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Circular Layout (Raindrops)
license: gpl-3.0
<!DOCTYPE html>
<style>
body {
background: #012;
}
path {
stroke: #fff;
stroke-opacity: .5;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500;
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + width / 2 + "," + height / 2 + ")");
var gradient = svg.append("defs").append("linearGradient")
.attr("id", "gradient")
.attr("x1", "0%")
.attr("y1", "20%")
.attr("x2", "20%")
.attr("y2", "100%");
gradient.append("stop")
.attr("offset", "20%")
.attr("stop-color", "#ccf");
gradient.append("stop")
.attr("offset", "50%")
.attr("stop-color", "#1C425C");
gradient.append("stop")
.attr("offset", "100%")
.attr("stop-color", "#19162B");
// could use transparent gradient overlay to vary raindrop color
svg.selectAll("path")
.data(d3.range(358))
.enter().append("path")
.attr("fill", "url(#gradient)")
.attr("d", function() { return raindrop(10 + Math.random() * 200); })
.attr("transform", function(d) {
return "rotate(" + d + ")"
+ "translate(" + (height / 4 + Math.random() * height / 6) + ",0)"
+ "rotate(90)";
});
// size is linearly proportional to square pixels (not exact, yet)
function raindrop(size) {
var r = Math.sqrt(size / Math.PI);
return "M" + r + ",0"
+ "A" + r + "," + r + " 0 1,1 " + -r + ",0"
+ "C" + -r + "," + -r + " 0," + -r + " 0," + -3*r
+ "C0," + -r + " " + r + "," + -r + " " + r + ",0"
+ "Z";
}
</script>
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