concepts & techniques

  • The examples on this page are derived from rather simple polar equations, such as Rose Curves and Cardioids. I’m simply graphing polar equations.

  • Stroke-dasharray and stroke-dashoffset are SVG properties that are incredibly fun to play with. They let you control and animate gaps along a given stroke path. I noticed that certain specific combinations of these properties appear to resonate into rather spectacular patterns that look surprisingly different from a plainly drawn curve. I re-implemented this in the Processing programming language in order to create frame-stable exportable renders.

  • Interpolation (aka Tweening aka Lerping) of the coordinates with their former selves (where they stood last frame) creates some very fluid animations that further distance their appearance from a plain old polar curve.

  • Noise. A bit of controlled randomness makes everything appear more organic.

close-ups

set to music

## stills

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