
A simple algorithmic idea that can produce interesting organic looking patterns. Essentially a circle packing strategy with the added twist that the circles are connected in a tree/graph like structure. 🌳🦠

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Creative coding is a new interdisciplinary art form that bridges the gap between technologists and artists. This article explores what it means to be a code artist, what it means to make art with code, and how we approach this new discipline today.

The Bowyer-Watson algorithm for Delaunay triangulation is maybe one of the easier methods to implement and understand for obtaining a Delaunay Triangulation.
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