Blogs • Websites

Other

• CreativeApplications.Net [CAN - Famous digital art blog.
• adriancourrèges.com - Blog of software engineer Adrian Courrèges. Articles about game graphics studies etc.
• madebyevan.com - WebGL experiments and articles by Evan Wallace.
• simonschreibt.de - Game art tricks, design tricks by Simon Schreibt.
• sighack.com - Blog about generative art algorithms and techniques, by Manohar Vanga.
• WebAudio Weekly - Newsletter to know everything about the WebAudio API
• bit-101.com - Blog by Keith Peters, specialised in creative coding.
• syntopia - Blog about generative art and systems, by Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen.
• songho.ca - Home of Song Ho Ahn, with a good collection of tutorials on OpenGL and math.
• jsdo.it-archives - Compilation of WebGL experiments including comparisons on WebGL frameworks and physics engine (oimo.js, cannon.js, ammo.js).
• ibreakdownshaders - Explore the math behind shaders.
• iquilezles.org - Home of Íñigo Quílez, specialised in GLSL and math snippets.
• clicktorelease.com - Home of Jaume Sanchez Elias, with demos, talks, articles on WebGL and WebVR.

Books

• Generative Art: A Practical Guide - Practical guide using Processing.
• The Nature of Code - Simulating natural systems with p5.js.
• Programming Design Systems - Practical introduction to the new foundations of graphic design.
• Programming Interactivity - Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks.
• Mastering openFrameworks: Creative Coding Demystified - Advanced in depth guide to openFrameworks.
• Algorithms for Visual Design Using the Processing Language - Experiment with design problems to create 3D animations, GUIs, and more.
• Real-Time Rendering - Learn how to use modern techniques to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second.
• Math for Programmers - Book teaches you to solve mathematical problems in code.
• Synthèse d'images avec OpenGL (ES) - Book in french, which covers OpenGL, OpenGL ES and WebGL.
• Hands-On Music Generation with Magenta - Explore the role of deep learning in music generation and assisted music composition.
• openFrameworks Essentials - openFrameworks beginner Guide for programmer, visual artist, or designer.
• Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice - Introduction to shader programming in general, but focusing on the GLSL shading language.
• Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming - Series of tutorials on using OpenGL to do graphical rendering.
• Processing 2: Creative Programming Cookbook - Guides you to explore the Processing environment using practical and useful recipes.
• Ray Tracing in One Weekend - Mini book about Ray Tracing.
• Anton's OpenGL 4 Tutorials - Practical guide to starting 3d programming with OpenGL.
• Data-driven Graphic Design - Creative Coding for Visual Communication.
• Generative Design - Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing.
• Playing with chaos - Programming Fractals and Strange Attractors in JavaScript.
• Foundation HTML5 Animation with JavaScript - Everything you need to know to create animation using the HTML5 canvas.
• Physics for JavaScript Games, Animation, and Simulations - Teaches JavaScript programmers how to incorporate real physics into their HTML5 games, animations, and simulations.

Communities

Other

• The Creative Coding Podcast - Iain and Seb discuss the ins and outs of creative coding.
• realtimevfx.com - Real Time VFX Community.
• 3D Programming Weekly Articles - Great collection of shader and math related resources.
• Data Stories - Podcast on data visualization.

Slack

• Creative Coding Club - Creative Coding Club Slack.

Subreddits

• r/creativecoding - Sharing and discussing the use of computer programming as a creative discipline.
• r/raytraycing - Subreddit on raytracing.
• r/opengl - News and discussion about OpenGL on all platforms.
• r/graphicsprogramming - Subreddit on graphics programming.
• r/processing - Subreddit on Processing.
• r/shaders - Subreddit on shaders.
• r/proceduralgeneration - Subreddit on procedural generation.
• r/MachineLearning - Subreddit on machine learning.
• r/generative - Subreddit on generative art and music.

Courses

• Create 3D Graphics in JS Using WebGL - Get started creating content with WebGL without any frameworks.
• Learn HTML5 Graphics and Animation - Introduction to the canvas 2D drawing API.
• Interactive Computer Graphics - Computer graphics course from Coursera.
• Kadenze Creative Coding - Selection of Kadenze courses covering p5.js, TensorFlow, Max/Jitter, and ChucK.
• Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps - Coursera course on creative coding with processing.
• Imaginary Institute - Learn how to create gorgeous interactive graphics.
• Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation - Use JavaScript and the ProcessingJS library to create drawings and animations.
• Advanced JS: Natural Simulations - Combine JS, ProcessingJS, and mathematical concepts to simulate nature in your programs.
• Programming Data Visualizations: A Coding Toolkit for Processing - Join information designer Nicholas Felton in the world of Processing.
• Introduction to Data Visualization - Join Nicholas Felton for a smart, comprehensive, and inspiring intro to data visualization.
• Creative Coding with Canvas & WebGL - Workshop by Matt DesLauriers that teaches you about generative art, interactive animations, 3D graphics, and shaders.
• Advanced Creative Coding with WebGL & Shaders - Workshop by Matt DesLauriers that goes deeper into graphics programming, math and shaders.
• Three.js Journey - This course by Bruno Simon will teach you the secrets to create the coolest WebGL websites with Three.js whether you are a beginner or an advanced developer.
• 3D Computer Graphics Programming - Learn all the theory and the math behind 3D graphics while creating a software renderer from scratch using the C programming language.
• Future Learn: Creative Coding - Use computer programming as a creative discipline to generate sounds, images, animations and more.
• Programming Graphics I - graphics-ii-generative-art-animation/388564917), 3 - Learn generative art and Processing with art with Joshua Davis.
• Interactive 3D Graphics - Udacity course that teach you the principles of 3D computer graphics.

Events

Other

• OFFF Festival - Digital design festival (Online Flash Film Festival).
• Gray Area Festival - Creative coding, art and technology festival.
• Signal Festival - Showcase of light art and emerging technologies in Prague, the Czech Republic.
• Eyeo Festival - Bring together creative coders, data designers and creators working at the intersection of data, art and technology.
• Mutek - Organization dedicated to digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art.
• Node - An open platform for the exchange on culture, arts and technology.
• CODAME ART+TECH - Projects and nonprofit events, to inspire through experience.
• Digital Design Days - 3 day event offering conferences, workshops, digital showcases & installations.

Inspiration

Other

• Dwitter - Social network for short JavaScript demos.
• Chrome Experiments - Showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding community.
• For your Processing - Projects and tutorials about Processing.
• Art From Code - Code sketches by Keith Peters.
• Raven Kwok - Tumblr by visual artist Raven Kwok.
• P5Art - Really good collection of experiments in Processing.
• Echophon - Tumblr with visual inspiration.
• Bees & Bombs - Tumblr with gifs by Dave.
• Folds2d - Tumblr with curves, surfaces, scalar and vector fields.
• People You Should Follow on CodePen - List of interesting people worth following.

Learning Resources

Articles • Tutorials

• Introduction to shaders - Part 1 of an introduction to shaders using threejs.
• Three.js 101 - Introduction to three.js from a creative coder perspective.
• lwjgl: Shaders - Shader tutorial in the context of lwjgl-basics.
• Ray Marching and Signed Distance Functions - Introduction to ray marching and signed distance functions.
• Custom shaders with Three.JS - Introduction to custom shaders, uniforms, textures and lighting in three.js.
• An intro to modern OpenGL - First part of an introduction to modern OpenGL.
• Real-time Rendering - Book, blog and collection of resources regarding real-time rendering.
• OpenGL 4 Shaders - Short and sweet introduction to OpenGL shaders by Anton Gerdelan.
• On ray casting, ray tracing, ray marching and the like - The title says it all. Introduction by Adok.
• Generating Geometry: 1 - geometry-part-2-going-3d), 3 - Beginner introduction on how to create geometry object.
• Into Vertex Shaders - Series of tutorials about WebGL, Three.js, and Three.bas.
• The Spaces of WebGL - Brief overview over the different coordinate systems throughout the 3D graphics pipeline.
• Particle Effects via Billboards - How to create a particle effects with billboarding and WebGL.
• Beautifully Animate Points with WebGL and regl - How to create GPGPU particles with regl.
• WebGL Tutorial: Directional Shadow Mapping without extensions - Introduction to the concepts behind real time directional light shadow mapping.
• WebGL Quest - A tutorial and a list of useful resources to use WebGL raymarching and distance functions easily.
• Particles in a Simplex Noise Flow Field - Perlin noise flow field tutorial.
• Graphics for Games - Introduction to 3D graphics programming including shaders, math post-processing etc. from Newcastle University.
• Three.js Basics - Introduction to Three.js by Eric Haines.
• An Interactive Introduction to WebGL and three.js - Slides from the SIGGRAPH 2017 WebGL workshop.
• How to Start Learning Computer Graphics Programming - Advice and thoughts on how to get started by Eric Arnebäck.
• What Every Coder Should Know About Gamma - Deep dive into the importance of gamma.
• HTML Canvas Deep Dive - Profound introduction to the canvas API.
• Pen Plotter Art & Algorithms Part 1 - plotter-2) - How to use the AxiDraw pen plotter with JavaScript.
• Noise in Creative Coding - In-depth blog post about noise as an indispensable tool for creative coding.
• Cat Like Coding - In depth tutorials on math, algorithms and Unity.
• Fun Programming - Learn creative coding writing simple programs.
• Creative-coding on iOS with C4 - Introduction to C4 published on Creative Applications.
• Visualizing Algorithms - Looks at the use of visualization to understand, explain and debug algorithms.
• Working With Color in Generative Art - Tips on how to get color right.
• Particle Physics - Particle physics explained.
• Smooth minimum - Article about the smooth based primitive union.
• Writing a small software renderer - Really good introduction to how basic software rendering works.
• Introduction to Ray Tracing - A simple method for creating 3D images.
• Flow Fields, Part 1 - Introduction to flow fields also known as vector fields.
• Flow Fields, Part 2 - Introduction to flow fields also known as vector fields.
• WebGL Lessons — ThreeJS Shaders - Using custom vertex and fragment shaders in ThreeJS.
• ThreeJS post-process example - Example of post-processing effects in ThreeJS.
• GLSL lighting walkthrough - Phong shading tutorial with glslify.
• Three glslify example - Example on how to use three.js with glslify.
• WebGL Beyond Dom - Greg Tatum explains the basics of WebGL using Regl.
• FBO particles - Article about FBO/GPGPU particles by @nicoptere.
• Ray marching (with THREE.js) - Article about ray marching with three.js by @nicoptere.
• Modern OpenGL Series - Good introduction to some of the OpenGL terms.
• WebGL Tutorials - Website with a really good collection of WebGL tutorials.
• WebGL Workshop - Short and sweet online introduction to WebGL.
• THREE.js & instanced geometry - Fluffy predator with three.js and instanced geometry.
• Exploring bump mapping with WebGL - Introduction to different bump mapping techniques.
• 31 days of Canvas tutorials - Collection of canvas tutorials by Seb Lee-Delisle.
• Amit's Game Programming Information - Collection of resources on stuff like path-finding, AI, math, etc.
• Shaders: A primer - A primer on shaders.
• Shaders: Second stage - The second part to the previous.
• WebGL Lessons — Fragment Shaders - A brief introduction to fragment shaders.
• Modeling with distance functions - Collection of distance functions in one centralized place.
• OpenGL/GLSL Shader Programming - Deck on OpenGL/GLSL shader programming.
• Adventures in Game Development World - Easy to understand collection of articles on game development, but relevant to creative coding as well.
• Tips to Improve Your Generative Artwork - Tips to make your art look better.
• COSMOS - An end-to-end tutorial on the design, programming and launch of an app using C4.

Interactive

• SDF Tutorial 1: box & balloon - Shadertoy tutorial on raytracing.
• HOWTO: Ray Marching - Shadertoy tutorial on Ray Marching.
• Raymarch Tutorial2 - Shadertoy raymarch tutorial.
• GLSL 2D Tutorials - Shadertoy GLSL 2D Tutorial.
• Bubble Breakdown - Shader breakdown by Perlin.
• Let's Make A Ray Marcher - Interactive Shader-Toy on writing a ray marcher.
• Raymarching - Interactive Shader-Toy raymarching tutorial.
• Shader-school - Workshop for GLSL shaders and graphics programming.
• Webgl-workshop - The sequel to shader-school: Learn the WebGL API.

Quick References • Cheat Sheets

• The Book of Shaders Glossary - Shader glossary by theme.
• gltut glossary pages: 1 - OpenGL 3D programming glossary.
• Canvas Cheatsheet - Quick and visual canvas cheatsheet.
• WebGL Cheatsheet - WebGL 1.0 API reference card.
• Glossary of Computer Graphics - Glossary of terms relating computer graphics.
• 3D Maths Cheat Sheet - Math cheatsheet by Anton Gerdelan, from his OpenGL book.
• OpenGL 4.3 Reference Card - PDF Reference Card for the OpenGL 4.3 API.
• Easings - Interactive easing functions cheatsheet.
• PixelSpirit - GLSL library on the back of tarot cards, for learning and reference.
• Visual Noises - Visualize noise algorithms in 1D and 2D.
• Trigonoparty - Simple trigonometry visualisation.
• Shaderific GLSL - OpenGL ES shading language reference.
• GLSL Reference Guide - OpenGL Shading Language quick reference guide.
• Procedural Patterns And Noises - Collection of procedural patterns and procedural noises.
• Morphogenesis - Exploration of how shapes, forms, and patterns emerge in nature.
• docs.GL - Improvement of the official OpenGL documentation.
• OpenGL Shading Language - Khronos Group GLSL wiki.

Talks

• Making WebGL Dance - How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love Linear Algebra.
• The Pixel Factory - Talk about WebGL, GPUs and Math by Steven Wittens.
• Generative Machines - FITC talk by Matt DesLauriers about his passion for generative art.
• Inigo Quilez Live - Collection of live coding videos by Íñigo Quílez.
• How We Do This Shit - Talk on how tech-based artists do this financially.
• Poetic Computation - Inspiring talk by Zach Lieberman.
• There is also canvas - Bruno Imbrizi go through the use of canvas for creative coding at WebExpo 2016. Interactive slides here.
• OpenGL 3D Game Tutorials - Beginners tutorial series about creating 3D games with OpenGL.

Videos

• openFrameworks tutorial - YouTube playlist about openFrameworks - not updated [2015].
• Shadertoy Tutorials - YouTube playlist teaching you how to make shaders, starting with zero knowledge using shadertoy.
• WebGL Lighting - Introduction to WebGL lighting with Greg Tatum.
• openFrameworks Tutorial Series - YouTube series about learning openFrameworks.
• Shader Tutorial Series - YouTube playlist about Shaders, using Visual Studio Code.
• Kha Tutorial Series - YouTube playlist about the Kha framework, built in Haxe.
• Fun with WebGL 2.0 - YouTube playlist about WebGL 2.0.
• MFGD - Fragment Shaders - YouTube playlist about fragment shaders.
• Diving in Three.js - YouTube playlist diving into three.js.

Machine Learning • Computer Vision • AI

Other

• ml4a - Machine learning for artists.
• Tesseract.js - Pure JavaScript Multilingual OCR.
• TensorFlow - Open source software library for machine intelligence.
• ConvNetJS - Deep Learning in your browser.
• ml5.js - Friendly machine learning for the web.
• Model Zoo - Discover open source deep learning code and pretrained models.
• Keras.js - Run Keras models (tensorflow backend) in the browser, with GPU support.
• Machine Learning - Coding Train repo with links to machine learning resources.
• Google ML - Cloud machine learning by Google.
• Teachable Machine - Explore how machine learning works, live in the browser.
• TensorFlow.js - JavaScript library for training and deploying ML models in the browser and on Node.js.
• Runway - AI-powered tools for video and content creation.
• Wekinator - Allows anyone to use machine learning.

Math

Other

• Formula Animations - The principles of painting with maths.