Hello
When i first ran your program it made me think of a canadian maple leaf. It's funny how a few lines of code can manipulate a visuel medium like that.
You mention that you didn't want to add alot of random colours to the shape, however, i do think it would had been nice if you have left the background draw upon the oldest lines and slowly blur.
Another interesting step you could take if you were to furter develop your program, is to add sounds as a reaction to for example the radius of the circle. This would add a audible element of the generativity.
When you talk about your program in relation to Philip Galanters Article you mention that the shapes will be random every time and people will generate their own unique shape. It is true, that the shape is somewhat random, however, i would argue that if you ran the program through 10-20 iterations, similarities between the shapes would start to emerge. The number one rule of your program is that the code works around radiuses. Therefore, i would say, does the shape always resemble a circle, in some way. Galanter expresses this through one of his problems of generative art, more specifically, The Problem of Uniqueness. He asks the question: "Does it diminish the value of the art when unique objects can be mass-produced?"
I am not sure what the answer to his question would be, but these are just some reflections you could have around your code.
Nevertheless, the execution of your program is really satisfying to look at, the smooth movements of shape's strokes are really mesmerizing. To sum everything up:
5 stars, would execute again
Hello When i first ran your program it made me think of a canadian maple leaf. It's funny how a few lines of code can manipulate a visuel medium like that. You mention that you didn't want to add alot of random colours to the shape, however, i do think it would had been nice if you have left the background draw upon the oldest lines and slowly blur. Another interesting step you could take if you were to furter develop your program, is to add sounds as a reaction to for example the radius of the circle. This would add a audible element of the generativity.
When you talk about your program in relation to Philip Galanters Article you mention that the shapes will be random every time and people will generate their own unique shape. It is true, that the shape is somewhat random, however, i would argue that if you ran the program through 10-20 iterations, similarities between the shapes would start to emerge. The number one rule of your program is that the code works around radiuses. Therefore, i would say, does the shape always resemble a circle, in some way. Galanter expresses this through one of his problems of generative art, more specifically, The Problem of Uniqueness. He asks the question: "Does it diminish the value of the art when unique objects can be mass-produced?" I am not sure what the answer to his question would be, but these are just some reflections you could have around your code. Nevertheless, the execution of your program is really satisfying to look at, the smooth movements of shape's strokes are really mesmerizing. To sum everything up: 5 stars, would execute again