Generative Art Toy (Fractals, Spirograph, Paint Splatter and more) - Zazow
After a soft release a few months ago, Im ready to share my side project a little more publicly.
Ive been fascinated with Mandelbrot fractals for a long time. This will date me, but I made a MacOS 9 app that rendered fractals and I was really proud of it. After a few decades, it wasn't possible to run it anymore, so I decided to bring it into the modern age and turn it into an interactive website.
In the process, I found some other types of interesting digital artwork, so I built those into the website too. One is a spirograph, another is similar to an old AfterDark screensaver called Satori (that dates me too!). Interactive sliders and buttons allow the user to control how the algorithm generates the images. The final images can be downloaded and used for any purpose (web designs, avatars, banners, wallpaper, etc).
There are currently 6 different styles of generative artwork on the website and Im hoping to add more over time. It's a relaxing side project that I have had fun working on. I hope that people find it enjoyable as well.
This is so awesome! You definitely captured the After Dark vibe. I loved After Dark, especially the original screensavers in the 1.x versions. Rose was one of my favorites, and about ten years ago I reached out to the author of the Rose screensaver to figure out how it worked. He was very kind and sent me a detailed response that helped me understand the basic math involved.
I wrote up the experience of building a variant of the Rose algorithm on my blog, which even includes an interactive version that you can play with!
You really took it to the next level though. The color palettes, especially, are a lot of fun.
Very nice write up on your blog! I like your interactive simulator. This is a similar algorithm to something I have on my site that I call Spiro (https://www.zazow.com/spiro/create.php). I really like these types of algorithms that make interesting patterns and designs. Know of any others?