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InsectWings

2025

Insect Wings Editor
·837 words·4 mins
Procedurally generated insect wings using curved lines and Voronoi patterns.
Fifty Wing Pairs
·255 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist settles in to generate a wide variety of insect wing pairs to document the project.
Post-Processing for a More Organic Look
·883 words·5 mins
Wherein the protagonist—among other things—tries applying filters to the output for more natural-looking insect wings.
How Many Primary Veins in a Wing?
·19 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist dynamically adjusts the number of primary veins in each wing.
The Problem with Randomizing Wing Length
·72 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist stumbles after trying to randomize the lengths of the primary veins.
Adjusting Density of Cross Veins
·151 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist adds a slider to control the number of voronoi polygons per unit area of wing.
Getting n Points Along a Line
·186 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist finds that his geometry problem has already been solved.
Explicitly-Placed Inhibitory Centres
·368 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist replaces the slow and unreliable dart-throwing algorithm.
Wing Base Constraints
·141 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist gets the parameters for the wing base under control.
Randomizing the Wing Base
·49 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist opens up the variety of possible wing shapes but also opens up a can of worms.