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This tool creates visual art using ant colony optimization algorithms, which simulate how ants find efficient paths through their environment. The resulting generative pieces combine mathematical processes with… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Generative art with ant colony optimization algorithms launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hey HN! Introducing Trickle Magic Canvas: the world’s first Agentic Canvas, where you can visually co-create apps and websites with AI, from idea to production. Why is a canvas better? Most AI tools today rely on linear chats or text prompts. We believe that limits creativity and clarity. Canvas changes the game. 1. Every version & page at a glance. Each page and sub-page lives on a timeline. You can quickly browse, edit, and preview progress like a living, visual document — no more digging through chat logs or scattered states. 2. The canvas is the context. Unlike linear chats, you can…

    2025 · trickle.so · its alternatives →

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    Paintings by AI models: programs run through a simulation of oil paint.

    20d ago · stillwet.art · its alternatives →

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    breeding bugs in the latent space

    2020 · cunicode.com · its alternatives →

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    Vector art generation with AI

    2023 · recraft.ai · its alternatives →

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    First AI image generator made by professional artists

    2024 · icons8.com · its alternatives →

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    I'm enthralled with using pen plotters to make generative art. Last August at SIGGRAPH, I built an interactive experience for others to see how code can be used to make visual art. The linked blog post is my trials and tribulations of linking a MIDI controller to one of these algorithms and sending its output to a plotter, so that people may witness the end-to-end experience.

    2024 · lostpixels.io · its alternatives →

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    This project is a simple but fun demonstration of a genetic algorithm applied to image generation. It starts with a population of random images and evolves them over generations to resemble a target image. The output is an animated GIF that shows the entire evolution process.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Putting artists back in control of generative AI.

    Nov 2025 · antekirt.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn the basics of algorithmic art with the Go language

    2021 · p5v.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Creating high-quality scientific figures can be time-consuming and challenging, even though sketching ideas on paper is relatively easy. Furthermore, recreating existing figures that are not stored in formats preserving semantic information is equally complex. To tackle this problem, we introduce DeTikZify, a novel multimodal language model that automatically synthesizes scientific figures as semantics-preserving TikZ graphics programs based on sketches and existing figures. We also introduce a Monte Carlo Tree Search-based inference algorithm that enables DeTikZify to iteratively refine its…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    2021 · colab.research.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Transform your images into compelling algorithmic art

    2018 · generative.app · its alternatives →

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    Hello everyone! I created a short game in just a few days, just for fun, where you play as an ant and feed it apples This game also features random landscape generation, with clouds and trees arranged in a chaotic pattern across all coordinates. This is what took me the longest time :) I would appreciate your feedback ^ ^

    2025 · aanthonymax.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Generate images, logos, icons & more using text to img tool

    2023 · pixelied.com · its alternatives →

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    Adam Fuhrer — artist & software engineer

    2023 · adamfuhrer.com · its alternatives →

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    A didactic, animated, exposition of algorithms

    2014 · algomation.com · its alternatives →

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    NodeBox▲79

    Node-based software application for generative design

    2015 · nodebox.net · its alternatives →

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    Ai Pencil▲129

    Turn simple drawings into stunning artwork using AI

    2023 · lnkd.in · its alternatives →

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    Paint artistic patterns using random neural network

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24NN

    Free to use online neural network photo to painting generator.

    2015 · instapainting.com · its alternatives →

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