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Phyllotaxis: Draw Flowers Using Mathematics

Use R to make art and create imaginary flowers inspired by nature.

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Project Description

R is a tool for doing serious statistics and data analysis. But not everything in life can be serious, life is also beautiful, and R can make beautiful things too. R can make art.

The arrangement of leaves on a plant stem is ruled by spirals. This fact is called phyllotaxis and it is a nice example of how mathematics can describe patterns in nature. In this project, we will invent flowers using this fact.

This R project assumes you have familiarity with the ggplot2 package. If you want to see more examples of how you can use R to make art, you should check out the Fronkonstin blog created by Antonio Sánchez Chinchón.

Project Tasks

  1. 1
    Patterns in nature
  2. 2
    Warming up: drawing points on a circle
  3. 3
    Make it harmonious with the Golden Angle
  4. 4
    Remove everything unnecessary
  5. 5
    A bit of makeup: size, color and transparency
  6. 6
    Play with aesthetics: the dandelion
  7. 7
    Put all it together: the sunflower
  8. 8
    What if you modify the angle?
  9. 9
    All together now: imaginary flowers

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Topics

Data Visualization
Antonio Sánchez Chinchón HeadshotAntonio Sánchez Chinchón

Data Scientist at Telefónica

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