T * sin (t) ≈ Christmas tree

#1

Post by adamnemecek » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 5:53 PM UTC

Re: T * sin (t) ≈ Christmas tree

#2

Post by popotamonga » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:04 PM UTC

Same formula on Quake's Railgun

#3

Post by coherentpony » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

Yeah it's a helix.

#4

Post by pcharles » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:26 PM UTC

cool

#5

Post by swamp40 » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

I really like the simplicity.

Can you reverse the direction of one of the spirals?

Or maybe slow down one to half-speed?

(Maybe it would look better, maybe not.)

#6

Post by thejacenxpress » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

Nice job

#7

Post by marcosscriven » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:33 PM UTC

Really like that - beautiful and elegant.

#8

Post by adamnemecek » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:34 PM UTC

Someone also reimplemented it in Mathematica

#9

Post by chippy » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:34 PM UTC

Very merry cleverness

#10

Post by sheetjs » Fri, Dec 27, 2013, 6:43 PM UTC