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»Day 6

Exercise A: Vector Field Black Hole
Vector field has inward force going towards the center, particles are grouped into sets of 5 using modulus. These points are then connected using an ofShape, and randomly assigned either a color or black value, both with alpha values applied. As the points reach the center, they are randomly placed back around the outside of the window, changing the shape.

Exercise B: Cells with Flagellum
Environment of cells slowly floating through liquid, vector field can be drawn in using the mouse, shown using the 'v' key and cleared using the space bar. As the velocity of the cells increase, the size of their nuclei increase as well. The flagellum are drawn using a point recorder, which gives them a nice organic feel, especially when they are moving in a curved pattern. It also gives the appearance of atan2 although I'm not actually using it.

Exercise C: Infestation
Ants swarming all over Cheez-Its. They have little legs but you can't see them in the video :/ Interesting to work with video, this is sorta cool but I think it could be expanded upon a lot to do something really interesting. Using atan2 for the ants, inward vector fields based on the Cheez-It positions, and adding some random movement to ants using particle properties so that they continue to move about vs just sitting there.