I know some of you like coding.
I know some of you like art.
I've just rediscovered this gem of a program and thought I'd share.
http://www.contextfreeart.org/
Basically, you code pictures with some simple rules, like the ones at the bottom of this post and make pictures that way. Recently some cool stuff has been added like the ability to code primitives and grids and whatnot, but whatever. The cool thing is that it's all based on chance, so one set of rules can produce a huge number of variations (which you can also share w/ the alphanumeric seed)
Here's an example output (ALI variation of below, I think):
Reading through the code should be self explanatory to anyone who's done programming before, otherwise see http://www.contextfreeart.org/mediawiki ... CFDG_HOWTO
Code:
startshape C
background {b -0.9}
rule C { A {b 0.2}}
rule A {//base
Z {}
A {y 1 hue 1} //spin the hue for coloured lights
}
rule A {
Z {}
A {y 1 hue -1}
}
rule A { //LIGHT
SQUARE {s 0.5 b 1 hue 40 sat 1 z 0.1}
Z {}
A {y 1}
}
rule A 0.1 {//levels
A {z -2 b -0.2}
}
rule A 0.1 {
A {z 2 b 0.2}
}
rule A 0.5 {//rotation
A {r 90}
}
rule A 0.5 {
A {r -90}
}
rule A 0.01 {//fork
A {r -90}
A {r 90}
}
rule A 0.5 { //medium "room"
B {x -2 z -0.1}
B {x -1 z -0.1}
B {x 1 z -0.1}
B {x 2 z -0.1}
A {}
}
rule A { //small "room"
B {x -1 z -0.1}
B {x 1 z -0.1}
A {}
}
rule B {
Z {}
B {y 1}
}
rule B 0.5 {}
rule A 0.01 {}
rule Z {
SQUARE {}
SQUARE {s 1.1 z -0.5 b 0.1}
SQUARE {s 1.3 z -1 b -0.4}
SQUARE {s 1.5 z -100 b -1}
}
background {b -0.9}
rule C { A {b 0.2}}
rule A {//base
Z {}
A {y 1 hue 1} //spin the hue for coloured lights
}
rule A {
Z {}
A {y 1 hue -1}
}
rule A { //LIGHT
SQUARE {s 0.5 b 1 hue 40 sat 1 z 0.1}
Z {}
A {y 1}
}
rule A 0.1 {//levels
A {z -2 b -0.2}
}
rule A 0.1 {
A {z 2 b 0.2}
}
rule A 0.5 {//rotation
A {r 90}
}
rule A 0.5 {
A {r -90}
}
rule A 0.01 {//fork
A {r -90}
A {r 90}
}
rule A 0.5 { //medium "room"
B {x -2 z -0.1}
B {x -1 z -0.1}
B {x 1 z -0.1}
B {x 2 z -0.1}
A {}
}
rule A { //small "room"
B {x -1 z -0.1}
B {x 1 z -0.1}
A {}
}
rule B {
Z {}
B {y 1}
}
rule B 0.5 {}
rule A 0.01 {}
rule Z {
SQUARE {}
SQUARE {s 1.1 z -0.5 b 0.1}
SQUARE {s 1.3 z -1 b -0.4}
SQUARE {s 1.5 z -100 b -1}
}
It'd be cool to see what you guys do with this. I used to use them for inspiration for drawings.
