Looking for code samples for generative art

Question

Generative art means pieces of art which are generated by computers. To get an idea, here is a YouTube video.

Now, I'm not looking for nice pictures or cool blog posts but for actual code samples which I can run and experiment with.

Answer 1

I'd have a look into Processing. A lot of people have done very cool things with it, and there's plenty of Examples and Tutorials available.

Answer 2

yup, processing is the way to go. or C++ if u need low level control of your graphics card.

Now that i think of it, i use to do some using Flash. Check this tutorial on computergraphics

creative art tutorial: generative art in flash

Answer 3

There's a lot of cool stuff on 25lines.com, the downside being that it's fairly obfuscated code, in order to fit inside the limit. Here's two of my favorites: 1, 2. Really shows the power of flash, a lot of people underestimate it (instead thinking they need java or c++ to get good performance of generative art).

Answer 4

You could take a look at Context Free It's a program that generates art from a simple grammar (a bit like turtle graphics) and a random seed. It is also available cross platform and the source code is available under a GPL license.