I just finished a couple of sketches/rough drafts of two Escher Couches for your consideration: One is a regular straight couch and the other a semi-circular curved couch. There is room "under" either couch to add some squirrels. The perspective and scaling are a bit off but they clearly show the concept.
I must say that I am a bit pleased with myself: I thought it was possible to draw an Escher couch and I was right (for once!). Since they are simple line drawing they still show the Escher/Penrose/Reutersvald "impossibility" aspect, even when scaled down. A good artist could take this concept and make a nice symbol for the COA.
Click on the Escher couch names to view and tell me what you think:
http://www.box.net/shared/q7onf5ee0e
I also uploaded a number of other possibilities and ideas for consideration for symbols for the COA:
Although I was able to create an Escher couch, that doesn't symbolize the infinite expandability. One concept that might is to take Escher's Moebius strip and replace the ants with squirrels.
Another idea is to take Escher's waterfall and expand it for the OTC pool. Maybe even having a water slide instead of a downspout.;-)
The impossible triangle made from blocks also shows a star in the center (albeit six pointed), which would show up nicely if colored.
The open frame star might still show enough detail to work at a smaller scale. It definitely would with color coded sides but that would probably violate some color rules for COAs although only need two different colors or shades.
Drawing squirrels running around the tall impossible columns could symbolize three things: our confusion, the squirrels and Brooke himself.
BTW, I see no need to rush to a final decision on the COA. It has been a number of months since the idea was first proposed. A bit more time for other ideas to generate won't hurt. Just my 2 ¢
I have been doing a bit of research and found a couple of very large "Impossible" drawing galleries and some interesting Escher sites:
Escher Couches
I just finished a couple of sketches/rough drafts of two Escher Couches for your consideration: One is a regular straight couch and the other a semi-circular curved couch. There is room "under" either couch to add some squirrels. The perspective and scaling are a bit off but they clearly show the concept.
I must say that I am a bit pleased with myself: I thought it was possible to draw an Escher couch and I was right (for once!). Since they are simple line drawing they still show the Escher/Penrose/Reutersvald "impossibility" aspect, even when scaled down. A good artist could take this concept and make a nice symbol for the COA.
Click on the Escher couch names to view and tell me what you think:
http://www.box.net/shared/q7onf5ee0e
I also uploaded a number of other possibilities and ideas for consideration for symbols for the COA:
Although I was able to create an Escher couch, that doesn't symbolize the infinite expandability. One concept that might is to take Escher's Moebius strip and replace the ants with squirrels.
Another idea is to take Escher's waterfall and expand it for the OTC pool. Maybe even having a water slide instead of a downspout.;-)
The impossible triangle made from blocks also shows a star in the center (albeit six pointed), which would show up nicely if colored.
The open frame star might still show enough detail to work at a smaller scale. It definitely would with color coded sides but that would probably violate some color rules for COAs although only need two different colors or shades.
Drawing squirrels running around the tall impossible columns could symbolize three things: our confusion, the squirrels and Brooke himself.
BTW, I see no need to rush to a final decision on the COA. It has been a number of months since the idea was first proposed. A bit more time for other ideas to generate won't hurt. Just my 2 ¢
I have been doing a bit of research and found a couple of very large "Impossible" drawing galleries and some interesting Escher sites:
http://impossible-world.blogspot.com/
http://imp-world.narod.ru/english/index.html
http://members.lycos.nl/amazingart/E/42.html
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gershon/EscherForReal/