Create Emergent Generative Art With JavaScript and P5.js

There are many different approaches you can follow to create generative art. In this class, I'll be teaching you an emergent phenomena-based approach. The basic idea is to create a large number of tiny creatures with simple behaviors built into them and let them loose on your canvas. The graphics that emerge from their collective behavior are almost always very intricate and sublime.

The best part about them is that, because the creatures are always moving, you can create both still graphics and animations with them, both of which can be breathtaking. Once you learn this technique, you can always modify the simple behaviors you hardcode into your creatures to create even more interesting and unique pieces of generative art.

In this class, you'll be working only in the browser using JavaScript and a graphics library called P5.js, which is based on Processing.

• Introduction
• Creating Animated Emergent Art
• Adding Trails