Inseparable Nomads

As many of you now know, I’m taking a few summer classes- one of which I have just completed (YAY!). This course was called “Math Art” and was taught by the ever-so-wise Dani Novak of IC fame, alongside of Stu Anderson- a physics professor (also of IC).

The course is extremely interesting and I recommend it to anyone of any level of Math proficiency.

You learn the following:

1. how to think in abstract ways about design through math
2. how to use SeeLogo- a programming environment for generating art
3. how to use other programs as part of a final project

For my final project I used ContextFree to generate a “Firetree”. I’m pretty stoked about the results which is why I’m posting it.

Click here» for my code.

YouTube -- Firetree

startshape BEAUTIFUL
background { sat 0 b -1 }

rule BEAUTIFUL {
SQUARE{b 3 sat 1.0 s 0.2588} 2*{s 0.4}
BEAUTIFUL {h 8 r 1 x 0.5 y 0.9 s 0.987}
TREE {y 0 hue 15 sat 0.0 b 1 size .98}
}

rule TREE 150 {
//BEAUTIFUL {y 0 hue 0 sat 1 b 1}
    CIRCLE { y 0 hue 0 sat 1 b 1 size 1.0}

    TREE { y .5 hue 1 sat 0.0 b 1 size .98}
}

rule TREE 5 {

    CIRCLE { y 0 hue 0 sat 1 b 1 size 1.0}
BEAUTIFUL {x 1 y 15 hue 1 sat 0 b 1}
    TREE { y .5 hue 1 sat 0.0 b 1 size .99 r 30 }
}

rule TREE 5 {
//BEAUTIFUL {x 1 y 15 hue 1 sat 0 b 1}
    CIRCLE { y 0 hue 0 sat 1 b 1 size 1.0}
   TREE { y .5 hue 1 sat 0.0 b 1 size .99 r -30 }

}

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