Mastodawn

#genuary2026 #genuary16: Order and disorder.

This #genuary is not going well regarding my schedule 😀 Anyway, this prompt inspired me to play with the three body problem again.

The color of each pixel encodes the position of a body after running the (naive, imprecise) simulation for 200 iterations. Initial conditions are very slowly modulated in space&time, resulting in the emergence of something I'd like to call "locally periodic" patterns.

Mary Holstege Jan 19

#GenerativeArt interlude

#genuary19: 16x16 and also #genuary16 order and disorder

The descent into madness

Number 5, number 5, number 5, ....

#XQuery #SVG #genuary2026 #genuary

bzztbomb Jan 18

GENUARY 2026, Day 16: Order and disorder.

Not all sketches work out, but this is ok.

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary16

Craig S. Kaplan Jan 17

January 16: Order and disorder

We survey five nice straight ribbons, except for times when each ribbon develops horrendous tangles. A bit fussy to get the ribbons to look good, especially to get a ribbon to cross over itself without blending into itself. Source code at: https://editor.p5js.org/isohedral/full/wQnMY6UvO. #genuary #genuary16

Alexandre B A Villares Jan 17

#genuary #genuary16 #genuary2026
Find the sketch-a-day archives and tip jar at: https://abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day
Code for this sketch at: https://github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tree/main/2026/sketch_2026_01_16 #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Holland Hopson Jan 17

Genuary 16

Order and disorder.

https://hollandhopson.com/genuary-16/

#Artwork #GenerativeArt #genuary #genuary16 #genuary2026 #PlotterArt #Processing

Genuary 16

Order and disorder.

Holland Hopson

Paolo Curtoni Jan 17

Order and disorder
#genuary day 16

Heraclitus, frag. 124 (c. 535 – c. 475 BCE)

Heraclitus says that in the universe, what appears to be disorderly on the surface actually constitutes a beautiful and ordered whole. "The most beautiful order is like sweepings poured out at random." You can't have a beautiful whole without the messy parts.

And "Hidden harmony is better than obvious harmony."

The philosophy of algorithmic generative art, explained 2,500 years ago. :-)

#genuary16 #genuary2026

codeismycanvas Jan 17

Many fractals exhibit macro-scale order with micro-scale disorder, perfect for #genuary16 "Order and Disorder". The top layer is the most ordered, with entropy increasing as you go down.

#genuary #genuary2026 #fractal #mathart