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Recursive Lines

January 21, 2021

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This sketch shows lines that draw other lines. Each line draws itself, and 3 other lines. Those 3 lines draw themselves, and each draws 3 more lines.

I created this for the 21st day of Genuary which had a prompt of:

function f(x) {
  DRAW(x);
  f(1 * x / 4);
  f(2 * x / 4);
  f(3 * x / 4);
}

Each line draws itself, and then spawns a new line at 25%, 50%, and 75% of its own length.

Remix Ideas

• Restart each line when with a new color when it finishes.
• Start each new line at a random angle.
• Base the line’s color off of it’s length. Make longer lines darker, or more red.

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