In recent Widget Wednesdays I’ve been using noise to vary values in a graph paper grid. But what if we vary the grid itself?
Graph paper is the ultimate aesthetic expression of control, of regularity, of something conforming exactly to a standard of measurement. So I started to imagine what it might be like if graph paper felt rebellious, and decided to fight against its chains.
That led me to add noise to the positions of the squares in the graph paper, as though the regular pattern has started to roil in agitation.
You can see the result here. As usual you can see and edit the code by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking on the word you see there.
I didn’t make this one interactive, because I wanted to keep the program simple, and therefore as easy as possible to understand. In a follow-up version, I might add interactivity, because it could be fun to see graph paper respond to the user.