How to combine tiny bits of Python, physics, and art to create (hopefully) pretty pictures

Often, we write code for business or even scientific needs. And then there are situations where something else is going on. This is just that: something else, namely producing pretty pictures. It is inspired by very real analog art and executed by applying techniques from theoretical physics.

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Sometimes, one writes code to answer an important scientific question. On other occasions, code is developed with some economic interest in mind, legitimate or otherwise. And then there are situations where something else is going on. This work, which I call June Gloom, is just that: something else. Specifically, it is about producing pretty pictures, inspired by very real analog art and executed by using a somewhat abstract toy model for magnetism from statistical mechanics. In my presentation, I will show how we can use Monte Carlo techniques to perform physically accurate computer simulations. The results obtained from these simulations are then turned into both static as well as interactive visualizations using Matplotlib.