https://lancebarker.me/tags/p5.js/Recent content in P5.js on Lance Barker HomeHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Lance BarkerSun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://lancebarker.me/blogs/2026-03-22-mandala-weaver/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://lancebarker.me/blogs/2026-03-22-mandala-weaver/<p><a href="https://lancebarker.me/images/mandala-weaver.webp" ><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="" width="1080" height="1080" src="https://lancebarker.me/images/mandala-weaver_hu_f931d0c4d05ec1b6.webp" srcset="https://lancebarker.me/images/mandala-weaver_hu_f931d0c4d05ec1b6.webp 800w, https://lancebarker.me/images/mandala-weaver.webp 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://lancebarker.me/images/mandala-weaver.webp"></figure> </a></p> <p>Two sketches had been sitting on my desktop for months — separately, doing nothing.</p> <p>One generates rugs: deformed tangram grids, each cell filled with hatching, colors drawn from a random palette, tile edges warped by a slow sine function so the grid breathes instead of sitting still. The other draws mandalas: radial curves that follow the mouse, a handful of parameters controlling how the arms splay and bend and spread.</p>