From Todd Sines Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 16:13
From Todd Sines Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 16:13
> From: "Aetehraplst" <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Subject: Re: (idm) EP7: better late than never, or beating a dead horse >> 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 -- Todd Sines icq: 11117580 film * audio * design http://www.corefilm.com/