Fiddling around with mosaics ...

This time, I have tried to make the distribution of tiles look
more "natural," while still appearing to be arranged in the way
you would lay tiles out by hand.

Aaron

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Aaron Gillies wrote:

> Fiddling around with mosaics ...
> 
> This time, I have tried to make the distribution of tiles look
> more "natural," while still appearing to be arranged in the way
> you would lay tiles out by hand.

Looks really good

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"Aaron Gillies" <bee### [at] snickerorg> wrote in message
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> Fiddling around with mosaics ...

  That's nice! I love the blue curling dragon in the yellow sea...  ;)


> This time, I have tried to make the distribution of tiles look
> more "natural," while still appearing to be arranged in the way
> you would lay tiles out by hand.

   I think you've done it. Posting the code?  ;)

   ~Steve~


> Aaron

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Fantastic. Cheers!

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I'm not sure that the code would be very valuable.
This is essentially a grid of randomly-sized superellipsoid tiles.
The placement of the tiles is offset by the corresponding positions
on two splines aligned along the X and Y axes.

The pigment for the tiles is specified by sampling a bitmap
using the eval_pigment function.

Aaron

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"Aaron Gillies" <bee### [at] snickerorg> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure that the code would be very valuable.
> This is essentially a grid of randomly-sized superellipsoid tiles.
> The placement of the tiles is offset by the corresponding positions
> on two splines aligned along the X and Y axes.
>
> The pigment for the tiles is specified by sampling a bitmap
> using the eval_pigment function.
>


Sometimes I think you overestimate our abilities, and perhaps underestimate
your own.

This rocks! (by the way)

-- 
Jeremy

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Source posted in p.b.s-f.

Not sure if it is really all that helpful, but maybe someone will
find some value in it.  It's a bit of a mess, looking back at it
after a couple of days.

Aaron

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Aaron Gillies wrote:
>Source posted in p.b.s-f.
>
>Not sure if it is really all that helpful, but maybe someone will
>find some value in it.  It's a bit of a mess, looking back at it
>after a couple of days.

Thanks for posting the source; I'm enjoying looking at the effect with
different images.

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Thanks!  I'm also hesitant to post some of my messy stuff.  I always start
out with good source, but in the end, only I can understand it.  :-/  Even
so, sometimes it's nice just to figure out how one certain effect is
achieved.

Thanks again.  For relative newbies like me, p.b.s-f is a treasure.  :-)

-- 
Jeremy
"Aaron Gillies" <bee### [at] snickerorg> wrote in message
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> Source posted in p.b.s-f.
>
> Not sure if it is really all that helpful, but maybe someone will
> find some value in it.  It's a bit of a mess, looking back at it
> after a couple of days.
>
> Aaron
>
>

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I'm enjoying it.  Thanks!

What resolution is the jpg you use?  Mine seems to wrap strangely.

Aaron Gillies wrote:
> Source posted in p.b.s-f.
> 
> Not sure if it is really all that helpful, but maybe someone will
> find some value in it.  It's a bit of a mess, looking back at it
> after a couple of days.
> 
> Aaron
> 
>

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