Sample Random Walks
Random walks come in a wide variety of shapes, as you can imagine. In fact, there are more unique random walks than there are stars in the sky. This is a small sampling of the kinds of patterns that can emerge from different walks. Click on each walk for a larger image.
A walk can have a cloudy appearance. It can have a shape, but the path itself does not show any real sense of direction.
A walk can follow a very clear path from beginning to end. It keeps right on moving, never crossing over itself, and never spending very long in one place.
A walk may combine elements of the previous two examples. This one starts out with no real sense of direction, then heads off to finish up and to the left.
A walk can have symmetry.
A walk can grow arms.
Sometimes, a walk can even end up right back where it started.
This is a tiny example of the different walks that are possible. More walks will be featured in the collection of walks generated by the participants on this site.
What's next?See the section on visual design, or the explanation of how a random walk is generated. Better yet, place the next point in the current walk!