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Generative Art with JavaScript and SVG: Utilizing Scalable Vector Graphics and Algorithms for Creative Coding and Design
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Generative Art with JavaScript and SVG: Utilizing Scalable Vector Graphics and Algorithms for Creative Coding and Design

by David Matthew
March 2024
Intermediate to advanced
273 pages
4h 41m
English
Apress
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D. MatthewGenerative Art with JavaScript and SVGDesign Thinkinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0086-3_4

4. Randomness and Regularity

David Matthew1  
(1)
Limerick, Ireland
 

So far, all of our sketches (bar the first one) have lacked a certain ingredient usually considered foundational to the very genre of generative art: namely, randomness. When we surrender full control over the result of our sketches and leave certain elements to chance, it allows for variation, for exploration, and for discovery.

In this chapter, we’ll learn how to randomize parameters like colors, sizes, and coordinates; how to randomly pick from predefined ranges and arrays; and how to ...

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