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

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D. MatthewGenerative Art with JavaScript and SVGDesign Thinkinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0086-3_5

5. The Need for Noise

David Matthew¹  

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Limerick, Ireland

 

In this chapter, we’ll be covering the limitations of the random functions we’ve utilized thus far and how these limitations can be addressed by using the SvJs Noise module. We’ll be exploring what noise is and the uses to which it can be put, and by the end, we’ll have added a significant technique to our generative arsenal.

Random Limits

Sometimes randomness is just too, well … random. Even when we shape randomized values with probability distributions and constrain them within structured patterns, ...