Tagged: tube
My anemone piece needed a little color. Here are a few more renderings and a video of the system running. I’ve also added a few more objects to my particle script including particle generators, attractors, and repellers. A faint circle of somewhat random size around each particle gives a little texture in empty space and pushes back older tubes by overlaying a dark texture.
Continuing with particle systems in Processing I stumbled upon some effects I’m very happy with. Although it wasn’t exactly what I was trying for at the time but have an aesthetic which is very interesting to me. The path of each particle is drawn at each frame with a semi-transparent circle, gray with a white border. The way the circles overlap create a pseudo 3d effect which reminds me a lot of an electron scanning microscope.
