Five years ago, I launched Turtletoy, an online platform that enables users to create plottable generative art using a simple Turtle graphics API. Today, Turtletoy continues to be a popular destination for artists looking for plotter-friendly vector graphics. Why Turtletoy?
I’ve been playing with Truchet tiles in my latest Turtletoy project. Let me explain what Truchet tiles are and why they’re cool for generative art. What are Truchet Tiles? Think of a grid made of squares. Now, instead of leaving
I have ported most of “ln, The 3D Line Art Engine” by @FogleBird to javascript so it can be used on Turtletoy. The engine can create drawings of 3D scenes, that you can plot using a pen plotter, which naturally
This is an experiment in drawing a simple procedural city. The basis of the city was initially a Rhombille tiling (2D). By drawing randomly placed doors and windows on each hexagon, the illusion of a 3D city is created.
I spent some spare time creating Turtletoy: an online platform that allows you to create generative art online using a minimalistic javascript Turtle graphics API.