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φ

DETERMINISTIC GENERATIVE MARKER SYSTEM

ALGO/ART

How far can the golden ratio govern a composition while its marks remain visibly human?
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AlgoArt is built around the Golden Ratio. Eight different systems interpret the same mathematical language — arranging, spiralling, dividing, radiating, connecting, growing, constructing and scribbling.

01φ PROPOSES THE COMPOSITION.1.618 proportions, 61.8 / 38.2 divisions and the 137.5° golden angle shape position, scale, spacing and movement.

02THE ALGORITHM CREATES THE STRUCTURE.Every artwork is deterministic. The same seed and settings always rebuild the same image.

03THE MARKER MAKES IT HUMAN.Precise geometry is rendered with wobble, uneven weight, overdraw, pressure and dryness instead of machine-perfect lines.

ARRANGESPIRALDIVIDERADIATECONNECTGROWCONSTRUCTSCRIBBLE

NO PROMPTS · NO TRAINED MODEL · CODE, MATHEMATICS + EMERGENCE

ALGO/ART

generative marker system φ

1.6180339887 137.507764°

SEED

Daily Gallery

01 GOLDEN-RATIO
DRAWING ENGINE

φ

WHY ALGO/ART? MATHEMATICS SETS THE RULES.
THE MARKER BREAKS THEM.

φ shapes the composition, scale and spacing. Imperfect digital ink adds wobble, pressure, overdraw and dryness.

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ABOUT THIS ARTWORKwhat you see and how it is built

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION

ALT TEXT

VISUAL DESCRIPTION

HOW IT IS BUILT

These descriptions come from the rules that draw the artwork, not from looking at it.

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VARIATIONSFour versions of the current system.

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ARTWORK · 1400 × 1000 M mutate · N seed · V variations · D describe · [ parameters

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PARAMETERS Shape the system, not the pixels

COMPOSITION8 systems

Canvas format

SERIESchoose a system

Elements

Scale

Bend

Negative space

GOLDEN RATIO1.618…

Additional φ pull

Recursion

Spiral influence

Golden angle

Nesting

φ ≈ 1.618034 · golden angle ≈ 137.508°. The same seed and settings recreate the same artwork.

MARKER ENGINEink / friction

Pen

Thickness

Wobble

Overdraw

Opacity

Pressure

Dryness

GEOMETRYline / form

Curved ↔ straight

Shape amount

Overlap

Rotation

Lines Ellipses Rectangles Polygons Arcs

COLOUR / PAPERmaterial

Palette

Colours

Saturation

Brightness

Paper

Paper grain

OUTPUTvector + raster

PNG size

Plotter SVG

Paper size

Margin (mm)

Pen layers

Faithful colour runs preserve overlap order, with light-to-dark Pen IDs and sequential run numbers. The SVG includes AxiDraw pause labels for pen changes; actual hardware behaviour is untested. Swap pens and Resume if prompted.

Reduce pen travel without changing stroke order

Preserves marker paths, wobble and repeated passes. The preview includes paper texture; the plotter file contains only ink paths. Match pens and paper to the artwork; transparency and stroke width depend on your materials.

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