/r/generative
Generative art refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system.
This subreddit is for sharing and discussing anything generative (including music, design and natural phenomena), but especially art.
GENERATIVE ART
“What do we know of the world and the universe about us? Our means of receiving impressions are absurdly few, and our notions of surrounding objects infinitely narrow. We see things only as we are constructed to see them, and can gain no idea of their absolute nature. With five feeble senses we pretend to comprehend the boundlessly complex cosmos, yet other beings with a wider, stronger, or different range of senses might not only see very differently the things we see, but might see and study whole worlds of matter, energy, and life which lie close at hand yet can never be detected with the senses we have. I have always believed that such strange, inaccessible worlds exist at our very elbows, and now I believe I have found a way to break down the barriers.”
― H.P. Lovecraft
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(Last updated 24/04/2023)
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We have one! Check it out: it has some write ups, links to resources, a page dedicated to generative art and music tools and a big ol' list of generative artists to get inspired by.
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IRC
#generative on Snoonet.
+|+ DEGENERATIVE FRIDAY +|+
Each Friday, /r/generative users are encouraged to discuss and post images of:
- Failed experiments
- Works in progress (especially stagnating ones!)
- Unexpected, wacky results from your programs or experiments (happy accidents)
Degenerative Friday is meant to incite interesting discussion and encourage fellow generative artists to try new things. Degenerative art from previous Fridays can be viewed here.
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- We do not downvote in /r/generative.
- Credit the artist if the piece you posted isn't your own.
- To avoid disappointment, do not post AI-generated work here.
- Posts must be related to generative systems.
- Self-promotion is allowed, but it must be relevant and non-excessive.
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Eclectic (kotlin)
20:48 UTC
Circles
10:46 UTC
First attempt with p5.js. I followed a tutorial by freeCodeCamp.org.
02:59 UTC
Bubble
14:39 UTC
Video art made in TouchDesigner
09:57 UTC
WIP svg animation with vuejs
08:49 UTC
Physarum Slime Mold Simulation with GUI!
A friend and I built a Phyasrum slime mold simulation for university in Processing and wanted to share it here. It has a GUI to control all parameters, start formations, colors, etc. It might be difficult at first to generate different patterns but once you got a hang of it you'll get beautiful results like in the image below!
You can find the sketch and a presentation of how it works here on GitHub:
https://github.com/theopfr/physarum-simulation
Examples:
08:12 UTC
Recursion II, Blender3D Depth Map and ColorMask to AnimateLCM
06:27 UTC
Sine Wave Flower
04:57 UTC
Leaves on the Vine - A Generate Art Experiment in p5js
04:10 UTC
Checkers Twist - a variant of the classic game Checkers on a procedurally generated grid
15:34 UTC
julia.set.blend
12:07 UTC
Dots….
11:32 UTC
Ditch
My latest generative art piece, still mintable on fxhash.
09:57 UTC
Breathing
17:38 UTC
funkyvector.com/#/home/design:corona_sine,83875167
08:04 UTC
Need help with ideas for GA but with traditional medium.
Hello, I’m looking for ways to use generative art with traditional art methods (without a computer). I have a group of traditional artist that I’d like to introduce to GA and so I’m looking for techniques to suggest. Here are a few ideas, if anyone has other please suggest. The main thing is it needs to be something they don’t need a computer for and it should be something to help give them something random that they can’t control much.
section art into equal sections and use dice to make a decision on what to do in each section.
throw a few sticks in the air and then incorporate the angles into each section.
Flip a coin - example: heads means you divide the largest area of the image into two equal parts, tails you divide it with one part being twice the size of the other. Flip another coin. Heads you must fill in the smallest area with color A and tails with color B. Repeat.
Roll dice to choose a number and again to choose a color. Roll some the chosen number of marbles covered in the chosen color paint across the surface somehow.
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Waves and strings
21:14 UTC
Low-Pass Filter
20:27 UTC
Flow Banding
17:35 UTC
Research Innovation Style Runner Trail Animation
12:08 UTC
Bamboo Too, 1984, Silkscreen Print, 22" x 30" On top is the B&W output from my Apple II program, Below is the finished silkscreen print in color.
01:18 UTC
[OC] Noisy lines that dance in the dark 🕺🏻
16:26 UTC
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