topical media & game development
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graphic-processing-site-examples-Basics-Transform-TriangleFlower-TriangleFlower.pde / pde
Triangle Flower by Ira Greenberg. Using rotate() and triangle() functions generate a pretty flower. Uncomment the line "// rotate(rot+=radians(spin));" in the triBlur() function for a nice variation. 

  
  
  Point[]p = new Point[3];
  float shift = 1.0;
  float fade = 0;
  float fillCol = 0;
  float rot = 0;
  float spin = 0;
  
  void setup(){
    size(200, 200);
    background(0);
    smooth();
    fade = 255.0/(width/2.0/shift);
    spin = 360.0/(width/2.0/shift);
    p[0] = new Point(-width/2, height/2);
    p[1] = new Point(width/2, height/2);
    p[2] = new Point(0, -height/2);
    noStroke();
    translate(width/2, height/2);
    triBlur();
  }
  
  void triBlur(){
    fill(fillCol);
    fillCol+=fade;
    rotate(spin);
    // another interesting variation: uncomment the line below 
    // rotate(rot+=radians(spin));
    triangle(p[0].x+=shift, p[0].y-=shift/2, p[1].x-=shift, p[1].y-=shift/2, p[2].x, p[2].y+=shift); 
    if(p[0].x<0){
      // recursive call
      triBlur();
    }
  }
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