Made for <a href="https://genuary.art">Genuary 2024</a> 10 &quot;Hexagon&quot;.
This implements &quot;A local cellular model for snow crystal growth&quot; paper by Clifford A. Reiter (2004) in Rust language, and renders it as a physical pen plot.
This cellular automaton is so chaotic that the generator will run multiple simulations in parallel and select one to be chose.
I have refined the original cellular automaton with some local effects that will make the propagation varies (using a perlin noise) and will also spawn at random locations.
The rendering is using my &quot;worms filling&quot; technique that allows to fill the space with strokes, in a manner that also contributes to the frost visual effect.
I&#39;ve been having so much fun exploring this algorithm, which isn&#39;t so complex but yield very interesting patterns.

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for <a href="https://genuary.art">Genuary 2024</a> 09 &quot;ASCII&quot;, I&#39;m sharing a self-plottable code: A code that self reproduce the SVG of itself and is pen plottable. No font used, just few strokes encoded with a 0..9 grid. From the glyph editor to the pen plot, the dev was entirely streamed on twitch. Replay is available on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1z_4jzMDYk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1z_4jzMDYk</a>.

self-plottable code

This is a prototype from Analog Patterns generator.
Analog Patterns is the result of a creative collaboration between the photographers @project_pajon and the generative artist @greweb, known for his plottable creations. The collection focuses on the subtle patterns hidden in the complex natural and human-made environments that we find ourselves in.
The individual unique images are generated with procedural code when minted. 
Each piece of this art collection is created the moment you mint it!
To achieve this the generator uses 100 analog photos from Pajon. For each minted image the generator picks 1 or 2 random photos and composes them using randomly selected collage effects. The rendering is then projected into an only-strokes-version that can be physically plotted with fountain pens (21cm square) and using a random palette of ink.
This hybrid approach, blending photography with procedural code, results in intricate generative outcomes oscillating between realism and abstraction. This highlights the interplay between human and natural patterns and the element of randomness inherent in the artistic process.