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Ink and Water

The same drop, with more water, takes a different path into the paper.

Opening your little corner of the world…

A FIRST LOOK

One drop is enough to begin.

Change the water, add a second drop and watch the difference.

A wet-pigment study

Each drop grows over time through uneven, translucent pigment layers, with darker accumulation at its centre. The illustration includes paper fibres and fine pigment marks. It is a bounded visual simulation, not a physical fluid solver.

Water changes the result

More water makes a drop spread farther; less leaves a smaller, denser mark. Every drop remembers its own water setting. Changing the slider affects the next drop, allowing wet and dense marks to coexist on one sheet.

Place, observe and keep

The initial three drops are examples; fresh paper clears them. Tap to place a drop, or use arrows and Enter on the canvas. A page accepts up to 40 drops; fresh paper clears it. Reduced-motion settings show each drop at its final spread immediately. Diffusion stops progressing while the page is hidden, and reaches its final size after a minute of visible time.

Explore the calendar here. Find NineHound’s founder, Lao Heshan Daoren / Sun Xingzhe, and the wider I Ching and life-chart project.
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