Why I prefer making useless stuff

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picc.io

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Three.js

Thanks! First I'm generating the general geometry of the wings - the most basic shape is a "teardrop" / half of the infinity symbol (see this[0]). Then they are scaled and rotated randomly (within a range to match the other parts of the wings), and further perturbed to make the shape more random. Then I'm drawing lines from the "tip" of the teardrop to the edges and using them to color the segments. The final result is rendered with Three.js[1]. Obviously this is a very succinct explanation, it took me quite some work. You're welcome to look at the code[2], though it's quite messy :) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemniscate_of_Gerono [1] https://threejs.org/ [2] https://github.com/andersource/andersource.github.io/blob/master/assets/proc-butterfly/index.js.

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NewReleases

I must say that I also relate with the author and would add that making things just for fun or your own curiosity or even need, can be beneficial to others too, directly or indirectly. With every toy project, new skills are acquired. Useful or not, you cannot now at the time, but I can say that if I did not make toy projects, I would not have jobs that I had and I would not create some of the projects that others also find useful, like https://newreleases.io.

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