REVOLUTIONS
This shows flecks of colour left behind by several projectiles as they move.
A planet with four moons revolves around a point near the centre of the picture. As they move, the planet and moons shed projectiles in the direction of their acceleration. Before vanishing, each projectile flies a short distance, leaving behind darker and darker flecks of colour as it goes. Continue reading
PATTERN GENERATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL ART
Holos, Stefan (Abrazol Publishing, November 2013, ISBN 9781887187183)
This shows the trails of some motes of colour as they emerge from satellites orbiting the members of a binary star.
Each star has sixty satellites. The colour of the motes that a satellite discharges depends on the distance separating that satellite from the star it orbits. Satellites nearest the first star discharge red motes, those further out orange ones, and so on outwards, varying through the spectrum in smooth stages to yellow at the outermost satellites. Satellites nearest the second star discharge azure motes, those further out green ones, and again so on outwards, varying through the spectrum in smooth stages to yellow at the outermost satellites. Continue reading