creative-code-lab

Creative Code Lab

Generate interactive generative art and creative coding sketches. Inspired by Leisure Lab (43 sketches by KainXu).

Overview

Creative coding = algorithms made visible. Every sketch transforms math into something you can see, touch, and feel.

The output format is flexible: single self-contained HTML file, React component, Next.js page, p5.js sketch, or raw Canvas/WebGL - whatever fits the user's project.

When to Use

• User wants generative/procedural art
• Building animated backgrounds or hero sections
• Creating interactive visual experiments
• Implementing particle systems, flow fields, shaders, fractals
• "Make something cool/beautiful with code"
• Image-to-art transformations
• Creative 404 pages, loading screens, visual flourishes

Technique Catalog

Pick the right approach for the visual:

What visual are you building?
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+-- Flowing, organic motion?
|   +-- Particles following forces --> Flow Field (Perlin noise)
|   +-- Smooth color blending --> Fluid Shader (WebGL fragment)
|   +-- Swirling paint effect --> Fluid Swirl (iterative sine + spiral distortion)
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+-- Nature / biology?
|   +-- Trees, plants, corals --> L-System (recursive branching)
|   +-- Cell division, growth --> Cellular Automata (neighbor rules)
|   +-- Veins, rivers, cracks --> Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
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+-- Geometric / mathematical?
|   +-- Mondrian, grids --> Recursive Subdivision
|   +-- Space-filling patterns --> Hilbert/Peano Curves
|   +-- Spirals, roses --> Polar Coordinate Math
|   +-- Vortex patterns --> Parametric equations in (r, theta)
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+-- Text effects?
|   +-- Text from particles --> Canvas pixel sampling + particle system
|   +-- Neon glow --> CSS text-shadow stacking or shader
|   +-- Glitch effect --> Random clip-path + color channel offset
|   +-- Blur/reveal --> CSS filter animation or shader blur
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+-- Interactive / mouse-driven?
|   +-- Particles scatter from cursor --> Distance-based force repulsion
|   +-- Drawing / painting --> Canvas stroke with velocity-based width
|   +-- Cursor trail effects --> Ring buffer of positions + fade
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+-- 3D scenes?
|   +-- Product showcase --> Three.js + GLTF + orbit controls
|   +-- Abstract geometry --> Three.js + custom shaders
|   +-- Camera depth blur --> Three.js postprocessing (DOF)
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+-- Image transformation?
    +-- Photo to painting --> Algorithmic brush strokes on canvas
    +-- Pointillism / dots --> Pixel sampling + circle rendering
    +-- Pixel decomposition --> Grid sampling + animated scatter