Each picture below is a small program following one rule. Move a control and the rule changes.

How to read this course

  1. DiscoverSee what algorithmic art can be and try a few rules by hand. You are here.
  2. ExploreOne lab at a time: grids, seeds, subdivision, walks and flow fields, then treatments like pixel, ASCII, and dither.
  3. DevelopReview what you made, name what you like, and revise it into a personal study.
  4. Collection (optional)Turn a study into a set of 1 to 1,111 works with traits, metadata, and checks.

Your first hands-on lab is the grid lesson. Start the grid lesson