By Ira Greenberg Using rotate() and triangle() functions generate a pretty flower. Uncomment the line // rotate(rot+=radians(spin)); in the triBlur() function for a nice variation.
Original Processing.org Example: TriangleFlower
// All Examples Written by Casey Reas and Ben Fry // unless otherwise stated. PVector[] p = new PVector[3]; float shift = 1.0; float fade = 0; float fillCol = 0; float rot = 0; float spin = 0; void setup() { size(200, 200); background(0); smooth(); fade = 255.0 / (width/2.0/shift); spin = 360.0 / (width/2.0/shift); p[0] = new PVector(-width/2, height/2); p[1] = new PVector(width/2, height/2); p[2] = new PVector(0, -height/2); noStroke(); translate(width/2, height/2); triBlur(); } void triBlur() { fill(fillCol); fillCol += fade; rotate(spin); // another interesting variation: uncomment the line below // rotate(rot+=radians(spin)); triangle(p[0].x += shift, p[0].y -= shift/2, p[1].x -= shift, p[1].y -= shift/2, p[2].x, p[2].y += shift); if (p[0].x < 0) { // recursive call triBlur(); } }