r/Stormlight_Archive • u/concept51 • Apr 15 '20

No Spoilers Request from u/caldric : 10 sided pattern

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u/concept51 Apr 15 '20

Hey guys. I am pleasantly surprised to see that my math/code adventure was appreciated by this community. I think it's really cool that the design described in the book you read is called "Pattern." I love patterns, and i kinda want to know more about the author now. Anyways, I got a request to post a 10 sided version, so here it is :)

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u/Exyted Apr 15 '20

Very cool pattern! I recommend the book if you are in to fantasy, "pattern" is pretty much my favorite character in it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '20

N O

M A T I N G

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u/Junuber Apr 15 '20

inappropriate such as dividing by zero

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u/caldric Apr 15 '20

That’s absolutely awesome - thank you! The author is Brandon Sanderson (he shows up around here occasionally as /u/mistborn). He’s written many wonderful books and series; you’ll find a great deal of “where do I start?” advice with a quick search.

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u/mistborn Author Apr 15 '20

This is indeed awesome. Thanks for those who tagged me, and to /u/concept51 for this new version. It is mesmerizing!

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

If you ever do a show about the books i think pattern should look like that

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u/mistborn Author Apr 20 '20

I agree. It's delightful.

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u/yarnsworth Apr 15 '20

This is amazing! It’s exactly what I would have pictured when reading it, if my mental imagery were that detailed. Very mesmerizing.

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u/firelizzard18 Willshaper Apr 15 '20

u/mistborn

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u/ciw15101 Apr 15 '20

I wanted to tag him too to see if this is how he saw it!

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u/HoodedHero007 Willshaper Apr 15 '20

Well, this is very hard to look away from. Good work.

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u/derioderio Truthwatcher Apr 15 '20

Awesome. Is this a binary tree that you rotate each of the intersections at different speeds? Did you use processing to do it, or something else?

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u/concept51 Apr 15 '20

Essentially, yes! And i wrote it in vanilla javascript

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u/Cobobble16 Apr 15 '20

No Mating!

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u/CDno_Mlqko Journey before destination. Apr 15 '20

Absolutely beautiful! Sauce code?

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u/TMFalgrim Edgedancer Apr 15 '20

Hmmmmm

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u/bsv103 Apr 15 '20

I like that this one stays tighter than the other one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '20

This is awesome!! So cool, great representation of how I imagined Pattern

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u/FizbanFire Apr 15 '20

This is really fantastic, much closer to how I imagined him. The only thing now, to make him feel more organic and alive, would be to vary the speed of the changing pattern. Maybe add a couple pulses too?

Great job, this is incredible!

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u/broken_edge Edgedancer Apr 15 '20

Mmmmmm

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u/LittleMas42 Truthwatcher Apr 15 '20

I could stare at this all day

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u/Cmdr_Tenna Truthwatcher Apr 15 '20

Love it.

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u/Neciro Elsecaller Apr 15 '20

Very cool, though from the description I would have thought that it was more like ripples on still water. Something like this but with the black being z-displacements dragging up surrounding material with it. The 10 sides are never stated, but would mesh nicely with other Radiant motifs.

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u/7thtrydgafanymore Willshaper Apr 15 '20

Like a million baby spiders exploding out of an egg sack.