The hottest Generative Art Substack posts right now

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Drawing Eno

Austin Kleon • 1778 implied HN points • 23 Jul 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. The documentary about Brian Eno is exciting and unique because it creates a different version every time it's shown. This encourages viewers to watch it in theaters for a fresh experience.
  2. It uses a special system called Brain One to generate the film. This system combines new interviews and personal clips from Eno’s archive, making each showing feel like a new story.
  3. The movie has interesting marketing advantages. Since every version is different, it gives people a reason to see it on the big screen instead of waiting for it to stream.

Pure Data,Hinged Dissections, and Open Source Computational Design

Generative Arts Collective • 263 implied HN points • 14 Dec 25
🪑 Design Generative Art
  1. Actively experimenting with laser cutting and material etching is a key part of prototyping generative projects and learning how different materials behave.
  2. A variety of open-source creative tools — from Pure Data and Strudel for sound to Three.js for projection mapping and Claycode for scannable visuals — are being used to explore new forms of generative art.
  3. Recent theoretical and design work, like hinged dissections and open-source parametric/lattice-hinge projects, link geometry and fabrication to practical applications such as reconfigurable robots, programmable matter, and 3D-printed designs.

Another clueless person attempts to defend generative AI "art"

Top Carbon Chauvinist • 19 implied HN points • 08 Sep 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Generative AI art lacks true artistic intent because it does not involve a person making conscious creative decisions.
  2. Many famous art movements involved randomness, but they still required an artist's direction and vision.
  3. Using AI to create art can lead to results that are very different from what the person intended, making it hard to consider those results as true art.

Bucket Art

Breaking Smart • 74 implied HN points • 15 Dec 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. A simple doodle evolved into a 41-piece iPad painting series called Bucket Art that uses the flood-fill (bucket) tool and pareidolia to discover motifs like waterfalls and ships.
  2. The hand-painted set was used to fine-tune a generative model on titles.xyz, letting many people create, mash up, and publish new Bucket Art images derived from the style.
  3. The platform links training images as NFTs to provide clear provenance and micropayment flows to contributing artists, enabling cheap, auditable, high-volume generative art and new creative-composability dynamics.
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PhD, Latent Dispatch, Patterns of Entanglement

mattdesl • 42 implied HN points • 11 Dec 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. The project pairs machine-generated, statistically averaged single-line plotter drawings with playful hand-drawn doodles from visitors, highlighting a dialogue between machine precision and human variation. Audience drawings can be used as future training data, creating an ongoing feedback loop.
  2. Technically, it combines implicit neural representations (SIRENs) to encode continuous doodles with evolutionary optimization (sNES) and CLIP-based ranking, all visualized and run in the browser to produce pen-plotter-friendly curves. This setup works without traditional gradient-based training and lets the system evolve in real time.
  3. The work is framed as ongoing research connected to a PhD and will continue to evolve, with plans to explore multi-pen colour optimization, other types of imagery, and smaller models that run efficiently on WebGPU, alongside possible academic publication and further exhibitions.

I am Botto, a decentralized, autonomous artist governed by the people

DeFi Education • 539 implied HN points • 24 Feb 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Botto is an artist that works without a human to direct it, relying on people for guidance. It uses technology to create art based on a wide range of images.
  2. This project operates as a DAO, which means the community can vote on artistic decisions. This helps the art to reflect the collective input of the people.
  3. Botto represents the growing field of generative art in the NFT space, showcasing how technology and creativity can come together. It pushes the boundaries of traditional art forms.

Shaping Light, Visualizing Sound, and The Generative Shift

Generative Arts Collective • 131 implied HN points • 21 Jun 25
🕹 Technology Generative Art
  1. AI is changing how we create art and media by combining different styles and concepts to make something new. This gives more people the tools to express their creativity.
  2. Even though AI can generate impressive content, it lacks genuine human experience and thought. True creativity and original ideas still come from human minds.
  3. As technology evolves, society will need to adapt how we understand and engage with artistic expression. This shift may lead to exciting new forms of entertainment and creativity.

Procedural Jellyfish, Slang Shaders, and Generative vs Generative AI

Generative Arts Collective • 92 implied HN points • 07 Jun 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. There's a growing connection between art and technology, especially in generative arts. Artists now use programming and math instead of just brushes and paint.
  2. Questions about creativity, originality, and the role of the artist are becoming more complicated with advancements in AI and machine learning.
  3. New tools are making it easier for anyone to create art, which can help unleash more creativity in people who might not have tried otherwise.

(event tonight) something analogous to the natural intelligence of our universe

ART⋂CODE • 16 implied HN points • 04 Dec 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. A generative model trained on many personal photos can show an emergent, proto-perception that feels similar to natural intelligence. Its glitches and odd outputs reveal how representations form.
  2. Keeping and animating the model’s discarded glitches and textures can produce slow, hypnotic audiovisual landscapes that make the medium’s limits and character visible. These pieces are being shared as work-in-progress performances rather than immediate online releases.
  3. The project asks us to re-see recent technological and artistic advances amid cultural fatigue, political distrust, and loneliness, warning that mass-produced, shallow content can desensitize us. It calls for renewed intention and appreciation of how remarkable the past few years have been.

Digital Art Review: May 2023

tsalikhov • 78 implied HN points • 30 May 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. The digital art market is growing steadily and attracting new collectors and investors.
  2. Top-tier digital art is commanding high prices and setting new records in auctions.
  3. The influx of institutional capital is driving growth in the digital art sector, signaling a promising future.

A Short Note on Subscriptions

Cybernetic Forests • 59 implied HN points • 16 Aug 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
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Writing Noise into Noise

Cybernetic Forests • 79 implied HN points • 12 Feb 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Diffusion models start by generating random noise and work backward to create images based on prompts.
  2. The model aims to remove noise based on the prompt, creating a recursive process of noise refinement.
  3. Diffusion models struggle with abstract details like Gaussian noise, leading to errors in representation.

Sound in the Shape of Electricity

Cybernetic Forests • 59 implied HN points • 16 Apr 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Dogbotic is a unique educational space teaching technology through a hands-on, creative, and abstract approach.
  2. Exploring generative art and music through tools like AI and tape loops can lead to innovative ways of creating and understanding sound.
  3. Thinking critically about the use and misuse of new technologies like AI can spark profound insights into our relationship with these tools and their impact on society.

Color Palettes, Leaf Music, and NeuralSVG

Generative Arts Collective • 65 implied HN points • 16 Feb 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Creating generative art involves using programming to make things like color palettes or music inspired by nature. These projects let you explore creativity with technology.
  2. NeuralSVG is an interesting method for generating vector graphics from text prompts. It helps create more structured designs, which can be really useful for artists.
  3. Using tools like Blender and Three.js can make it easier to design stunning generative visuals. Tutorials are available to help you learn these skills step by step.

Creating Personality w/ Math, Visions of Destruction, and Blender with Voice

Generative Arts Collective • 79 implied HN points • 22 Dec 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. You can create unique snowflake designs using a website that generates them. It's fun to play around with the designs and save your favorites as SVG files.
  2. Generative AI is being used in interactive art to create experiences that change based on audience interaction. This can highlight important issues like environmental damage.
  3. Using voice commands to control software like Blender shows how technology can make creative tools more accessible, allowing for new and exciting ways to interact with art and design.

Domain Warping, Inverse Kinematics, and Iterations

Generative Arts Collective • 79 implied HN points • 17 Nov 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Learning how to create art from scratch lets you put your unique style into the work. It's about understanding the tools and processes involved in making something new.
  2. Art can express deeper meanings, even if the creator isn't consciously aware of them. It's interesting to think about the reasons behind the choices made in any artistic creation.
  3. Technology keeps evolving, especially in creative fields. New tools and techniques allow artists to explore and produce things that were previously not possible.

Computation using Fractions, Shader Based Journeys, and Remembering Lillian Schwartz

Generative Arts Collective • 79 implied HN points • 18 Oct 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Lillian Schwartz was a key figure in computer-generated art, known for her innovative techniques that combined art and technology. Her work at Bell Labs helped shape the world of digital expression.
  2. Fractran is a unique computation method based on fractions, using prime numbers for calculations. It's a creative way to explore new ideas in both math and art.
  3. Theatre.js is a helpful animation library that allows artists to create detailed animations without needing advanced coding skills. It's great for those who want to add motion to their creative projects.

L-Systems, Elm Puzzle Generator, and Skia

Generative Arts Collective • 65 implied HN points • 09 Dec 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. L-Systems can create beautiful patterns like trees or snowflakes using simple rules. They're fun tools for exploring nature-inspired designs.
  2. Elm is a programming language that makes it easy to create SVG images. You can use it to generate puzzles and get creative.
  3. Skia Canvas lets you use the HTML Canvas API outside a web browser. It's great for making graphics on both servers and desktop applications.

Critical Making Reflections, 2D Packing, and Grids in R

Generative Arts Collective • 65 implied HN points • 24 Nov 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Creativity is about balancing rules and imagination. Understanding the rules helps you know when to break them and innovate.
  2. Making art is a journey that involves exploration. It's important to try new things and take steps, even if you don't know where they will lead.
  3. Looking deeper into things can reveal their true complexity. Just like knowing more about birds goes beyond their colors, understanding art involves seeing beyond the surface.

A Generative Week

Cybernetic Forests • 39 implied HN points • 19 Feb 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
  1. Eryk Salvaggio will be a guest on BBC 4's _Digital Humans_ radio show discussing creativity and automation in AI art
  2. Sensitive Noise is an AI-generated artwork exploring content moderation and human sensuality through censored images
  3. Apply for STORY x CODE, a residency program focusing on AI and Machine Learning in storytelling, filmmaking, and animation

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Generative Arts Collective • 39 implied HN points • 22 Nov 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art
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