Roger Alsing created a small program that keeps a string of DNA for polygon rendering. He explains the procedure:
0) Setup a random DNA string (application start)You can see the whole unfolding here. It's pretty cool!
1) Copy the current DNA sequence and mutate it slightly
2) Use the new DNA to render polygons onto a canvas
3) Compare the canvas to the source image 4) If the new painting looks more like the source imag
e than the previous painting did, then overwrite the current DNA with the new DNA
5) repeat from 1Now to the interesting part. Could you paint a replica of the Mona Lisa using only 50 semi transparent polygons? That is the challenge I decided to put my application up to.
