 An Exercise in Creative ComplexityPosted on January 14, 2008 by Grant SkinnerAnother branching experiment. This time focusing on how much visual complexity I can generate while maintaining reasonable performance, and some aesthetic appeal. This experiment generates about half a million individual branch object instances (with about three thousand active at any time), and about 5 million line segments in a minute or two (depending on your CPU speed). Probably not a record of any kind, but neat to see nonetheless. It’s a little too large to embed here, so you’ll have to click the screenshot below to open the demo. You’ll need a large monitor (> 1200×1200 pixels) and a fast CPU (2ghz+) to view this well.
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5 Comments
Love'd to see some source code, just some hinters maybe, your experiments is a bit like Joshua Davis' generative art..
Posted by: Supermoos on Jan 14, 2008 1:15pm URL: http://www.lassemoos.com
Looks great. I'm fascinated by these branching based creations. So many interesting things going on here.
Posted by: Rick Mason on Jan 14, 2008 1:18pm URL: http://www.fitc.ca
Grant this is really awesome, I love it!
Posted by: Barcinski on Jan 15, 2008 6:47am URL: http://www.barcinski-jeanjean.com
That's great. I love the depth you've put in this. The biggest cherry blossom ever!
Posted by: Evan Mullins on Jan 15, 2008 8:18am URL: http://blog.circlecube.com
An Exercise in Creative Complexity
Great, This is now on my Thorny Path.
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