Eric Weeks - personal pages - computer-generated pictures

A picture I made

A cellular automata/quasicrystal combination

weeks/physics.emory.edu

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Description

The diamond shaped tiles form a quasi-crystalline tiling of the plane. This tiling has an underlying 5-fold symmetry (not visible in the picture). The size of the tiles was controlled so that the farther the tile is from the grey tile at the upper left, the smaller the size -- this is what produces the white space between tiles at the lower right. The holes in the centers of the tiles are put in for artistic effect. The coloring of the tiles is based on a simple cellular automata rule, again chosen for artistic effect.

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CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SOFTWARE USED TO MAKE QUASICRYSTALS
Software I've written -- some functional, some fun
Research I do
Various simple algorithms for making simple pictures
Graphics techniques (some used to make these pictures)
Questions? Comments? Send me email; email address below.

Previously I had a version of this picture with a white background, rather than a black background. I decided I prefer the black background, but if you still want to see the original image click here.

Current address:
Eric R. Weeks
weeks/physics.emory.edu
Department of Physics
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322-2430