Drawing With Code
What does it even mean? I see two main ways of drawing with code: 1) going for a representation of a thing you have in mind, or 2) using an algorithm and elements of randomness to surprise you. Representational I have code-drawn Lissajous curves with code - from a picture in mind before I started. I saw the curves as built from wires as thin as possible, or as thick metallic tubes. I have been lucky that I mathematical objects can be compressed so well into code. It would be way more […]
Archaic Mathematical Art – and Poetry – from Code
What is the simplest way of creating art with code? I have been using software frameworks for mathematics and graphics in the past year. They "abstract away" how you actually place the dots on the virtual canvas. But I want something ancient, with a clear-cut boundary. My choice is the language C: created in the 1970s, used for the core parts of operating systems. C comes with a small standard library, containing the functions for basic tasks, like reading and writing files. The standard […]https://elkement.art/2026/02/26/archaic-mathematical-art-and-poetry-from-code/
There are a number of mathematical curves that produced heart shapes, some of which are illustrated above. A "zeroth" curve is a rotated cardioid (whose name means "heart-shaped") given by the polar equation r(theta)=1-sintheta. (1) The first heart curve is obtained by taking the y=0 cross section of the heart surface and relabeling the z-coordinates as y, giving the order-6 algebraic equation (x^2+y^2-1)^3-x^2y^3=0. (2) A second heart curve is given by the...
"The Thief's Journal"
My fellow prisoners were moths. They danced frantically beneath the light, blinded by that dangerous urge to disregard the risks. Stupid bastards.
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