Articles • Tutorials

• Coding my handwriting by Amy Goodchild - Article/tutorial on how to create generative handwriting fonts.
• Creative Coding with Patt Vira - Beginner and intermediate tutorials for generative art with p5.js.
• Generating The Alphabet by Amy Goodchild - Article/tutorial about creating generative fonts.
• Early computer art from the 50s and 60s - Free long article about the history of early computer art by Amy Goodchild.
• PRNG distributions - Interesting basic PRNG distributions.
• SDFs by Inigo Quilez - All you need to know about SDFs and other shader magic.
• How to make generative art feel natural - Language agnostic techniques to elevate the natural look and feel of generative art, by Ben Kovach.
• How to make your first generative art with P5.js by shvembldr - A good starting point from a respected gen artist.
• Why Love Gen Art? by Artnome - A very well written overview of what gen art is and where it came from.
• The Coding Train - Beginner friendly tutorials for generative art.
• The Book of Shaders - A gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of fragment shaders.
• The Nature of Code - A digital book to walk you through the mysteries of universal laws simulation with code.
• What is generative art? by Amy Goodchild - Beginner article about introduction to generative art.
• Offscreen Canvas - Issues and courses about WebGL.
• WebGL2 Fundamentals - A set of articles that teach WebGL2 from basic principles.
• CreativeApplications.Net - Since 2008, CAN has been at the forefront of innovation—facilitating and driving the conversations about art, technology, society and critical making.
• Creative Coding Challenges - Advanced creative code challenges hosted by sableraph.
• Steve's Makerspace - Beginner and intermediate tutorials introducing fundamental algorithms for creative coding.

Books

• New Media Art - Mark Tribe | Reena Jana - This book explores the intersection of art and technology, highlighting how contemporary artists use new digital media to create innovative and interactive works.

Code Editors

• AIjs - Free online editor with AI integration.
• OpenProcessing - Free online p5 editor.
• p5 editor - Free online p5 editor.
• Shadertoy - Free online shader editor.
• Twigl - Free online shader editor.
• VSCode - Open source editor with great customization possibilities.
• Cursor - Editor with AI integration based on VSCode.

Community

Hubs

• Farcaster - The /gen-art channel on Farcaster.
• Generative Artists Club - Community of generative artists and collectors.
• Reddit - The r/generative subreddit.

Newsletters

• Collector's Corner - Newsletter covering generative art drops and the collecting scene.
• Gorilla Sun - Weekly recap of articles, art and other interesting things from the world of generative art and creative coding.
• Kaloh's Newsletter - Onchain markets, tech and culture.
• The Dan Catt Pen Plotting Newsletter - How to run an art studio the slow way, plus pen plotting and studio diaries.

Podcasts

• Arbitrarily Deterministic - Show about the intersection between art, technology and popular culture, hosted by Kenconsumer.
• GENART Podcast - Artists share their perspectives on generative art through voice messages.
• Waiting To Be Signed - Weekly podcast about generative art on the blockchain.
• AOI - Art On Internet, a movement for emerging art and technology.
• Collector's Corner - Interviews and coverage from the generative art collecting scene.
• Kaloh's Podcast - Conversations with creators, founders, and movers in onchain art, tech and culture.
• Le Random - Digital generative art institution that contextualizes and elevates the movement.
• SquiggleDAO - Community podcast around the Chromie Squiggle collection.

Frameworks • Libraries

• D3.js - Originally designed for data visualization.
• lygia - Shader library of reusable functions for GLSL, HLSL, WGSL, Metal and CUDA.
• p5.js - Beginner friendly JavaScript library for creative coding on the canvas.
• Processing - Write generative art in Java or Python and create applications on any OS, including Android.
• three.js - JavaScript 3D library.
• Q5.js - New implementation of the p5 API that's performance optimized and packed with additional features.
• p5.js-svg - SVG runtime for p5.js.
• Spectral.js - JavaScript library designed to deliver realistic color mixing.
• Hydra - Video synth and coding environment inspired by analog modular synthesizers, created by Olivia Jack.
• ZIM.js - JavaScript framework for creative coding in HTML canvas.
• Paper.js - Specialized in vector graphics scripting.
• T5.js - Lightweight and simplified 2D graphics library designed for drawing to the canvas.
• thi.ng - Open source collection of computational design tools for JavaScript, TypeScript, Clojure and ClojureScript languages.

Galleries

Newsletters

• Deca - Platform for curating and sharing digital art galleries.
• Gallery - Show your onchain collection to the world.
• Oncyber - Build and share 3D virtual spaces to exhibit digital art.

Hardware

• AxiDraw - Writing and Drawing Machines - AxiDraw official website by Evil Mad Scientist.
• AxiDraw - SE/A1 - Unboxing - AxiDraw SE/A1 unboxing video by Dan Catt.

Platforms

• 256ART - Fully on-chain generative art platform on Ethereum.
• Alba - Generative art platform on Ethereum.
• Art Blocks - Generative art platform on Ethereum.
• Bright Moments - Closed generative art platform on Ethereum, Base and Tezos.
• Genify - Generative art platform on Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Conflux and Lambda Network.
• gm.scribe - Generative art platform on Bitcoin.
• gm.studio - Generative art platform on Ethereum.
• fxhash - Generative art platform on Tezos, Ethereum and Base.
• Highlight - Generative art platform on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base and Zora.
• Playground - Generative art platform on Solana.
• Plottables - Generative art platform on Ethereum dedicated to pen plotter art.
• Vivid - Generative art platform on Bitcoin.
• Verse - Generative art platform on Ethereum.
• 8NAP ART - Artist-focused generative art platform on Ethereum.
• networked.art - Non-custodial digital art platform on Ethereum, with daily auctions.
• Prohibition - Art Blocks Engine platform for generative art on Base.

Related

Newsletters

• Awesome Creative Coding - Creative coding resources, libraries and tools.

Tools

• Coolors - Color palette generator (free and pro versions).
• Desmos - Online graphing calculator.
• Easing Functions - Easy way to get easing math functions.
• Graphtoy - Great way to easily play with linear formulas.
• Turtletoy - Create generative plotter art using a minimalistic JavaScript Turtle graphics API.
• Gibber - Live coding environment for audiovisual performance.
• Snippets for art - A simple database interface for code snippets to use in generative art and procedural design.
• Dittytoy - Create generative music online using a JavaScript API.
• genart - Claude Code plugin for long-form generative art, with platform constraint sheets, determinism checks and batch rendering.