Wine in nine-slots
This experimental work was a final project for a Calligraphy and Seal Carving class. A nine-slot frame pronounced "Jiu Gong Ge," is a square divided into a 3x3 pattern for beginners to practice calligraphy. The title is a pun on the Chinese word for wine, which is also pronounced "Jiu". The nine-slot concept was chosen to demonstrate the strength of code-based art without static images.
The Challenge
I tried to make a pure web page without any image assets in this project. To achieve this, I chose SVGs to create animated writing. The first issue involved transforming handwriting into SVG paths. I had to separate each stroke and use Adobe Express to convert each stroke into an SVG file so that the intersection of strokes would not show in the animated writing.
Future Work
Using GSAP and and other web techniques to make more calligraphy animations in different forms.