The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf]

Re:The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf] by gdubs on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:15PM (#22250082)

I love L-Systems. I somehow obtained a couple of VHS tapes in the 90s when I was a kid of early computer graphics, and was really taken by the generative artists — like Karl Sims. This was also the heyday of big bookstores like Borders, and I’d spend hours in the “Computers” aisle, where I found “Advanced Animation and Rendering”, which covered L-Systems.

These are fun things to code because they can surprise you. Even when you understand the rules, it can be delightful to see what grows.

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Re:The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf] by codetrotter on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:06PM (#22251838)

Speaking of creative coding, check out this thing I came across on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/creativecoding/comments/ezcaie/proc...

Someone coded procedural swimming with simulated tentacles. The post itself is a video and then they tell a little bit about it in the comments section also.

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Re:The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf] by texuf on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:38PM (#22252039)

I used to frequent a website with nearly a hundred experiments like this, almost all interactive and very beautiful. They were all created with Flash/ActionScript. There were lots of tree visualizations, fluid simulations, and one specific demo with randomized bugs that walked around using inverse kinematics. I've since lost the link, does anyone remember what I'm talking about, maybe could provide a link?

[Edit] found it http://levitated.net/daily/index.html http://levitated.net/daily/levWalkingThings.html

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