I've been trying to track that top image down for ages. This faux bokeh was a big inspiration for a VR piece I made: https://andybak.net/gossamer

(By "faux" I just mean this isn't simulating optics to any great level of realism)

I knew it was by inconvergent but I didn't think of looking on Github for some reason.

My implementation was actually different - I based mine on the work of Keijiro Takahashi: https://github.com/keijiro/VfxBokeh

For those inspired by this, they may also like context free art - https://www.contextfreeart.org

For example: https://www.contextfreeart.org/gallery/view.php?id=4223

  startshape lightning 
  
  shape lightning
  
  rule 20 {
      CIRCLE[r -60..60]
      lightning[y -1 s 0.99 r -10..10]
  }
  
  rule 1 {
      CIRCLE[r -60..60]
      lightning[y -1 s 0.5 r -50..-20]
      lightning[y -1 s 0.99 r -10..10]
  }
  
  rule 1 {
      CIRCLE[r -60..60]
      lightning[y -1 s 0.5 r 20..50]
      lightning[y -1 s 0.99 r -10..10]
  }

Beautiful, and in Common Lisp just makes it that much better for me. Thanks for sharing!

As a generative artist I love seeing what other people do. Sadly I am not conversant in CL so its difficult to understand.

Awesome! Anyone seen an equivalent in Python?

pretty!