My attempt at a spiral galaxy. Made from a bunch of ellipses. I got the idea when I read about new theories concerning spiral galaxy formation. The standard idea of the spiral arms just orbiting around the center doesn't work because it would 'wind up' the spiral with every rotation. This would very quickly (on cosmological scales) lead the spirals to would wind up to the point where they'd dissapear. This is not what we observe so a different theory is needed. One such theory, called desnity wave theory, is that we are actually looking at lots of overlapping and rotated elliptical orbits, which I tried to emulate here. Playing around with this made me realize that a galaxy is just a big vortex of dust, where every dust particle is a star! I threw in some super big & bright stars to make for a more interesting image. There is also the occasional supernova thrown in. Though in reality super novae happen in our galaxy about once every 50 years and since one orbit takes about 250 million years it should have about 150,000 super nova flashes per second if we look at it at this time-scale! Twitter: @The_ArtOfCode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofcode/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtOfCode ShaderToy: https://www.shadertoy.com/user/BigWIngs PayPal Donation: https://paypal.me/theartofcode Live version: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/WsyBDz Music: Yearning by Michael fk - Artlist ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaRCG5Ek1sc

This is the second part of the making of Over the Moon. Be sure to check out part one here: https://youtu.be/LLZPnh_LK8c Twitter: @The_ArtOfCode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofcode/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtOfCode ShaderToy: https://www.shadertoy.com/user/BigWIngs PayPal Donation: https://paypal.me/theartofcode Live version: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4s33zf Music: Solitude - Michele Nobler ShaderToy for absolute beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5HAYVHsasc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaiYKkxvrFM

This is a continuation of the first video in this series. In this video we make the effect more pleasing to the eye. Be sure to check out part 1 here: https://youtu.be/xh61Ol2X4GA ========== Social Media Links ========== Twitter: @The_ArtOfCode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofcode/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtOfCode ShaderToy: https://www.shadertoy.com/user/BigWIngs PayPal Donation: https://paypal.me/theartofcode ========== Other videos to watch ========== ShaderToy for complete beginners: https://youtu.be/u5HAYVHsasc Part 1of this video: https://youtu.be/xh61Ol2X4GA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nDlYawrdqI

In a previous video (linked below) I showed how to make a basic Truchet effect. This tutorial video is about how to weave two Truchet layers together to create a more complex and interesting pattern. It also covers some tips and tricks to make the final result look cooler. ========== Get an NFT of this effect =============== I added log-polar coordinates to make it look more interesting. If you want to do the same in your own effect, you can just convert the uv coordinates like so: uv = vec2(atan(uv.x, uv.y)/6.283185+0.5, log(length(uv))); https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/18101 ========== Timetable ========== 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Setup 01:48 - Truchet Function 17:58 - Colors 19:27 - Multiple Layers 20:40 - Making a Weave 25:37 - Better Blending 29:42 - Chebychev Length 33:10 - Changing Curves 34:01 - Changing Thickness 36:33 - Adding a Pattern 42:14 - Outro ========== Social Media Links ========== Twitter: @The_ArtOfCode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofcode/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtOfCode ShaderToy: https://www.shadertoy.com/user/BigWIngs PayPal Donation: https://paypal.me/theartofcode FX Hash (NFTs): https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/The%20Art%20of%20Code ========== If you want to follow along ========== Start point: Just go to ShaderToy.com and make a new shader. End point: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/NtdyWN ========== Other videos to watch ========== ShaderToy for complete beginners: https://youtu.be/u5HAYVHsasc Truchet Tiling, explained!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7h76GoIJM ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmS-F6RJhAk