Coding Challenge #18: 3D Fractal Trees

In this coding challenge, I'm building on top of the Space Colonization video and creating a 3D Fractal Tree, using the same algorithm, in Processing. Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/18-3d-fractal-trees 🎥 Previous video: https://youtu.be/kKT0v3qhIQY?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 Next video: https://youtu.be/z86cx2A4_3E?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 All videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH References: 🌿 Algorithmic Botany: http://algorithmicbotany.org/ 📓 Modeling Trees with a Space Colonization Algorithm: http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/colonization.egwnp2007.pdf 📕 Nature of Code class on Kadenze: https://www.kadenze.com/courses/the-nature-of-code/info Videos: 🎥 Algorithmic Botany Track: https://thecodingtrain.com/tracks/algorithmic-botany 🔴 Coding Train Live 41: https://youtu.be/1Yo_AYzxA-o?t=2555s Related Coding Challenges: 🚂 #14 Recursive Fractal Trees: https://youtu.be/0jjeOYMjmDU 🚂 #17 Space Colonization: https://youtu.be/kKT0v3qhIQY 🚂 #77 Recursion: https://youtu.be/jPsZwrV9ld0 Timestamps: 0:00 Introducing today's topic 1:13 The algorithm 2:39 Recap: the Leaf, Branch, and Tree objects 5:30 Add a random motion to deal with leaves that are equi-distant from a branch 7:30 Map strokeWeight of branches to the index 9:39 Create random points in a sphere 10:15 Add P3D 10:55 Add a PeasyCam object 12:57 Draw ellipses at their 3D location 14:32 Grow the tree again 15:11 Add the z-coordinate to line 16:34 Discussion of creative possibilities 19:01 Adjust parameters to make the fractal look more "tree-like" 22:06 Conclusion Editing by Mathieu Blanchette Animations by Jason Heglund Music from Epidemic Sound 🚂 Website: http://thecodingtrain.com/ 👾 Share Your Creation! https://thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide 🚩 Suggest Topics: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box 💡 GitHub: https://github.com/CodingTrain 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/hPuGy2g 💖 Membership: http://youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join 🛒 Store: https://standard.tv/codingtrain 🖋️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodingtrain 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.coding.train/ 🎥 Coding Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 Intro to Programming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA 🔗 p5.js: https://p5js.org 🔗 p5.js Web Editor: https://editor.p5js.org/ 🔗 Processing: https://processing.org 📄 Code of Conduct: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: https://github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new #fractals #generativeart #3d #p5js #javascript