pastagang lore: characters
over time, pastagang came up with a bunch of characters that keep evolving, often recurring in different forms and shapes. here’s an attempt to document them
cawcaw
todo: characterization of cawcaw(s). i think they like to cause trouble, and they’re into heavy bass music to bang their beaks
example code
caution: to keep the cawcaw spirit alive, it is recommended you come up with your own version of cawcaw// little cawcaw const bangTo = "bass"; //head base shape(99, 0.15) // beaks .add( shape(3, 0.1) .rotate(Math.PI + 3 / 2) .scale(0.3, 3, 1) .scroll(-0.1, 0) .rotate(() => fft(0, 1, "caw") * 0.25) ) .add( shape(3, 0.1) .rotate(Math.PI + 3 / 2) .scale(0.3, 3, 1) .scroll(-0.1, 0) .rotate(() => fft(0, 1, "caw") * -0.15) ) // eye .mask( shape(99, 0.07) .scale(0.3) .scale(1, 1, P("<1!64 .3>*16")) .scroll(-0.02, 0.02) .scrollX(() => Math.sin(time / 4) * 0.02) .invert() ) //head banging .rotate(() => fft(0, 1, bangTo) * 1.5) .rotate([-0.2, 0.2].ease("easeInOutQuad").fast(1 / 4)) .scroll(0.01, [0.04, 0].ease("easeInOutQuad").fast(1 / 23)) // body .add(shape(99, 0.2).scale(1, 2).rotate(-0.8).scroll(0.14, -0.14)) // tail .add( shape(4, 0.1) .scale(0.2, 7, 1) .rotate((Math.PI * 2) / 3) .rotate(0) .scroll(0.3, -0.25) .add( shape(99, 0.2) .scale(0.2, 7, 1) .rotate((Math.PI * 2) / 3) .rotate(0.1) .scroll(0.324, -0.27) ) .add( shape(99, 0.3) .scale(0.2, 4, 1) .rotate((Math.PI * 2) / 3) .rotate([-0.12, 0.12].ease("easeInOutQuad").fast(1 / 22)) .scroll(0.29, -0.25) ) // tail bang .scroll(-0.2, 0.2) .rotate(() => fft(0, 1, bangTo) * 0.4) .scroll(0.2, -0.2) ) // banging .scroll(-0.2, 0.2) .rotate(() => fft(0, 1, bangTo) / 1.4) .scroll(0.2, -0.2) // legs .add( shape(2, 0.001) .mask(shape(4, 0.2)) .rotate(Math.PI / 2) .scroll(0.15, -0.3) ) .add( shape(2, 0.001) .mask(shape(4, 0.2)) .rotate(Math.PI / 2) .scroll(0.16, -0.31) ) .mask(shape(4, 1)) // positioning .scale(0.7) .scroll(0.16, -0.16) .out(o3);
of course, cawcaw can come in many colors and shapes:
cawcaw is often paired with s("crow")
and or other types of extreme bird glorification
little guy
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what else?
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