canvas_slime: Draw A Slime Mold

In aRtsy: Generative Art with 'ggplot2'

Draw A Slime Mold

Description

This function draws the Physarum polycephalum slime mold on a canvas. The algorithm simulates particles on a two-dimensional grid that move towards areas on the grid with a high intensity.

Usage

canvas_slime(
  colors,
  background = "#000000",
  iterations = 2000,
  agents = 1000,
  layout = c(
     "random", "gaussian", "circle", "grid",
     "clusters", "arrows", "wave", "spiral"
  ),
  resolution = 1000
)

Arguments

colors	a character (vector) specifying the color(s) used for the artwork.
background	a character specifying the color used for the background.
iterations	a positive integer specifying the number of iterations of the algorithm.
agents	a positive integer specifying the number of agents to use.
layout	a character specifying the initial layout of the agents. Possible options are random (default), gaussian, circle, grid, clusters, arrows and wave.
resolution	resolution of the artwork in pixels per row/column. Increasing the resolution increases the quality of the artwork but also increases the computation time exponentially.

Value

A ggplot object containing the artwork.

Author(s)

Koen Derks, [e-mail]

References

https://cargocollective.com/sagejenson/physarum

https://fronkonstin.com/2020/08/11/abstractions/

See Also

colorPalette

Examples

set.seed(1)

# Simple example
canvas_slime(colors = colorPalette("neon1"))

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