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Curlicue fractals — turtle-walk spirals from irrational angle steps

fascinating.fractals · 2026-06-10T10:56:40.000Z · in Creative
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100k ft — What is this?

Curlicue fractals — turtle-walk spirals from irrational angle steps
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50k ft — Why care?

A looping animation of curlicue fractals, the spiralling curves you get by stepping forward and turning by an angle that grows quadratically. Irrational constants produce nested whorls. Purely visual, with no narration, but it's a good prompt for a creative-coding sketch.
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10k ft — Key takeaways

• Changing the irrational constant changes the spiral structure completely. • You can reproduce it in a few lines of turtle or canvas code.

5k ft — Tools & techniques

(no tools tagged) curlicue fractal, turtle graphics

1k ft — Deep-dive / try it

Curlicue Fractals #fractals #satisfying #geometry #pattern #asmr #adhd #ocd #math #spirograph
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