Tag: Rainbow

Coffee-Powered Stargate

Let me open the Stargate of Diffraction for you, once again! This is as close as I ever got to a plain scientific visualization: No 3D effects, just the intensity of diffracted radiation as a function of position in space. If you use a sun catcher – a film with a diffraction grating – the…
Celebration of Dispersion

Light is economic. It takes the minimal path. It follows the Principle of Least Time! When light is reflected, the angles of incidence of original ray and reflected ray are the same. This might seem natural. But you can derive it from the Principle of Least Time – also called Fermat’s Principle. If we want…
First Encounter

You try to find an object to draw. Ideally, it should already sit on your desk! Ideally, it should be translucent and sparkling! You try to make it look interesting… Adding little rainbows, perhaps? No sun today, so: Fetch the replacement sun! The spectrum of a flashlight is duller than that of the sun. The…
Cubed Oscillations 5-8-11

More and less. More oscillations, more curves. No projecting lines shown, no boxes. Less educational, more mysterious. More confusing. More artefacts and Moiré effects. Cubed Oscillations is a mini-series of four images: Colorful three-dimensional Lissajous figures built from their projections to the three co-ordinate planes. I am showing the same structure from four different viewing…
Sparse Spectral Spaceport: Alpha

The Sparse Spaceport series captures the essence of what I am trying to do with code art inspired by physics: ~ I want to convey the beauty of a phenomenon in physics – the diffraction of white light into rainbow colors, but (optionally) also the beauty of the underlying math. ~ I want to reconnect…
Inverted Atoll

I am applying my quadrant scheme to inverted diffraction art – looking at the same virtual, three-dimensional structure from four different viewing angles! This ‘atoll’ is built from mathematically exact diffraction curves – wavy lines, mounted on a circle! I am creating diffraction art with javascript, based on the framework threejs, no AI image generator…
Lifting the Veil. Dramatically, and Starting from Violet.

Digital art inspired from physics, and found poetry seeded from the title of this post. ~ Lifting the Veil. Dramatically, and Starting from Violet. I could unpack it furtherI’m taking a bit of a hiatus If all sensations cease to existrise from the ashes If you want to make a statementdelve into the enigmatic realm…
Sparse Spaceport Morphs Into Curtain of Dancing Oscillations

This is what I see here! I am creating a spaceport from diffraction curves, virtually, with code. I am building it from not too many diffraction curves – so, it is sparse. Coloring the lines to mimic the exact wavelength of the light diffracted – so, it is spectral. Metaphors always get out of hand.…
Sparse Spectral Spaceport: Psi Psi Star

I could say, I am just numbering the artworks in this series by using Greek letters. So this one is item Psi! But I have created a sparse spaceport from diffraction curves in spectral colors. It is not a single Psi, but rather a Psi Psi Star … … the absolute square of the wave…
Sparse and Spectral. The Prequel.

I have created this image more than a year ago. I considered it too sparse. Or is it? And yet, every time I have stumbled upon this sparse spaceport, it seems to tell me I had to explore it more! I have recently played with Lissajous figures, and I finally managed to make them glow.…
I am Still Not Connecting the Dots! In a Negative Way!

Welcome again to my dot matrix dreamscape! Once upon a time I was debugging the code behind my creations. To spare the cycles of my hardworking graphics processor, I did not draw my diffraction curves as curves. I did not connect the dots! To my surprise, I liked the result! The point (pun intended) of…
$Not Connecting the Dots: Starting a New Series of Diffraction Art$

Not Connecting the Dots: Starting a New Series of Diffraction Art

As a beginner physics student, I once entered the physics lab in a thrill of anticipation. I was about to reproduce defining experiments in physics, week after week. The very first assignment was about … diffraction patterns! In a tiny, dimmed room I set up a laser or a Sodium-vapor lamp, diffraction gratings, and projection…
$Diffraction Patterns for Everyone!$

Diffraction Patterns for Everyone!

Decades ago, little elkement scavenged for transparent objects. For science! I dismantled an antique lorgnette to use the lenses for my optics experiments. I did not treat these vintage treasures with much respect, discarding the metal rims. There was also a cuboid block of acrylic, a nerdy paperweight: A piece of an circuit board was…
Creative Process. An Accidental Post!

This has been an old draft that I have accidentally published today :-) I have taken it offline quickly because it seemed outdated, and maybe too long-winded. I did not publish it when I wrote it in January 2022; at that time I did not want to overdo art posts, in comparison with pure science…
$Ribbon of Diffraction$

Ribbon of Diffraction

I am looking back – thinking about this series of digital artworks, created 2022. But I am not sure if I considered it “art” back then. Rather, an illustration or an exercise in using code to create a scientific diagram with an enigmatic touch. I played with diffraction patterns – the spectral colors of the…