Polygonals
A graphics and music collective: 3D fractal flights, generative geometry and shader visuals set to original music, released as videos.
About
polygonals.com is a single-page gallery of the polygonals YouTube channel: square videos and shorts, each a card with its title, date and thumbnail. Click one and it plays straight away in a lightbox, with its full description and buttons for the previous, a random and the next video.
The opening animates the wordmark letter by letter over an angled field of slowly sliding video thumbnails.
Features
Fractal worlds
Endless zooms and flights through Mandelbox and Mandelbrot space: gardens, caverns and structures that unfold the deeper you go.
Generative geometry
Polygons, strands and shells grown by code, with distance fields, particle systems and shaders rendered out frame by frame.
Sound and vision
Every piece is scored. The visuals and the music are built together, each one its own short audiovisual world.
A living gallery
The site's catalogue is pulled straight from the polygonals YouTube channel.
Plays in place
Click a video and it plays straight away in a lightbox, with its full description.
Previous, random, next
Wander through the catalogue from one video to the next, or jump to one at random.
Screenshots
The opening
The wordmark over an angled field of slowly sliding video thumbnails. Visit polygonals.com ↗
About
A graphics and music collective making 3D fractal flights, generative geometry and shader visuals, set to original music. Read about it ↗
Videos
The full catalogue, pulled from the YouTube channel. Click a tile to bring it to the front and play it, then wander with previous, random and next. See the videos ↗
Specials and credits
Behind the scenes, longer looks at the fractal explorer the work is made with, and who makes it. See the specials ↗
Contents
polygonals.com is a single page; these are its sections.
Technologies
- WebGL/GLSL - Rendering the fractals
- JavaScript - FractalToy, the fractal explorer
- PHP - The FractalToy application
- MySQL - Database
- Node.js - Tools and utilities
Credits
- IMAKEKAOS - Music, video editing
- Rhys Perkins - Contributor; FractalToy frontend and backend
More art
- Experimental AI music - Tracks written with generative models, each with generated cover art
- Fractals - FractalToy, a 3D fractal explorer that renders live in the browser