How to do Poi Stars (pentagram flowers)

[@JMartJr]

But now we need a follow up on what to do with the other hand!

[@uvcrwjjfdsjew]

My favorite observation about the toroidal star is that it is exactly the same a Woolsey’s “scales of poi” if you remove every possible extra beat.

[@fisty539]

Merry Christmas (or Happy holidays) Drex. You've taught me a lot and I got some podpoi v2 for x-mas! Thanks for all your tutorials, Now I just gotta get some ultraknob pros (I just don't like the flowtoys capsule/crystal thingy), just signed up to your patreon too.

[@omerlewy]

If we're picky about it, the pentagram isn't an antispin flower completely, but is a mix between anti and inspin, because of the skip on point (I.e the move from the leg to opposite hand) if instead you would do a regular 5 petal antispin going - > head, hand, leg, other leg, other hand, you would go through your hips only once. So pentagram 5 petal antispin.

[@omerlewy]

Also, other religions have played with poi pentagrams waaay back, but you probably knew this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGqVZ5yvpM5nqpY

[@omerlewy]

Ohh, and merry Christmas!

[@DrexFactor]

Hard disagree on the antispin. It can be modeled with the equation x=sin(t)+cos(-2.5t), y=sin(t)+cos(-2.5t) where t=all values between 0 and 2pi. Just as a triquetra can be modeled x=sin(t)+cos(-2t), y=sin(t)+cos(-2t) or 4-petal antispins can be modeled x=sin(t)+cos(-3t), y=sin(t)+cos(-3t). The math is consistent, the only difference is that you're not multiplying t by a whole number but nowhere has anyone set down a definition that excludes this characteristic from antispin flowers. Normally our antispin flowers are made out of polygons rather than star polygons like a pentagram is (this is partially due to us focusing on patterns with too few points to be rendered as star polygons), but viewed parametrically you can't come up with a definition of an antispin flower that doesn't also include them without throwing in a totally arbitrary rule.

[@nassimnassim9289]

Fort

[@BradleyBear]

You're so woke Ben you can't even say merry Christmas on Christmas day. I have now un subbed

[@leoniemaier4109]

Wtf

[@fisty539]

lmao