Curvature of the Mind

Tag: generative art

  • Circling back to a dead end.

    Circling back to a dead end.

    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…

  • Spider web fractal

    Spider web fractal

    It’s a little late for Halloween, but spooky nonetheless. Related Images:

  • Bouncing Circle Grid

    Bouncing Circle Grid

    I’m pleased with the motion on this one.  It’s still just experimentation, but the results are promising. Related Images:

  • Grids of circles

    Grids of circles

    Ooooh, this is getting interesting now.  This shows a grid as the spacing changes from wide to small spacing. Related Images:

  • Experimental generative images

    Experimental generative images

    These are all simple images where I’m testing out a very simple set of rules. I’m using a modified lorentzian function to generate the colors near each line. The position and intensity of each line is determined by a tree like algorithm. I got a lot of different effects from playing with the colors and…

  • Circled out

    Circled out

    I’ve added a bunch of gyrations onto the circle of circles and set it rotating as well. Related Images:

  • Infinite Flow

    Infinite Flow

    In the continuing saga of the stereographic projections is infinite flow.  This rotates the circle around the y axis creating the illusion of continuous flow in one direction. Related Images:

  • Bouncing circles

    Bouncing circles

    More of the stereographic circle series.  In this one, the circles are defined by iterating over a circle in 3 dimensional space.  That circle is bouncing up and down in the vertical direction.The changing shape and disappearance come from the circle leaving the interior of the sphere and returning bit by bit. Related Images:

  • Connected components in cellular automata

    Connected components in cellular automata

    This is a basic rendering just connecting cells if they are in the same state.  It turned out kinda neat.  I started with a ball and stick model, but the balls just added visual noise.  I think I’ll try rotating a shaded ball next, but the transitions require comparing two models instead of just blending…

  • More animated Circles

    More animated Circles

    This page is just playing around with linear paths through the circle space.  I’ve tried some more complicated shapes but they quickly get too complicated. Related Images: