Back to Basics! I am taking a simple function, drawing contour lines on the surface of this shape, viewing it from different directions!
The simple function here is also known as Y_lm with l=4 and m=0, one of the basis spherical harmonic functions you might know from seeing "orbitals" in physics or chemistry class.
These are just plain lines, I am not rendering anything related to light and shadow. Yet, colored lines create an illusion of light, reflection, and shadows.
I am gradually changing the colors of the contours, interpolating between orange, light blue, and black! Colors are not related to physics!
I've created the functions with javascript code based on threejs, and I am using GIMP to create a collage of several of them. No AI involved!
Elke Stangl (elkement) (she/her) is an Austrian physics PhD working as an engineer. Her mathematical art is borne out of her life-long passion for the theoretical underpinnings of her craft. She is creating virtual three-dimensional structures from mathematical functions – digitally with code or with ruler and compass, using.. Read more…