{"id":1568,"date":"2025-10-16T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:23:01","slug":"curly-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1568","title":{"rendered":"Curly Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experimenting with Touchdesigner and Curl Noise, a mathematical function which can be used to drive a particle system and create organic, turbulent-looking movement. Experimented with a couple of ways to create the effect in TD. There&#8217;s something hypnotic about the motion, like artificial life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1153\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-31-45-2049x1153.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-31-45-2049x1153.png 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-31-45-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-31-45-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-31-45-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-31-45-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-27-2049x1154.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-27-2049x1154.png 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-27-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-27-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-27-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-27-2048x1153.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-3-26-2049x1154.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-3-26-2049x1154.png 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-3-26-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-3-26-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-3-26-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-3-26-2048x1153.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-48-2049x1154.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-48-2049x1154.png 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-48-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-48-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-48-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Curl_Noise_25-10-16-23-2-48-2048x1153.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"2160\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 3840 \/ 2160;\" width=\"3840\" controls src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Evolver_25-10-16-23-34-22.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I Created the first version by following this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkSwEY-m9GA\">tutorial <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-01-01-141412-2049x1152.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-01-01-141412-2049x1152.png 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-01-01-141412-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-01-01-141412-768x432.png 768w, 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