#genuary — Public Fediverse posts

While working on the physics engine mentioned in my last post I needed a visualization of the path they moved on to verify that the collision works right.

And this is a moment of such a path visualization.
I also thought about an interesting image by using some blur on the path or the whole image, or making the path more broken and interesting.

Thank you for following and liking my work. And a welcome to the new followers of the last days.

Created by me. No AI.

#path #walk #movement #bluesky #showtime #waved #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random

After working with many different game and physics engines I decided to work on my own physics engine and maybe extend it later for games.

During experiments and debugging, I get interesting forms and patterns, that I want to share.

Here you see circles with the connection to the closest point on the wall/line in the middle.
And I really like this pattern reminding me of a mindmap-like construct.

Did you work on something and the result was totally different or for another purpose?

Created my me. No AI.

#circle #mindmap #connections #gamedev #game #godot #phaser #pygame #unity #lines #graphics #office #waved #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random

For this creation I worked on a brush-like dot that I used for the rows.

For me it looks a little retro and like a carpet. But overall I just decided to share it here.

This and the next renders will have some colors because it's spring and the sun is shining, so I am influenced by the beautiful colors around me.

[ The artwork displayed here was created by me. Without AI. Use fairly. ]

#waved #dot #brush #carpet #retro #house #handmade #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random

Back to generative art I created a line grid looking like a street map. I tried curves but I wanted to stick to a contrast to the other smooth creations.

For inspiration of what to try I often look into nature with these awesome structures. Plants, water forming sand but also the macro view of landscapes, mountains and clouds.

What is your favorite source of forms?

#lines #street #maps #nature #smooth #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #map #grid

It's probably a lost cause and also too short notice, but I'm still thinking about #AlgoApril, which I proposed back in 2022, but it's an incomplete list of prompts and sadly never took off...

https://github.com/algoapril/algoapril-2022

From the readme:

Learning about & applying algorithms and data structures for generative art/design, helping to introduce participants to a wider spectrum of techniques.

Unlike other initiatives like #genuary, #codevember, #nodevember etc., all of which are predominantly using visual/conceptual prompts, the focus of the #AlgoApril initiative is on algorithmic literacy, using technical, algorithmic prompts (of course, with some [visual] references and study materials) without further prescribing how these algorithms should be used. The only aim, goal and hope is for people to creatively engage with these techniques, breaking 'em, hacking 'em and finding interesting uses to create outcomes, which could be considered artistic. Algorithmic layering is encouraged at each turn!

In some sense, this more "bottom-up" approach to creation is maybe alien to some, but the lack of explicit aesthetic or conceptual/artistic goals has the potential to produce a much wider scope of outcomes (hopefully not only visual - audio, text and other outputs are highly encouraged!). There's also hope it could be more educational, helping people to engage with a larger repertoire of fundamental algorithmic tools and then apply & mix them in their own work/practice.

Many of the topics & algorithms selected here will have a more or less known visual representation and we encourage everyone to consciously reject these clichés and make honest attempts to find creative other solutions to visualize/sonify/represent them.

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In any way, I'll be following the #AlgoApril hashtag and boosting relevant outcomes to help circulation. I'm currently on a few deadlines, so not sure how much I can contribute myself, but might post some of my own prior art related to the prompts...

#Algorithms #DataStructures #AlgorithmicArt #AlgoMusic #GenerativeArt #DataViz #CompSci #Education

Here's a hair like structure made with a vector-flow-field added variables for example for the transparency and a circular constraint.

In the last Genuary I made this looking more like fur and I wanted to come back to it.
Also, my hair looks a little like this. ;)

In the last days I think of combining these artistic structures with a game. So maybe a character running with such a flow field behind him or transitions made with the dithering I made some time ago.

Would you play and look into such a game?

#hair #vector #flow #field #bw #nature #human #haircut #hairstyles #worm #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random

The last post is the minimalistic creation of the same code of this one.

Here I overstretched every variable but for me it is special because it shows the similarity of circle and star and waves.

What do you see? Star, circle or space?

#code #math #sine #circle #star #astronomy #food #nature #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random

Now the music is in its flow, so I have time to come back to drawing and generative arts.

Today, I picked sine and cosine and combined them with some alpha values. I have many results and I will post some others of this session, too.

But here's a circle with a sine wave as the radius and this looped while changing radius and phase.

It's all coded by myself. I used mathematical functions to create this piece of art. And no AI.

#generativeart #trigonometry #flowers #wind #nature #genuary #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random

When watching comics I was always faszinated of the dithering.

Here I coded a dithering selection depending on a noise pattern but open for using with every other pattern.

Now I think about improving it and using it for the shading of 3D models. That could look interesting and be combined with toon shaders.

#dithering #dither #pattern #noise #art #mastoart #fediart #noai #code #artwork #minimalism #creativecoding #random #arts #artistsonmastodon #generativeart #genuary #bw #comic #toon #shader #p5js #shadow

Chromatic cubes

#Genuary12 Boxes only

#Genuary #Genuary2026 #AlgorithmicArt #CreativeCoding #Processing #glsl #shaders #voxels #voxel

#31 GLSL Shader. Alternative creation.

This is another output during the play with values of the GLSL prompt for Genuary. Just posting those alternative renders I also liked.
It could have been also a post for "It's not a bug, it's a feature".

Do you like the other creation more than this one?

#genuary #grid #noise #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #noisy #blackandwhite #blur #arte

For #genuary22, "Pen plotter ready.", I got to use a real pen plotter at AlgoChill a week ago. Thanks to @laura_porta for bringing it along. #genuary https://genuary.art/

#27 Lifeform.

Here's an alternative crreation for the prompt of the 27th where I made the flying bee.

It's a stochastic L-system which I overlayed multiple times to get this kind-of-realistic look. L-systems are so awesome. I will create some with 3 dimensions and leaves and blossoms. Maybe I try to implement them in Blender for a generative grass, wood or something else in nature.

Now the Genuary is over and I plan to develop a challenge for March. If you want to brainstorm about such a challenge just write me.

#genuary #plant #nature #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #tree #grass #herb #plants #wildlife #world #earth #forest #wood

#31 GLSL Shader.

It's already #Gebruary but this prompt is one from #Genuary I post afterwards. But included in my overview from yesterday: https://tilde.zone/@w4v3/115990466470840614

For GLSL there is no ready-to-go noise function, so I adapted the one from the well-known "Book of Shaders" and combined it with the rectangle grid but for each rectangle a seperate mapping. And it is definitely a base I will work on. Improving GLSL Shader language is also important for game development, for water shaders, sky. But you know all that already.

Have a wonderful and creative February!

#genuary #noise #grid #rectangle #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #illustration #table #data #database

One of the principles of animation is "slow in, slow out". I would use one of 2 different functions in processing to do this. Top row is using a cosine function. Bottom row is using bezierPoint()
https://processing.org/reference/bezierPoint_.html
but one bug I've frequently committed with that function is letting the t parameter rise above 1. Cosine doesn't have that problem.

#genuary #genuary2 #genuary30 #genuary2026

#28 No libraries, no canvas, only HTML elements.

There are many elements but because I was late with this prompt I already saw buttons and checkboxes, so I picked the slider and experimented.

And yes, I'm curious what I could do with sliders in the future - beside a slide puzzle. ;)

#genuary #html #css #slider #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #web #dev #frontend #website #apache #ajax #js #nodejs

Done. Finished.

Genuary was again a lot of fun and it expanded my knowledge. But the most impotant fact is that is was a kind community with many comments and likes and folowing each other. So, we made it!

Thank you very much for every like, every repost and the new follower I deeply appreciate!

What is the next challenge?
Something in February? Generative Plant-uary? Or Art-ch? Let me know.

Me, I will post the alternative creations over the next days and it would be nice to stay in contact.
Have a happy coding, drawing and living in 2026.

#genuary #digitalart #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #artistsonmastodon #illustration #sketch #challenge #genuary31

#27 Lifeform.

With multiple layers of sine and cosine the minimalistic bee (or fly) presents herself to us. I made a plant with an L-System for this prompt, too, but I chose the cute one. The plant will be posted the next days.

Also, I try to post the not shared prompts today.

Will you continue watching for creations after the Genuary? Because I plan to share all the alternatives that were produced during this month from time to time.

(animation)

#genuary #bees #life #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #insects #animals #movement #flying #plane #bee #chaos #animation #gif

#genuary 31: shaders. Well, it's been mostly shaders this whole month, but here's one more, making a disco ball with starburst lens flares. https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2860946 #p5js #p5v2

One of my aims for 2026 was to be a little bit less "all or nothing" with projects so I'm pretty proud of my #Genuary2026 contributions!

Still learned lots of new stuff, and had plenty of time left for other things!

#RStats #D3 #Genuary

#19 16x16.

A simple random pattern? Yes, but I finished all the prompts. Some fast and some needed their time.
The simplest are not the worst, but the ideas are important. Art is awesome.

Do you like art? Do you visit museums or unknown artists?

#genuary #dots #arts #path #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #arte #illustration #grid #table #points

#30 Its not a bug, its a feature.

To explain to you, it's not a bug that there are two dots and an arc, it's a feature. And yes, some fun at the end of Genuary has to be included.

When I made the first monthly challenges I was stressed and focus on good results. But as soon as I lifted fun to the top leader I learned much more and developed during every challenge. Last october I learned sculpting from scratch during Sculptober. So, let us smile together today that we produced awesome creations.

What do you smile about today?

#genuary #sun #trigonometry #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #curves #face #cute #funny #fun #comic #illustration #emoji #icon #happy #happiness

#genuary 30, it's not a bug, it's a feature. WebGL clips away surfaces that are too close or far from the camera. You can control that distance. I've used that to make an x-ray thing here, featuring this completely not cursed creative coded person. https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2860277 #p5v2 #p5js

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary29 Evolution

Co-evolution: the shape of the bee evolves to fit the star, the shape of the star evolves to fit the bee

#XQuery #SVG #genuary2026 #genuary

#29 Genetic evolution and mutation.

What you see in four steps is the cell division created with a metaball algorithm. You should know that my two favorites in generative art are metaballs and noise. And they are both similar because the results look like organic fluid or very soft materials.

Also, I thought to try these 4 quadrants instead of an animation because often you do not have time to watch a whole animation. But both have their existence.

#genuary #cells #celldivision #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #life #biology #chemistry #organic #evolution #genes #dna

#17 Wallpaper group.

With a triangular pattern the result was not as I expected, so I switched to this one and it's simple but for me at least much nicer.

Did you ever use a wallpaper with a pattern on your walls?

Me, I used strong saturated colors in a apartment many years ago and it was inspiring and also interesting that people prefered being in the rooms with warmer colors including myself. And yes, while I'm writing this line, I think of coloring the walls again, even though they are special currently.

#genuary #pattern #wallpaper #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #zikzak #lines #color #wall #home #house #flat #apartments

#genuary 29: evolution. I've recreated/evolved a sketch from a Processing alpha from 2002 up to current p5. Writeup here: https://www.davepagurek.com/blog/sketch-evolution/ #p5v2 #p5js #processing

#genuary #genurary27 #genuary2026 #LSystem
Find the sketch-a-day archives and tip jar at: https://abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day
Code for this sketch at: https://github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tree/main/2026/sketch_2026_01_27 #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

#25 Organic Geometry.

Just one word: Shrink wrap. Oh, that's two words. I know it as a modifier in #blender3d but here I created it myself in 2D. I didn't want to code Metaballs (I did for another prompt that isn't posted yet), so I created random circles and a huge circle around that gets smaller and smaller, and the parts getting in contact with the inner circles stays at their place while the others drift more to the center.

Too complicated? Just look at it. I like the result and the forms the algorithm produced.

Do you see a fly, a lemon, a tooth, a head, ...? What do you see?

#genuary #organic #life #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #shapes #shrinkwrap #b3d #fruit #food #tooth #head #circles

Genuary 22

Pen plotter-ready.

To plot, download the svg file.

genuary_22_penPlotterReady.svgDownload

https://hollandhopson.com/genuary-22/

#Artwork #GenerativeArt #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary22 #Processing

#genuary 28: No libraries, just HTML. Here what basically amounts to a fragment shader, but done by checking and unchecking a grid of checkboxes. https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2858648 #p5js #p5v2

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary27: A lifeform.

The worms eating through the pictures have a strong preference for contrasts.

#XQuery #SVG #genuary2026 #genuary

#21 Bauhaus Poster.

After looking at some examples I decided I have to use color this time. And I created a vintage palette and transformed one of the examples in my own creation. Afterwards I thought about making the upper and right edges little reflective to give it a 3D look but that's an extension for another time.

Do you like vintage colors or do you prefer saturation or just black and white?

#genuary #bauhaus #architecture #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #vintage #color #shape #poster #round

#26 Recursive Grid.

After playing around with recursive shapes I chose the triangle. One black, one transparent building a rectangle together.
Not as awesome as most of the other creations for this prompt but I call it done.

I really like recursive patterns, fractals and other algorithms resulting in unexpected art.

#genuary #recursive #triangles #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #blackandwhite #unexpected

#genuary 27: lifeform. Here's a frog. A p5.strands shader warps it in an arc as it jumps. https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2857739 #p5js #p5v2

#genuary #genuary25 #genuary2026 #LSystem
Find the sketch-a-day archives and tip jar at: https://abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day
Code for this sketch at: https://github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tree/main/2026/sketch_2026_01_25 #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary26 Recursive grids

Follow the loops

#XQuery #SVG #genuary2026 #genuary

For #genuary10 "polar coordinates", I wanted to take the prompt quite literally and draw a map of the poles.
The sketch shows Antarctic sea-ice extent in September for the years 2005 (pink), 2011 (purple), 2018 (blue) and 2025 (black), in a radius range ~2500 to 4000 km from the pole.
The data is from #NOAA #NSIDC and its continuation is threatened by US administration budget cuts on climate research.

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary10 #antarctic #climate #dataviz #plotter

#genuary 26: recursive grids. Tap the square and it will shatter! This is done by recursively picking a line on each shape and then cutting it in two along that line. https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2856899 #p5v2 #p5js

Thank you @laura_porta for helping make my #genuary ambigram pen plotter ready #genuary22
#genuary2026
#algochill

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary25 Organic geometry

Unpleasantly moist circles, from the underside of that old log

#XQuery #SVG #genuary2026 #genuary

#genuary25 - Organic Geometry. My favorite fractals are the ones that appear organic, like this one that reminds me of a growing vine.

#genuary #genuary2026 #fractal #beanstalk

#20 One line.

Minimalistic. For this prompt I also rendered about 10 creations. Big spirals, small, narrow and wide, combinations with multople ones. I chose this simple one looking like the home of a snail.

Not only one line but the one place for every snail to feel comfortable, safe and happy. I wish you such a place, too.

#genuary #snail #spiral #home #house #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #animals #comfortable #minimalism #simple #illustration #artforsale #tiny #comfy

#genuary 25: organic geometry. Here are a bunch of bugs made of stretched spheres and cylinders, moving around using some noise, with ap5.strands shader bump mapping and doing a bit of iridescence. https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2856313 #p5js #p5v2

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary24: Perfectionist's nightmare

You think it's all fine, and then you spot the first error, and then the next, and before you know it you start seeing errors where there aren't any.

If I told you there were 20 intentional errors in this grid, would that be another intentional error?

#XQuery #SVG #genuary2026 #genuary

#24 Perfectionist’s nightmare.

The question is if Genuary is perfect or a nightmare. I think it's something in between. But what I am sure about: It's fun!
This creation was my first try, I made some others with curves and bigger distances but I went back to the first one. Simple but not perfect.

Are you a perfectionist or more the chaotic person?

#genuary #lines #perfectionism #chaos #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #life #order #grid #beingdifferent #blackandwhite #corn #illusion #illustration #opticillusion

#23 Transparency.

Fur? Hair? Almost. I chose a vector flow field which is a grid of vectors with an angle from a perlin noise value.
But I kept the stroke weight I had for all the Genuary prompts this year. After playing around with about 3-5 variables this was my favorite.

After this month I plan to post all the versions that didn't make it to my favorites. Would you be interested in those?

#genuary #flow #fur #puppy #genart #art #mastoart #fediart #p5js #noai #genuary2026 #code #math #programming #artwork #minimalism #coding #generativeart #generative #artforsale #simplify #creativecoding #random #flowfield #noise #animals #dogs #cats #hair

#genuary 24: perfectionist's nightmare. get back in line, cube!!! https://openprocessing.org/sketch/2855924 #p5js #p5v2

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary22 pen plotter ready.

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary23: transparency

Emerging from the fog and spume

#XQuery #SVG #genuary #genuary23