The Glass Monolith. Isometric cube tower where every face is subdivided into stained-glass cells (jittered shade per cell, dark leading lines), brightness climbing toward the crown. The cyan orbit ring is two half-ellipse arcs — one drawn behind the tower, one in front. Film…
const iso = (x, y, z) => [W/2 + (x-y)*52, H*0.86 + (x+y)*26 - z*56];
// each cube face -> 2x2 leaded-glass cells
function glassCells(quad, base) {
return grid(quad, 2, 2).map(cell =>
poly(cell, shade(base, rnd(0.75, 1.35)),
{ stroke: BG, width: 2.5 })).join("");
}
// orbit ring: back arc -> tower -> front arc (painter's order)
ring.back(); tower(); ring.front();