mmirho – Looking Outwards – Random

There wasn’t much on the internet about this image, it was simply referenced in a few places as being random art, but it really stuck out to me.

I could have created this myself, it’s simply a circle spread across three rings, with color changing slightly each ring. Then, the ring set is spanned across a random pattern, yet even with such simple rules, the result is incredibly satisfying.

There was no found author, and it’s likely a student like myself made it.

I’m inspired by this to try random stuff with JavaScript, to make up a set of simple rules and let the computation do the rest. If something even remotely as intricate as this results, I’ll be beyond happy.

I think the appealing part of the image is not only the beautiful color variation but the blur of circles. At first glance, you appear to be able to discern the location of every ring and see the full structure of every circle. However, if you start to push your vision back, everything becomes indiscernible. It feels good to look at, and the code behind it is very simple.