Guiding star

If you were to research ”common sunflowers” you would soon discover that their heads do not always turn to follow the sun as it moves through the sky. It seems that the morning light is more than enough for mature crops to stuck up on energy, so they keep looking east.

I was a bit shocked by the fact. Luckily, not enough to scrap a pseudo-3D graphic to highlight the powers of the radiant center of our galaxy, and the influence of its shining presence on a collection of now young, yellow buds.

"Zdog Monday", a series of gorgeous pseudo-3D graphics built with Zdog in one day of the week.

There is a collection on CodePen, but if you want some context, and a few twists, I took care to write about each single piece.

  1. Beauty sleep
  2. Counting shapes
  3. Step through frames
  4. Spinning change
  5. One out of six
  6. Child's play
  7. Memory pop
  8. ZZ Anne
  9. Just keep spinning
  10. Advent of shapes
  11. Joystick drift
  12. Canard sans souci
  13. Brilliant idea
  14. Lighten up
  15. Guiding star
  16. Small whimsy
  17. Double axis
  18. Neigh we go round
  19. Having a ball
  20. Powerful mix
  21. Assembly code
  22. When lightning strikes
  23. Loopty loops
  24. Season's rewards
  25. Cherry-pick
  26. Trail blazer
  27. Hatch-a-doodle-doo
  28. Bubble up
  29. Think you can

Crafted with considerably more than seven pieces, but always with care.

Gabriele Corti, 2025