"Generative art" often refers to algorithmic art (algorithmically determined computer generated artwork).
Did you know a Hexagon can be constructed using the angle pi/3 a lot of times? This is because a hexagon is made of 6 triangles with equal side length - the radius of the hexagon. The inner angles of these triangles is pi/3. Using this information and the trigonometric functions sin and cos can be used to draw such a picture.
hexagon = bestagon
Is there 6 red or only 5?
interesting point. My program draws 6 red hexagons, and in the one a blue one "overdraws" the others at the border.
I only see 3 that are fully red
May I ask how many hexagons you see in total? Do you count the partial ones in an extra category? Fully red, partially red and fully blue? I see 7 in total.
7 total: 1 pure blue, 3 pure red, 3 mostly red with a blue edge
I'm going to work off the assumption that they were supposed to all be red but one of them refuses to not be blue and we are just pretending that's a feature now
Did you know that 355/113 is an extremely close approximation of π? It's accurate to the first 6 decimal places.
That's accurate enough for most everyday uses except the most demanding scientific and engineering purposes.
Why should i use that instead of math.pi?
I missed the comment that said you should. Did they delete it?
You're right. But as the other commenter suggested, if you're on an embedded system or otherwise limited system, or even using another language missing certain constants and/or functions, it's a good thing to know.
You could also just pull the constant from memory, assuming you have the brain memory space that I apparently have...
3.1415926535897932384646233832795020841971693993751
If you're using an embedded version of Python that's missing the math module. Because somebody couldn't be bothered to fix the floating point math in C for platforms that don't have an FPU 🤷
i remember doin something like this with an apple turtle/logo in 1984
livin in the future!
what is apple turtle/logo? some turtle program one could code to draw image? would be interested to hear more.
There was a programming language in the old old Apple computers called Logo. It was basically a drawing program language. You had control of a 'cursor' called a turtle, and you would give it commands like "forward 5, left 90, forward 5, left 90..." and it would draw shapes. I'm sure there's a wiki for it is you want more info.
How do my bees know all that??
non joke answer: the bee is compelled to build wax, wax takes a comparative large amount of effort and calories to produce, so they evolved to use a shape that requires the least effort and takes the most space. It could've been squares, but squares are harder to form and less compact, so it's likely they started with blobs/circles, and over millions of years, more closely, densely packed hives survived where others didn't until they ended up at the idea shape of a hexagon.
I know, and you're right. It's space efficiency and strength. Hexagon is much stronger than squares.
Ultra High Bee IQ/s???