It's complicated. "Heart" for the third day of the February #plotparty.

Visualising the path of boid (bird-oid) agents, an algorithm for simulating flocking behaviour, getting all twisted within a heart shape. The "boids" consider their closest neighbours and move towards their center of gravity, try and move in the same direction, and avoid collisions with each other and the shape boundaries. This started out with an idea about using the boids to simulate butterfly positions for another metaphor but calculating their wing position and banking became a bit too complicated.

Gelly Roll moonlight / metallic pens on Fabriano Black Black card, A6 105x148mm.

#penplotter #penplotterart #heart #card #valentinesday #livelaughlove #boids

4 months ago