Media
9 entries related to the media “Writing”.
An article listing signed distance functions for primitives such as spheres, boxes and tori, along with operations like union, subtraction, intersection and smooth blending — all with GLSL code. A reference dictionary for building solids from equations.
A page extending the classic Ulam and Sacks prime spirals so that each number is drawn according to how many distinct prime factors it has. Every image comes with the Python script that produced it, so you can reproduce and modify them yourself.
A site that walks through "number spirals" — integers wound so the perfect squares line up — and shows, chapter by chapter, the curves that primes and factors trace. The program used for the graphics can be downloaded, making it a good starting point for anyone building imagery from primes.
A sculptor and mathematician working mainly with polyhedra. Alongside his sculptures, the site hosts long-standing educational material such as the Virtual Polyhedra encyclopedia.
Articles on computer graphics, mathematics, shaders and fractals. Its explanations of signed distance functions and raymarching are standard references for anyone drawing shapes with equations.
The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, publisher of Leonardo, the journal founded by Frank Malina in 1968. It is a long-standing home for research and criticism at the intersection of art and science.
A personal site with a vast collection of notes and examples on geometry, fractals, curves and surfaces, visualisation and dome projection. Equations sit alongside code, making it a long-standing reference for makers.
A book by Daniel Shiffman on simulating natural systems with code. It covers physics, particles, autonomous agents, cellular automata, fractals and genetic algorithms with p5.js, and is freely readable online.
A generative artist who uses algorithms to create painterly work. Besides the work itself, the site publishes essays explaining techniques such as flow fields.