Zazow – Generative Art Toy (fractals, spirograph, satori, etc.)

In plain words

Zazow is a web-based generative art tool that creates visual designs including Mandelbrot fractals, spirographs, paint splatters, and squiggly lines. Users adjust interactive settings to control how each artwork generates, allowing them to explore and create different visual outputs. The project brings together various fractal and generative art styles, inspired by the maker's two-decade interest in fractals and nostalgic screensaver aesthetics, with plans to expand the collection over time.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Create your own artwork by using computer generated algorithms. Learn about generative or algorithmic art.

It's easy! Select an algorithm and interactively make your own unique digital artwork. Browse through algorithmically generated artwork created by other artists. You can create artwork in four different styles (more coming soon). Use the famous Mandelbrot fractal equation to interactively zoom into a recursive image. Or, try the Plasma tool which allows you to place points in the image and have colors flow out of those points. A third option allows you to make spiral patterns with different overlapping colors. Finally, use our Bauhaus tool to create images with tiled geometric shapes. Have a style that you want us to build? Please let us know ! Using simple controls, you can quickly adjust…from zazow.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Im finally ready to share a fun side project that I've been working on. For 20 years, Ive been fascinated with Mandelbrot fractals. Back in the day, I made a MacOS9 app that rendered them, and I missed it. So, I decided to bring it up to the modern age and build a website to explore this and other similar fractals.…

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