Generative Art Resources

• Generative Art Resources
  • Getting Started
  • People to Follow
  • Articles to Read
  • Books
  • History of Computer Art
  • Further Resources

Getting Started

Check out my resources for people just getting started with generative art.

People to Follow

• Generative art by Anders Hoff · inconvergent
• @mattdesl
• Jason Webb
• Tyler Hobbs | Algorithmic Artwork
• Sighack

Articles to Read

• On Generative Algorithms: Introduction · inconvergent
• A Story of Iteration: Generating "Blotch"

Books

• FORM+CODE In Design, Art, and Architecture by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, and LUST
• Morphing
• Generative Design

History of Computer Art

• Database of Digital Art
• Digital Art Museum
• ReCode Project
• Computer art - Monoskop
• List of literature for the early beginnings of (digital) computer art

Further Resources

I need to go through these and find what is good.

• terkelg/awesome-creative-coding - Creative Coding: Generative Art, Data visualization, Interaction Design, Resources.
• kosmos/awesome-generative-art - Awesome generative art
• mattdesl/workshop-generative-art - A workshop on creative coding & generative art
• Generative Art Links | Syntopia
• mattdesl/graphics-resources - a list of graphic programming resources
• /r/generative wiki
• jasonwebb/morphogenesis-resources - Comprehensive list of resources on the topic of digital morphogenesis (the creation of form through code). Includes links to major articles, code repos, creative projects, books, software, and more.
• beardicus/awesome-plotters - A curated list of code and resources for computer-controlled drawing machines and other visual art robots
• mattdesl/workshop-webgl-glsl: A workshop on WebGL and GLSL
• mattdesl/workshop-data-artwork: material & notes for a workshop on data artwork & creative coding