Substrate | Gallery of Computation

 
processing    june, 2003   j.tarbell  

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Lines likes crystals grow on a computational substrate. A simple perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures.

 

0001 iterated substrate	0011 iterated substrate
0014 iterated substrate	0021 iterated substrate
0022 iterated substrate	0026 iterated substrate
0029 iterated substrate	0034 iterated substrate
0037 iterated substrate	0039 iterated substrate
0051 iterated substrate	0053 iterated substrate

 
1000 classic computational substrate, color palette stolen from Jackson Pollock  

The simple rule, the complex results, the enormous potential for modification; this has got to be one of my all time favorite self-discovered algorithms.

 
3000 non-linear substrate growth with eleven crystal instances

3001 non-linear substrate growth with eleven crystal instances
 

Allowing the cracks within the substrate to curve, we see even greater irregularity, including isolated structures merging together in complex ways.

 

2000 early non-linear crystal growth	2001 growth catalysts converge in regions of open space
2005 substrate density increases with exposure time	2003 multiform density is common
2004 just moments after the growth process has begun	2002 millions of operations later...

       

e1000 early substrate rendering with sand painting effect	e1001 heavy sand painting highlights larger structures
e1002	e1003

 

An early version of Substrate did not confine the watercoloring effect (see Sand Stroke) to regions defined by the cracks.

     

BW0000 early substrate growth without sand painting effect

BW0001 extended growth exhibits fractal density

 
BW1000 detailed linear substrate growth without sand painting effect  

Another early version has no watercolor effect at all.