Artist's proof / 02Carbon + cinnabar
INK
A record of pressure, pause, and release
A line is not an outline here. It is evidence: the speed of a wrist, the drag of a dry brush, and the final weight of a maker's seal.
Exhibit B · Four states
One line,
four readings.
The same contour passes through vessel, flame, wave, and mountain. Meaning changes while the material memory of the line remains.
SVG morphTo / continuous cycleExhibit C · Pressure trials
Calligraphy
as timing.
Identical durations do not produce identical gestures. Three easing curves turn a drawn path into a measured pull, a decisive strike, or a dry-brush hesitation.
Measured pull
Even pressure gathers gently at both ends.
ease: inOutQuad
Decisive strike
A fast arrival leaves its energy at the finish.
ease: outExpo
Dry hesitation
Stepped time catches like a brush short on ink.
ease: steps(9)