[00]The cloud
a point-cloud is a thousand decisions averaged into a shape
Substrate
2D canvas · ~2800 points, density-capped to screen area
Gradient
core · mid · edge · colour by radius
Form
four gaussian lobes · slow global swirl · breathing
Case
faint 3D wireframe cube · tilts with the pointer
Reaction
pointer repel + vortex · spring back to home
Status
🟢 contained · contrast AA · reduced-motion freezes the cloud
[01]Six samples
the particle vocabulary, isolated · scroll to reveal
01 · point cloud
Shape from scatter
No mesh, no model — just points placed by gaussian clusters. Density makes the silhouette; the live hero above is the full version.
02 · hot core
Heat at centre
Colour mapped to radius.
03 · glass case
Held in a box
A frosted plane and a wire cube imply a specimen under display glass.
04 · density
Grain as texture
Up close it's dots; from across the room it's a solid, glowing body.
05 · spectrum
Violet → orange
Three stops.
06 · volume
The series' first cloud
001–005 were surfaces — flat, printed, liquid. 006 is the first that's made of volume: thousands of independent bodies averaging into one.
[02]Dispersion
drag to scatter the sample · low = tight body, high = a diffuse nebula
scatter
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Field note: this is the SceneAI specimen look — a granular gradient cloud in a glass case — rebuilt as plain canvas points on the house palette. No 3D engine, no shaders: each point springs toward a home position and flees the pointer. The volume is an illusion of count.