quoted 2 lines From: "Aetehraplst" <Aethersplat@pop.mindspring.com>
> From: "Aetehraplst" <Aethersplat@pop.mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: (idm) EP7: better late than never, or beating a dead horsequoted 9 lines and a great booklet full of those angular squiggle drawings, probably the
>> and a great booklet full of those angular squiggle drawings, probably the
>> best visual counterpart to AE since chris cunningham's sinister vibrating
>> machines.
>>
>> rob
>
> actually, the proper term is 'angular Noodles'
>
>- -0aethersplat
Actually, I believe they're L-systems, or Lindenmayer systems, which are
mathematical equations, similar to fractals, that work on the theory of
recursion. If you take the concept of a tree, which consists of a trunk,
branches, twigs, stems, and leaves, you'll find that you can write an equation
that will represent this with either lines or groups of lines and points, aka
polygons, in 2d or 3d space.
For example: T = draw trunk, B = draw branch, R = rotate 40 degrees,
W = draw twig, etc.
TRBRRW will draw a trunk, then rotate the origin 40o, then draw a branch,
then rotate the origin 80o, then draw another twig,. If the recursion level
is 1, then it will do this once. If it 5, it will create the exact same
equation to the ends of all twigs, thus representing something like a bush
or tree. Check the interview with Kevin Mack in this month's issue of
Wired; he has an L-systems equation on his wall with the 'code' for the tree
in "What Dreams May Come".
Here are some of my own examples.
http://www.corefilm.com/images/port/flip_grid.jpg
http://www.corefilm.com/images/port/slink.jpg
http://www.corefilm.com/images/port/scubes.jpg
+odd
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