Pearls is a generative minimal artwork made with 100% code in p5js.

This algorithm places perfectly round pearls into multiple stacked grids and connects them in a pleasing way. The small grids lead to interesting emerging patterns. Some see faces and fish, others see ancient hardware and elephants, and some just enjoy the minimal simplicity.

-- controls (in live view)
s: to save the current image
a: to play a small animation

-- some attributes
layout: 2x2 to 34x34
palette: genuary, monochrome red & purple, night
mode: ink, walk
bias: central, north, east, south, west
density: sparse, middle, dense
symmetry: none, vertical, horizontal, point
layer: 2 to 6