artnips
generative art

artnips

Tiny art machines. Infinite paintings.

Every painting is a code. Generate one and see.

Try it

Click generate and a random painting appears. Every painting is saved to the gallery.

More options on the Generate page →

What is an artnip?

An artnip is a small piece of code that takes a few numbers and draws something. Rain draws parallel lines. Circles each place one circle at a random position and size. Layer a few artnips and you get a painting.

Random but controlled

Every painting picks random artnips and random parameters. Every choice is recorded in the painting code. The same code always produces the same painting.

A code is the painting

Every painting is captured in a code string. Share the link and anyone who opens it sees the same painting, rebuilt from that code.

Permanent by default

Every painting you generate is saved and gets a permanent URL. The gallery grows with every click. Nothing disappears.

The gallery

Everything ever generated lives here. Each painting is drawn fresh from its code when you open it. No images are stored.

Browse all paintings →