Circling back to a dead end. · Curvature of the Mind

These renderings never really went anywhere. They show chaotic orbits around 3 fixed attractive potentials while varying a uniform magnetic field. There are some lovely sweeps and folds as the chaos unfolds. I also like the glowing effect as the orbits get tightly wrapped around the centers of attraction. There wasn’t much to this other than some pretty curves, however, I did realize how essential drag is in making interesting forms. I suppose adding flocking and some higher order terms would help in adding further visual interest. Glowing white spiral of chaotic orbit traces tightly wound around an attractor on a deep blue background Glowing white spiral orbit trace with an additional faint secondary swirl forming below the main attractor Glowing spiral orbit trace with a single sharp bright point flaring at the lower left of the frame Sweeping S-curved orbit trace folding into a small tight spiral at the lower left, with faint chaotic filaments beneath