January 3: "Droste effect"
This topic offers many heavy-duty mathematical digressions (e.g., Escher's "Print Gallery"), but I don't have time to go all-out on sketches this month.
Instead, I took this as an opportunity to celebrate the latest addition to the public domain. The result isn't quite as slick as I'd like, and not really that Droste-ish, but I'm calling it on account of time. Messy source code at https://editor.p5js.org/isohedral/sketches/iNUAHFZLM #genuary #genuary2024 #genuary3
@csk In this version, Mickey isn't whistling "Steamboat Bill", but rather a rendition of "Steamboat Bill" as whistled by Mickey in the film one level up.
@csk This reminds me of “our house in the middle of our house”: