Free TouchDesigner Component: Generative Metaball Tangency GLSL Pattern (mylesjaeger)

Overview

mylesjaeger shares Generative Metaball Tangency as a free .tox file in the Derivative community Asset section. The component uses GLSL to generate a network of circular blobs that snap onto a hidden grid and grow into place, joined by tapered, elastic-looking bridges, and the post names Armin Hofmann's tangent-circle grid exercises as the inspiration.

Parameters control shape count, grid density, how much the shapes melt together, size, spacing, framing, brightness and contrast, and ambient drift. MetaballTangency_0.tox (7.51 KB) is a direct download from the post, and the author points to his GitHub for a how-to-use file.