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algo art lep scales

A free algorithmic art piece — play it in your browser, no install. Produces a 3D animation of butterfly and moth wing scales in a web brower using Three.js. Link to in-browser demo provided.

by @MorrisGlr · MorrisGlr/algo-art-lep-scales on GitHubLANG JavaScript★ 1HOSTED ON MORRISGLR.GITHUB.IOUPDATED 11 May 2026

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An algorithmic visualization of butterfly and moth wing microstructure, rendered in real-time with Three.js. ~4,500 individually modeled scales oscillate in a standing wave, with structural coloration and iridescence modeled through custom GLSL shaders.

Inspired by the observation that lepidopteran scales — usually invisible to the naked eye — collectively produce the appearance of fluid motion, much like pixels resolving into image at distance.

Each seed sets a unique, reproducible color-shift arrangement across all ~4,500 scales.

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