Technique

L-systems

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A rule system invented by biologist Aristid Lindenmayer in 1968 to model how plants grow, by repeatedly rewriting strings of symbols. Drawn as graphics, the strings produce lifelike trees and ferns.

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Fractal and L-system algorithms generate patterns that are very regular, repetitive, and inorganic.

Maya Lin, Maya Lin on Systematic Naturalism

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