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frond

A paste-up of a plant. Soft shadows and a few rounded paper cut-outs sit on a sheet. Torn blocks of ordered 1-bit noise bite in from the edges. Over them a plant is drawn as a broken line of tiny squares and diamonds, then a few thin registration circles and rules go over the top.

frond renders a Loop: 36 frames at 12 fps. Each frame deals the marks of the plant and the noise blocks again, while the cut-outs, the pot and the registration stay put. Frame 0 is the Still. Its site page is playgrnd.tools/frond.

frond Still for Seed 5

Seed 5, rendered by:

Terminal window
tirage derive --seed 5 --tool frond | tirage render --size 540x960 -o frond.png

As tirage tools lists them, each with its range and step, or its choices:

frond 36 frames
dirs Potted, Bouquet, Fronds
masses 0..=6 step 1
size 0..=1 step 0.01
round 0..=1 step 0.01
growth 0..=1 step 0.01
detail 0..=1 step 0.01
coarse 0..=1 step 0.01
breakup 0..=1 step 0.01
noise 0..=1 step 0.01
patch 0..=1 step 0.01
circles 0..=1 step 0.01
rules 0..=1 step 0.01
ditherTog on/off
dthKinds Bayer 8, Bayer 4, Noise
dthSize 1..=10 step 1
dthLevels 2..=8 step 1
dthAmount 0..=1 step 0.05
grainTog on/off
grnBlends Add, Overlay, Soft light, Multiply, Screen
grnAmount 0..=1 step 0.05
grnSize 0.5..=4 step 0.1
grnSpecks 0..=1 step 0.05
grnVignette 0..=1 step 0.05

A Seed draws dirs, masses, size, round, growth, detail, coarse, breakup, noise, patch, circles and rules. Each range comes from its Taste bounds, which sit within the range listed. Dither and grain stay off.