to the viewer: what do you pay attention to, and what importance do you assign it? One salient point is that the most prominent element of an image might not be the most intriguing. 


Technique Statement
	We will use a drawing as one element, using it to generate a circle of varying size, position and color. The background will consist of fractally generated rectangles with colors to complement the color of the circle. We will use turtle graphics to generate other elements of varying size, shape, and color around the circle. 
	The circle will have at least 500 different possible positions. These will be generated functionally using the sine and cosine functions. The background color will have two possible options. The rgb-darker of the complement of the circle's color, and the rgb-lighter of the same thing. This will vary depending if n is even or odd. The turtle-graphic elements around the circle will vary in position, color and iterations.