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NoChinDeluxe
Sjeiti Grass
Jul 1st, 2008, 6:03pm  
I'm trying to model some grass blowing in the wind in a 3D environment, but I'm not sure where to start.  I'm guessing I should use some sort of array to draw a bunch of spheres linked together and maybe use noise() for the movement, but I thought I'd ask if anyone had some useful source code to offer first before I just started from scratch.  I really like Ron Valstar's work found on his page (click the "grass" link under Processing):

http://www.sjeiti.com/?page_id=6

That's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.  If anyone could offer some help that would be great.  I'm well-versed in Processing, so even just an overview or programming concepts would be of help.  
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samuel bravo
Re: Sjeiti Grass
Reply #1 - Sep 18th, 2008, 7:26am  
http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=318

take a look at this, i hope it may be helpful.
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NoChinDeluxe
Re: Sjeiti Grass
Reply #2 - Sep 18th, 2008, 3:21pm  
Thanks for your reply Samuel. I actually figured this whole thing out like a week after I posted that. I've been using particle systems with dynamic curved lines to achieve my effect. I do like your method though, too! Very beautiful. It's running a little slow on my machine, though.
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