Spirograph

Another use of my particle class. A main attractor particle is moved on a circular path. All other particles are attracted to the main particle according to their distance from it. Different forms emerge depending on initial positions and circle radius.

Fuzzy Explosions

Explosions:

5000 white particles, 10 second exposure


5000 white particles, 20 second exposure


5000 randomly shaded particles, 10 second exposure


5000 randomly shaded particles, 50 second exposure

Particles

Lately I have been playing around with creating a particle class in java. Each particle object represents a x-y point. By writing various methods controlling their movement and drawing attributes, some pretty cool images can be made.

Recursive circle spiral

These image are made of circles centered along an archimedes spiral. Each has a different spiral frame, circle sizing, and circle creation rate.

Download Source Code







Download Java Applet
controls:
1,2-spiral magnifaction
q,w-spiral tightness
a,s- circle spacing
z,x circle sizing
click mouse to save screenshot