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limb stroke
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j.tarbell    processing    january, 2004
 
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The Limb Stroke is an interesting generative painting system based on the radial motions of recursive limb structures.
 

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Each limb system has a number of random values assigned to it from predefined ranges. To expose the rendering behavior of these value ranges, common multiples of the limb structure are instantiated in a grid arrangement.
 
 

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Each limb structure contains incredible detail, exposed over a period of about 100 seconds.