Pile of Oak Leaves

on 29 Oct 2021

% Oak Leaf

% See https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-to-draw-with-math/

% and also "leaf pile" on File Exchange

t=0:0.01:pi;

r=@rand;

c=@(f)cos(f*t);

s=@(f)sin(f*t);

hold

Current plot held

for i=1:300

x=.01*c(1).^9.*c(5).^10+s(2)/4.*(1-s(10).^2/2).*(1-(c(1).*c(3)).^8);

y=s(1).*(1-s(10).^2/5.*(.5+s(2).^2))-.5;

rotate(fill(r()*5+x,r()*5+y,r(),Linew=1),[0

1],r()*360);

end

axis equal off

colormap autumn

set(gca,Pos=[0

1])