Generative art


Martin McBride, 2020-07-26

This section covers generativepy, and open source system for creating generative art and mathematical illustrations and animations in Python.

General information

For general information on generativepy, take a look at these sections:

Art with generativepy

Here is a set of tutorials illustrating various generative art techniques using generativepy.

Geometric art

See Geometric art or these links:


Cardioid string art

Fractals

See Fractals or these links:


Tinkerbell


Gingerbread man


Burning ship


Tinkerbell colour


Mandelbrot


Kings dream


Mandelbrot colour

Grammar based art

See Grammar based art

Iterated function systems

See Iterated function systems or these links:


Chaos game

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