A Short Recipe for Seashell Synthesis

Authors:
Clifford A. Pickover
Affiliations:
-
Venue:
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Year:
1989

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Abstract

Several artistic examples of seashell-like forms produced on a graphics supercomputer are provided. The shapes were created using a simple graphics primitive and rendered using lighting and shading facilities of 3-D extensions to X Windows or the PHIGS+ proposed standard. It is expected that the techniques, equations, and systems will provide useful tools and stimulate future studies in the graphics characterization of morphologically rich spiral shapes produced by relatively simple generating formulas.