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qflow · c4archivedstarted Feb 19Auto draft — not yet reviewed

Organic Shapes

Why we did this

All the dots were hard geometric shapes. This cycle tried making them feel softer and more alive.

What happened

Five shapes now switch live: circle, square, hexagon, a wobbly blob and a rounded square. Blobs can slowly breathe. Later cycles kept the shapes but stayed with circles.

Before → afterDots can be soft, wobbly blobs that slowly change shape.
At a glance
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What changed

The change that matters most, in plain words. Open any one to see it.

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    Dots can be soft, wobbly blobs that slowly change shape.

    Blobs instead of circles · came from Mark Parson

Also in this cycle
  • A rounded square has a slider that runs from circle to nearly square. New in this cycle
  • Each shape draws and animates itself, so shapes can be swapped or added freely. In words

How we got here

Each change, traced back to the conversation it came from. A solid mark means the record names the source; a dashed one was matched by the draft and waits for review.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

No ruling needed: the work itself is the change.

So now

Dots can be soft, wobbly blobs that slowly change shape.

Thanks to

People outside Qpoint first. Every thank-you points at something they said or made.

MP
Mark Parson
Qpoint team

Tried softer, living shapes for the dots

Commits in the qflow repo are all by Mark Parson; the record names nobody, so git authorship is the source.

All images

Every picture from this cycle. Click any one to step through them all.

The pairs

Blobs instead of circlesBefore → after
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Squares that round offNew in this cycle

Everything captured · 11

The full record 0 decisions · 7 key-change entries · 186 words · 10 captures

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