Curvature of the Mind

Category: Experiments

  • New Feature – Download demo image

    New Feature – Download demo image

    I’ve been revamping the site, working towards a more visual layout.  Part of that has been going through old posts and attaching an image to every single one of them.  Some of them just needed selecting an image from the content, and some needed an entirely new image generated from the demo code.  In the…

  • More crossing lines images.

    More crossing lines images.

    I haven’t had much time to play with the crossing lines. I do like their simplicity and the way they can create complex crossing relationships. I’ll be playing around with braids next, and integrating differential equations and chaos of course. Related Images:

  • Varying circle grid and color

    Varying circle grid and color

    Pretty intense, yet some unexpected effects. Related Images:

  • Roiling sparks

    Roiling sparks

    Continuing on with experimenting with grids of circles.  I’ve cranked up the randomness, the alpha channel and the circle size on this one.  It works really well with some animation.  I might consider this technique to add some interest to the quantum mechanics demos to draw the eye to the density functions.   Related Images:

  • Experimenting with pixel sizes

    Experimenting with pixel sizes

    I’d been rather unmotivated with a number of projects that I’m working on, but going through my inspiration board on pinterest got me fired up again.  I’ve got a few more experiments on the way. Related Images:

  • Generative Convergence #2 – Ghosts

    Generative Convergence #2 – Ghosts

    This is a companion to the last image, the Dirac Delta Function is moved over to the right and some of the intensity parameters have been punched up a little.  These are really starting to resemble the transition energies from atomic orbitals.  I’m still on track to add another level of complexity before I start…

  • Generative convergence #1 – Shadows

    Generative convergence #1 – Shadows

    I wasn’t aiming for something this sparse, or this kind of vertical pattern, but it turned out like a more refined version of some of my other experiments.  This method is interpolating a function that resembles a Dirac delta function centered at 1/2, the other lines are reflections of that central spike. Related Images:

  • More one dimensional generative experiments

    More one dimensional generative experiments

    These are some more images I’ve created on my way to generating a realistic brush stroke.  Given how much I’m liking these, and some more experiments that I’m cooking up, I’m not sure if I’ll ever get to the brush strokes. Related Images:

  • New Technique – Iterated function system interpolation functions

    New Technique – Iterated function system interpolation functions

    I’m working on a technique to create heavy textured straight brush strokes.  There are a number of abstract paintings using textures I’d like to reproduce.  I’m definitely a way off, but I’m liking some of the results so far. What separates these from the fractals I’ve generated in the past is that they have a…

  • This is what additivity gets you

    This is what additivity gets you

    These are all variations on some of my earlier vector field renderings.  These take two different vector fields and show render paths for various sums of the vector fields.  There isn’t anything really surprising in the images, but they are attractive nonetheless. Related Images: