InsectWings

Wherein the protagonist generates compelling curves and tries to grasp how the parameters control the curvature.

Wherein the protagonist struggles to reason about his own source code because of poor variable names.

Wherein the protagonist accurately models the wing’s leading edge.

Wherein the protagonist struggles to comprehend the equations necessary to generate a series of primary veins with varying curves.

Wherein the protagonist dreads modeling such a complex wing shape and hides his head in the sand.

Wherein the protagonist is mesmerized by the asymmetric designs produced by non-deterministic reaction-diffusion simulations.

Wherein the protagonist gets distracted by non-deterministic reaction-diffusion simulations.

Wherein the protagonist starts to fill the entire screen with parameter sliders.

Wherein the protagonist sacrifices the flexibility of Model-View-Controller for speed of development since the UI only has one job.

Wherein the protagonist makes it easier to add more sliders to control different parameters.