http://programmer.ie/tags/generative-art/ Recent content in Generative Art on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:50:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/cellular-automata-from-first-principles-16/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:50:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/cellular-automata-from-first-principles-16/ <h1 id="cellular-automata-from-first-principles-16-generate-textures-with-local-rules">Cellular Automata From First Principles 16: Generate Textures with Local Rules</h1> <p>Cellular automata do not need to represent a literal physical system.</p> <p>They can also be used as visual machines.</p> <p>The same ingredients we have used throughout the book:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>local state </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>neighborhood perception </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>shared update </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>repetition </span></span></code></pre></div><p>can generate masks, growth patterns, surface variation and animation.</p> <p>The evaluation question changes.</p> <p>Instead of asking:</p> <blockquote> <p>Is this physically accurate?</p></blockquote> <p>we ask:</p> <blockquote> <p>Does this local process produce useful, controllable visual structure?</p>