



This is a collection of error art.





Why

Conventional calligraphy explores the perfectionist dimension of human handwriting. But what about the error-ridden aspect? I tried to generate what would happen if you removed everything but the accidental pen marks from a document. There's a chaotic art to ink blot errors that people with good handwriting miss. And (un)fortunately, I have very bad handwriting.





How

To simulate ink blot errors, I had to look at my own errors. I found that my penmanship errors look like either: elliptical ink blots, jagged lines, or accidental curves between letters. Using Processing, I combined ellipses, curves, and lines to simulate handwriting errors.







