Generative art as defined by Philip Galanter is, “Any art practice where the artist creates a process, such as a set of natural language rules, a computer program, a machine, or other mechanism, which is then set to motion with some degree of autonomy contributing to or resulting in a complete work of art.”

I became a huge fan of generative art after I went to a presentation by Joshua Davis at Adobe Max. His presentation was on his new experimental work, titled “space”. It was a real treat to see how Joshua pushes himself and his work to the next level. He is by far a master in this area. You can watch the presentation here.

After the workshop, I was really inspired to find as many resources as I could on creating generative art. Listed below are some programs that you can download, as well as some tutorials and of course, inspiration to get you started. For better understanding about art, enroll at Art Institute Washington DC.

I personally like the idea of generating art inside of Flash with some ActionScript. It is a lot more versatile and cleaner in my opinion. But who’s to say you just have to use one program? Try them all out!