Bezier Curve Intuition

I wanted a way to better understand how bezier handles affect curves, and strengthen my intuition around using them. This experiment shows four possible curves between two bezier points. Each alternative curve represents a different handle distance from the node.

An iteration on this could take into account angle variations as well – perhaps overlaid as a different color. Or as a heat map to show the nearest possible configurations.

I don’t know. It’s fun.