Crystal Shards
A model page for presenting a final project or portfolio: a web-based artwork can be embedded directly, while larger or platform-specific works can be reached through an external link.
Shape the movement in real time.
The Project canvas runs as an independent instance. Speed, connection limit, population density and trail persistence update the live system without changing the Home page field.
Artwork description
CONCEPT + METHODCrystal Shards is an interactive browser-based flocking study in which small directional fragments continually gather, separate and reform. Four live parameters expose the system as artistic material: movement speed changes its tempo; connection limits alter the visible social structure; density reshapes the field; and trail length determines how long earlier motion remains present. The pointer introduces a temporary disturbance, allowing the viewer to interrupt the composition and watch it reorganise. Developed as an AIM3193 teaching demo, the work shows how a web-based final project can be presented directly within a student portfolio while retaining clear documentation of its controls, references and human–AI production process.
Sources, credits & AI role
TRANSPARENT PROCESSp5.js Flocking example; flocking model associated with Craig Reynolds and discussed in Daniel Shiffman’s Nature of Code.
Open p5.js example ↗Raven Kwok’s practice explores generative visual aesthetics produced through algorithms and software processes.
Raven Kwok / About ↗Agent-assisted planning and code review; final interaction logic, rendering decisions, interface and teaching interpretation remain authored for AIM3193.
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