An exploratory field guide · Edition 01
What makes
that pattern?
Five methods. Five ways to make an image.
Look, adjust, then follow the people behind the technique.
This working visual taxonomy separates computational role, visible quality, and contribution. A similar appearance can come from different methods. This is a first edition, not an exhaustive encyclopedia.
Explore by what the method does
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From looking to making
Make something
of your own.
Choose a mechanism, describe a visible quality, and change one constraint. Keep method credits specific and interpretations open.
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Visual vocabulary →
Words for describing what you see.
Recipes & ingredients →
More methods, studies, and contributors.
Help extend this taxonomy →
Suggest a method, a source, or a missing contribution.
Other maps of this territory
This small index sits alongside larger, differently organized resources: HIPR2 groups image-processing operators; The Nature of Code teaches computational systems; and The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants develops formal approaches to plant modeling.
The previews are original educational code, not reproductions of artists’ works. People links reuse the project’s contribution records; “source recheck pending” remains visible for imported records. Computational roles are an editorial navigation aid, not mutually exclusive scientific categories.