Generative art: ink in water, drawn by code

Five thousand particles drift through a slowly changing noise field and leave soft trails. Every seed makes a different piece; the same seed always makes the same one.

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Ink in water, drawn by code

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Generative art: ink in water, drawn by code

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Ink colours

  • Navy water

  • Cream ink

  • Coral ink

  • Mist

How to use it

  • The seed feeds a small random number generator, so the drops, the noise and every particle come out the same each time.
  • The particles move along the angle of a Perlin style noise field that shifts slowly over time, which is what makes the curls.
  • To make a print, let it finish, then save the PNG. It is 1080 by 1080 pixels.

Free to use in personal and commercial work. No credit needed, though a link back is always nice.

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