| Image |
File |
Comments |
Command line |
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bug1.png
2006/9/29 23:12:35
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I can't tell you exactly how I did it. I was testing
an early version of my script that was supposed to
create little balls. The output wasn't exactly what
I had in mind, but I saved it because it looked
interesting. |
No information available. |
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bug2.png
2006/9/30 01:04:42
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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Another buggy output file that I saved. This one
looks to me like a plaid pattern. Or is it a
wiring diagram gone wild? |
No information available. |
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florence.png
2006/9/30 09:20:30
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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Florence Friend inspired this project. She's an
aunt of a friend, and unfortunately she suffers from macular
degeneration. One night she told us that when she crochets,
she can no longer see the patterns. Instead, she uses
random colors of yarn and people like the results. When I got home I thought, "I can do that on the computer." Ironically, I've never seen one of Florence's random
crochets. At the time this image was created, there was a small bug
in the program that messed up the right-hand margin. Also,
this image does not wrap like the later ones do and is
therefore less useful as a pattern.
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No information available. |
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50-1000-2.png
2006/12/22 23:24:43
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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These globs only grow to a certain size based
on the amount of paint that each one is started
with. Some of the globs look like countries on
the map. Maybe this is how diplomats divide up
the world in their back rooms? |
No information available. |
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500-100-2.png
2006/12/23 00:14:23
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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More globs--they almost fill the canvas. |
No information available. |
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5000-10-1.png
2006/12/23 00:15:52
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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With 5000 globs, none of them can grow to be very large
and they look more uniform. |
No information available. |
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syn-500-100-1.png
2006/12/23 17:42:55
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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grow-10-10-1.png
2006/12/24 07:36:33
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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A new algorithm--each glob has a "growth plan" and all
globs are grown simultaneously in discrete units of
time. I like the way that the pink and navy globs bled into
one another. I wish I knew how that happened--it's
not obvious! |
No information available. |
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grow-100-10-1.png
2006/12/24 07:41:15
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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This image started with 100 globs. It was before I added
the "--contiguous" option, and so a few of the globs "bleed"
into one another. It's an interesting feature, but not
necessarily desirable. |
No information available. |
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grow-500-10-1.png
2006/12/24 07:53:00
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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grow-4-10-1.png
2006/12/24 07:56:07
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I was testing with only four globs, but the image
was surprisingly interesting. Note that there are
four colors, and some of the globs span extend
past the top of the image to the bottom, or past
the left edge to the right edge. Another way to view this kind of image is as
wallpaper. The image tiles correctly. |
No information available. |
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grow-4-0.png
2006/12/24 08:14:16
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I like the shapes, but the colors are too
similar. Maybe I should write a script to
recolor such images. I'm thinking of writing a screensaver that
generates a random sequence of these four-glob
images. |
No information available. |
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grow-8-10-2.png
2006/12/24 09:13:11
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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The next three images are all made with
eight globs. There is more color variation
than with the four-glob images. |
No information available. |
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grow-8-10-3.png
2006/12/24 09:20:22
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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grow-8-10-4.png
2006/12/24 09:21:09
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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grow-16-1.png
2006/12/24 18:10:45
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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grow-64-1.png
2006/12/24 18:12:38
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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uniformly-spaced-squares-10.png
2006/12/24 18:49:04
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I used the same program to generate this image,
but the globs all started from points on a grid.
I didn't really expect to get squares, and there
are much simpler ways to generate this pattern. The random colors make it interesting. |
No information available. |
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grow-spacing-10-2.png
2006/12/24 18:50:10
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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For this image, I alternated two different kinds
of rows of grid points. The shapes are more
circular. But it's too still to regular for my
taste. |
No information available. |
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grow-spacing-10-3.png
2006/12/24 18:59:03
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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This is my favorite image created with
non-random grid points. I get a slight feeling
of vertigo when I stare at it. |
No information available. |
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grow-spacing-10-1.png
2006/12/24 19:10:57
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I don't remember exactly how this image was
created. I saved the image because of the
column of pistols just to the right of the
center line. |
No information available. |
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from-seed2.png
2006/12/25 01:03:43
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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Now I'm back to making images like the early
florence.png. The more
recent ones wrap correctly and can be used as
wallpaper. |
No information available. |
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from-seed-5-1.png
2006/12/25 09:46:53
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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No information available. |
No information available. |
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from-seed-20-1.png
2006/12/25 18:56:50
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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Fewer seeds, at a larger initial spacing. |
No information available. |
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from-seed-4-1.png
2006/12/25 18:59:48
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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These seeds started as initial points that were more tightly packed. |
No information available. |
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grow-random-64-1.png
2006/12/25 19:15:18
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I decided on a new approach, growing spheres until they
touch. This pattern has too much white space for my
taste. |
perl grow-globs.pl --stop-at-boundaries 64 |
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grow-random-256-1.png
2006/12/25 22:56:55
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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To fill more of the space, I am now adding more
spheres after all of the initial ones stop growing
(that is what the --keep-filling command line
argument means). This image started with 256
globs. |
perl grow-globs.pl --stop-at-boundaries --keep-filling 256 |
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grow-random-10-1.png
2006/12/25 22:58:35
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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Similar to the previous image, but it started
with only 10 globs. That is why some of the initial
globs grew to a larger size. |
perl grow-globs.pl --stop-at-boundaries --keep-filling 10 |
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grow-random-32-1.png
2006/12/25 23:01:31
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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This image started with 32 globs. |
perl grow-globs.pl --stop-at-boundaries --keep-filling 32 |
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grow-random-64-2.png
2006/12/25 23:06:51
Copyright David Levner, 2006
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I started with 64 globs, but modified the --keep-filling
command line argument so I could specify the minimum
size of white space to be filled. In the previous images,
new globs had to start out at least four pixels from any
existing globs. For the current image, I allowed new globs
to grow if they were two pixels away from an existing
glob. |
perl grow-globs.pl --stop-at-boundaries --keep-filling=2 64 |