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commit0bf626ad7a2ff4cdc18334634326fa807730e1ca authorGavin Atkinson <gvnatknsn@protonmail.com> dateWed 5 Feb 2020, 15:47 (7 years ago) parentddfe258
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7070Ultimately, we didn’t specifically draw on any of these influences very consciously. The goal of visual research is to get a sense of the territory, what has been tried, and what works. We think these threads of prior work are evident in the final result — you can *feel* them, but it’s tough to point to them individually.
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72−## What’s in a Name?
72+## What’s in a name?
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7474> *“Lev’s sigil appeared, strobing, as Netherton was getting out of the cab in Henrietta Street. “Yes?” Netherton asked.”*
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8484While we can’t point to any specific parts of our visual research that reappear directly, sigil is lovingly borrowed.
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86−## Experiments + Iterations
86+## Experiments + iterations
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8888So, how did we actually end up making these things?
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138138As it turns out, drawing 512 consistent, abstract elements by hand isn’t easy. We had to strike a balance between authorship and automation — we wanted each tile to look well-made, but not too authored. To do so, we took advantage of Figma’s web API which helped us design in SVG but iterate programmatically.
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140−## Final Process
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142142![](https://media.urbit.org/site/posts/essays/sigils6-v4.png)
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