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Oh hey Im a guy from houston and I am interested in EVERYTHING. I'll probably dump my ideas for STUPID things like comics, board and video games, businesses, or anything else I can think of. I also like politics, religion, math, and apparently things that make people sad and angry. But don't get the wrong impression; I'm a really positive person who tries to balance optimism with realism.

matthen: If you roll a circle inside one 3 times its size, it will actually trace out a 4 pointed star shape called an Astroid (this shape is traced out in the animation in orange).  But what if inside the smaller circle, there is an even smaller one tracing out a smaller Astroid?  This animation shows the intricate shape that is generated by adding the effects of all the Astroids.  [code]  I love this kind of mathy stuff you guys have no idea.  I WANT TO FIND THE POLAR FUNCTION FOR THAT AND SCREW AROUND WITH IT AND MAKE BEAUTIFUL ART.

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matthen:

If you roll a circle inside one 3 times its size, it will actually trace out a 4 pointed star shape called an Astroid (this shape is traced out in the animation in orange).  But what if inside the smaller circle, there is an even smaller one tracing out a smaller Astroid?  This animation shows the intricate shape that is generated by adding the effects of all the Astroids.  [code] 

I love this kind of mathy stuff you guys have no idea.  I WANT TO FIND THE POLAR FUNCTION FOR THAT AND SCREW AROUND WITH IT AND MAKE BEAUTIFUL ART.

Posted January 8, 2012 at 1:24 am 11886 notes

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    What’s the technical name for something like this? How it’s being drawn, I mean?
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    I feel like that’s how snowflakes form…or something. idk
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