How have you made art with code? (programming.dev)

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I saw the post earlier about making maps using Python. I thought that was a really cool concept as I love seeing open art projects like that. Do you know any other projects that allow you to make art with code?

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[-] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Processing and its descendants, p5.js, p5.py. Nannou for Rust.

vpype is a really powerful python library/toolkit for generating art for plotters (drawing robots).

Blender with python scripting is also widely used.

Some relevant keywords: "procedural art", "generative art" (generative AI is kinda killing this one), "creative coding", "algorithmic art", "plotter art", "pen plotter", "live coding" (for music with code)

The fediverse (mostly mastodon) has a decent presence of artists, usually tagging works with some of the above keywords.

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