When you were little, you might have played with a toy called a Spirograph.
This toy uses two wheels - a big hollow wheel and one of several little wheels - to draw what are called cyclocycloids.
But with computers, we aren't restricted by the limits of such a set.
This allows us to create any spiral pattern we want by rotating a point around another rotating point.
My version of this classic idea doesn't use wheels.
Instead, it uses an "arm" and a "wheel".
You can control the length and speed of the arm, and place the pen anywhere on the virtual wheel.
Then let it spin and see what you can create!
This toy uses two wheels - a big hollow wheel and one of several little wheels - to draw what are called cyclocycloids.
But with computers, we aren't restricted by the limits of such a set.
This allows us to create any spiral pattern we want by rotating a point around another rotating point.
My version of this classic idea doesn't use wheels.
Instead, it uses an "arm" and a "wheel".
You can control the length and speed of the arm, and place the pen anywhere on the virtual wheel.
Then let it spin and see what you can create!