One color, one shape.
Twelve principles of animation.
Fibonacci forever. Create a work that uses the Fibonacci sequence in some way.
Lowres. An image or graphic with low resolution, where details are simplified or pixelated.
Write “Genuary”. Avoid using a font.
Lights on/off. Make something that changes when you switch on or off the “digital” lights.
Boolean algebra. Get inspired by Boolean algebra, in any way.
A City. Create a generative metropolis.
Crazy automaton. Cellular automata with crazy rules.
Polar coordinates.
Quine. A Quine is a form of code poetry, it’s a computer program that outputs exactly its own source code.
Boxes only.
Self portrait. For example, get started with a very basic human face, a few circles or oval shapes. How far can you improve this by adding features that actually look like you. Try adding eyes, eyelashes, hair, and make a few parameters or colors variable. Even though you are aiming for a self portrait, it might be fun to render some random variations as well.
Everything fits perfectly.
Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen.
Order and disorder.
Wallpaper group. There are only 17 ways to cover a plane with a repeating pattern, choose your favourite on this page: Wallpaper group.
List of planar symmetry groups is another Wikipedia page with a good summary of the wallpaper group.
Unexpected path. Draw a route that changes direction based on one very simple rule.
16x16
One line. An artwork that is made of a single line only.
Bauhaus Poster. Create a poster design inspired by the German art school Bauhaus.
Pen plotter ready.
What if I don’t have a plotter? How do I do this? For you, the ever-inquisitive genuarist, we wrote a special article on how to plotter – what to keep in mind, and handy code templates!!
Transparency. Explore the concept of transparency.
Perfectionist’s nightmare.
Organic Geometry. Forms that look or act organic but are constructed entirely from geometric shapes.
Recursive Grids. Split the canvas into a grid of some kind and recurse on each cell again and again.
Lifeform. A shape or structure that behaves as if it’s alive or growing.
No libraries, no canvas, only HTML elements.
If you want to cheat and say that <canvas> or <svg> or even <img> are perfectly fine HTML elements, just remember that nobody ever hears the Genuary Police. I mean, has heard about the Genuary Police. It’s not true and there’s no such thing, stop asking. Anyhow, I don’t know have you heard about <div>’s? I heard they are pretty cool. Good luck!
Genetic evolution and mutation.
Its not a bug, its a feature.
GLSL day. Create an artwork using only shaders.