function surface(a, b) { // I'm using a and b as parameters ranging from 0 to 1.
return {
x: a*50,
y: b*50
};
// this surface will be a square of 50x50 units of size

}

var canvas = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("canvas")),
context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
a, b, position;
// Now I'm going to sample the surface at .1 intervals for a and b parameters:
for (a = 0; a < 1; a += .1) {
for (b = 0; b < 1; b += .1) {
position = surface(a, b);
context.fillRect(position.x, position.y, 1, 1);

}

}

function surface(a, b) {
var x = a * 100,
y = b * 100,
radius = 50,
x0 = 50,
y0 = 50;
if ((x - x0) * (x - x0) + (y - y0) * (y - y0) < radius * radius) {
// inside the circle
return {

x: x,

y: y

};
} else {
// outside the circle
return null;

}

}

if (position = surface(a, b)) {
context.fillRect(position.x, position.y, 1, 1);

}

function surface(a, b) {
// Circle using polar coordinates
var angle = a * Math.PI * 2,
radius = 50,
x0 = 50,
y0 = 50;
return {
x: Math.cos(angle) * radius * b + x0,
y: Math.sin(angle) * radius * b + y0
};

}

function surface(a, b) {
var x = a * 100,
y = b * 100,
radius = 50,
x0 = 50,
y0 = 50;
if ((x - x0) * (x - x0) + (y - y0) * (y - y0) < radius * radius) {
return {
x: x,
y: y * (1 + b) / 2 // deformation
};
} else {
return null;

}

}

function surface(a, b) {

var x = a * 100,

y = b * 100,

radius = 50,

x0 = 50,

y0 = 50;
if ((x - x0) * (x - x0) + (y - y0) * (y - y0) < radius * radius) {
return {
x: x,
y: y * (1 + b) / 2,

r: 100 + Math.floor((1 - b) * 155), // this will add a gradient
g: 50,
b: 50
};
} else {
return null;
}

}

for (a = 0; a < 1; a += .01) {
for (b = 0; b < 1; b += .001) {
if (point = surface(a, b)) {
context.fillStyle = "rgb(" + point.r + "," + point.g + "," + point.b + ")";
context.fillRect(point.x, point.y, 1, 1);
}
}

}

function surface(a, b) {
var angle = a * Math.PI * 2,
radius = 100,
length = 400;
return {
x: Math.cos(angle) * radius,
y: Math.sin(angle) * radius,
z: b * length - length / 2, // by subtracting length/2 I have centered the tube at (0, 0, 0)
r: 0,
g: Math.floor(b * 255),
b: 0
};
}

var pX, pY, // projected on canvas x and y coordinates
perspective = 350,
halfHeight = canvas.height / 2,
halfWidth = canvas.width / 2,
cameraZ = -700;
for (a = 0; a < 1; a += .001) {
for (b = 0; b < 1; b += .01) {
if (point = surface(a, b)) {
pX = (point.x * perspective) / (point.z - cameraZ) + halfWidth;
pY = (point.y * perspective) / (point.z - cameraZ) + halfHeight;

context.fillStyle = "rgb(" + point.r + "," + point.g + "," + point.b + ")";

context.fillRect(pX, pY, 1, 1);

}

}

}

var zBuffer = [],
zBufferIndex;
for (a = 0; a < 1; a += .001) {
for (b = 0; b < 1; b += .01) {
if (point = surface(a, b)) {
pX = Math.floor((point.x * perspective) / (point.z - cameraZ) + halfWidth);
pY = Math.floor((point.y * perspective) / (point.z - cameraZ) + halfHeight);
zBufferIndex = pY * canvas.width + pX;
if ((typeof zBuffer[zBufferIndex] === "undefined") || (point.z < zBuffer[zBufferIndex])) {
zBuffer[zBufferIndex] = point.z;
context.fillStyle = "rgb(" + point.r + "," + point.g + "," + point.b + ")";

context.fillRect(pX, pY, 1, 1);

}

}

}

}

function surface(a, b) {
var angle = a * Math.PI * 2,
radius = 100,
length = 400,
x = Math.cos(angle) * radius,
y = Math.sin(angle) * radius,

z = b * length - length / 2,

yAxisRotationAngle = -.4, // in radians!
rotatedX = x * Math.cos(yAxisRotationAngle) + z * Math.sin(yAxisRotationAngle),
rotatedZ = x * -Math.sin(yAxisRotationAngle) + z * Math.cos(yAxisRotationAngle);
return {
x: rotatedX,
y: y,
z: rotatedZ,
r: 0,

g: Math.floor(b * 255),

b: 0

};

}

var i;
window.setInterval(function () {
for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
if (point = surface(Math.random(), Math.random())) {
pX = Math.floor((point.x * perspective) / (point.z - cameraZ) + halfWidth);
pY = Math.floor((point.y * perspective) / (point.z - cameraZ) + halfHeight);
zBufferIndex = pY * canvas.width + pX;
if ((typeof zBuffer[zBufferIndex] === "undefined") || (point.z < zBuffer[zBufferIndex])) {
zBuffer[zBufferIndex] = point.z;
context.fillStyle = "rgb(" + point.r + "," + point.g + "," + point.b + ")";
context.fillRect(pX, pY, 1, 1);

}

}

}

}, 0);