Individual virtual diatoms from aDiatomea (2008). Diatoms are unicellular organisms estimated to contribute up to 45% of the total oceanic primary production of organic material. Their forms were recreated using the superformula, an equation that can reproduce organic forms and their intricate silica bodies are procedurally generated.

aDiatomea is an artificial life system that uses various methods and notions of a-life research. The basic principle of aDiatomea is that every aspect of it is entirely mathematically generated and thus it is not created purposefully as an art piece but as a complex system that takes a life of its own.

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