Many fractals exhibit macro-scale order with micro-scale disorder, perfect for #genuary16 "Order and Disorder". The top layer is the most ordered, with entropy increasing as you go down. #genuary #genuary2026 #fractal #mathart

My #genuary15 "Invisible Object" animation is an experiment using SVG filters and animation effects. #genuary #genuary2026 #svg #smil #shadow

Today's #genuary prompt seemed perfect for a Truchet tiling image, where the curve perfectly fills the space. #genuary2026 #genuary14 #truchet #hexagonal

My #genuary13 self portrait is defined entirely by parametric equations! Portrait in the first image, equations in the second. The equations were generated by tracing points from a photograph, then basically using an FFT algorithm to convert the coordinates […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

This is probably an unexpected interpretation of #genuary12, "Boxes Only", but I like how it turned out. Thinking of different uses of the term "box" in mathematical contexts, somehow I recalled the Box-Muller transformation, named after George E. P. Box and […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Very similar to my interpretation of last year's Genuary 3 "42 Lines of Code" (link below), this code is a "Quine" that outputs itself into a stylized image using SVG curves and gradients. https://universeodon.com/@codeismycanvas/113765562968011769 #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary11 #quine #svg

For #genuary10, Polar Coordinates, here is a stylized plot of r = 4 + ⌈θ/4 + 2cos(3.3θ)⌉ #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary10#genuary#genuary2026#polarcoordinates #ceilingfunction

Snowy New Mexico Sunset. #albuquerque #newmexico #sunset #snow

For Genuary 9, a crazy automaton, I'm combining a cellular automaton with the concept of "odious numbers" I learned about during #mathober. Each cell is assigned one of 4 states, and if sum of states of 8 surrounding cells is an odious number, increment the […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

This is a (very slight) extension of last year's Genuary20 (Architecture) prompt, which I based on the skyline in the old QBasic Gorillas game. This year, it gets extended to "3D" with layers of buildings, scaled and "misted" toward the back. And stars in […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

For #genuary7, Boolean Algebra, this image simulates a set of stacked logic gates, with gate type and signal state represented by colors. #genuary #genuary2026 #boolean #logicgate

For #genuary6 "Lights On/Off", I took a fractal image and lightened it for the lights on state, and darkened for the lights off state. Most of my fractals end up with darker backgrounds, so using a light theme was an interesting challenge. #genuary #genuary2026 #fractal

Today's #genuary prompt is to write "Genuary" without using a font. I'm always intrigued by those "Inhabited Initials" found in older books, where the first letter in a paragraph is drawn using fancy illustrations, so I attempted to write the word by pulling […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

I created a release of a standalone palette tool. Included binaries for mac and linux. https://codeberg.org/bit101/getpal Would love to have people try it out.

A summation of my work on color palettes. https://bit-101.com/blog/posts/2026-01-04/palettes/

For #genuary4 - Low Resolution - I made a Julia set fractal with resolution animated starting at 6x6 pixels, increasing to 180x180 and back. #genuary #genuary2026 #juliaset #fractal

For #genuary3, "Fibonacci Forever", I'm recycling an orbit-trap fractal I shared back on Fibonacci Day (11/23, of course). It uses the typical fractal equation z ↦ zⁿ + z₀, but n increases following the Fibonacci sequence with each iteration. #genuary #genuary2026 #fibonacci #fractal

I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.

#genuary2 - Twelve Principles of Animation. I don't have a lot of experience with animations, but I've recently been exploring animating SVG's using the SMIL `<animation>` elements. For this prompt, I focused on a single one of the twelve principles of […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

It's Genuary time again! Today's prompt is "One color, one shape". I chose to make a hepta of heptagons made from blue heptagons. #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary1 #heptagon

New Year's Eve? Whatever. Let's celebrate Genuary Eve! https://genuary.art #genuary #newyear #2026

Another visualization of the Mandelbrot equation, tracing the path of a few points starting in a small circle. #mandelbrot #fractal #mathart #generativeart

More things found while exploring the Mandelbrot equation. Pick a few points in a small circle and trace their orbits. Yellow dots are the actual calculated points, connected by a purple curve if the point eventually escapes, and green if it does not […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

He knows what belongs to him. #Caturday

I initially read this headline as "cats meow more than twice as much AS men", and of course my reaction was "that doesn't sound right, I meow at my cat all the time." https://www.sciencealert.com/cats-meow-more-than-twice-as-much-at-men-and-we-can-only-guess-why #Caturday #misreadheadline […]

I didn't ask for this. I didn't consent to this. These emails just came out of the blue, about a day apart. I don''t even have an actual Wyndham login, but I suppose I gave them my email years ago at a check-in counter, and now they're in cahoots with […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

It's Fibonacci Day! Here's a fractal image based on the Fibonacci sequence. It's your typical Mandelbrot equation z ↦ zⁿ + z₀, but instead of a constant n=2, here n follows the Fibonacci sequence as the fractal iterations go up. Orbit trap of a ring, which […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Northern Lights easily visible to the naked eye from Albuquerque, New Mexico! I thought the Sandias were named for the pink appearance of the mountains, not the sky... #aurora #northernlights #albuquerque #newmexico #sandiamountains #sandiaheights

The cat pulled the blanket off the chair so he could be cozy for his #Caturday .

I've got one more #mathober post - today's prompt is "recursion", and this by-hand construction of the Spiral of Theodorus seems sort of recursive. Just keep adding triangles over and over. The length of the hypotenuses are the square roots of 2 through 17 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

I had to look up today's #mathober prompt, "odious", to see what it meant in a mathematical context. I learned that an "odious number" has an odd number of 1's in its binary representation. Then I wondered if anyone had extended that to other number bases […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Managed to photograph Comet Lemmon tonight, October 18, an hour or so after sunset from Albuquerque New Mexico. From the northeast foothills looking toward Rio Rancho, so not the best low-light conditions, but it was easily seen with binoculars and the […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

I haven't been posting for #mathober, but have been messing with compass and straightedge constructions, colored in with something like watercolor or pencil. Today's prompt, "chord", seems to fit this construction of a pentagon, which involves placing 5 […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

I've been kicking this around in my head a little lately. If #ai is supposed to be a democratizing force that will ultimately be no different from magic... When people say they are "learning AI" (as-in using AI tools) now so they are ahead in the future, what are they really saying? In the […]

Happy Pythagorean Squares Day! (9/16/25 = 3²/4²/5², a Pythagorean Triple). Here's a visualization of the smaller two numbers of a set of Pythagorean triples. Values were found using Euclid's formula with n and m the integers up to 100 and k up to 25. Color […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

All set up for this weekend's Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's the one in-person show I do with my algorithmic and fractal art. If you're in New Mexico this Saturday or Sunday, stop by and say hi! […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Deep within the Mandelbrot Set. #fractal #mandelbrot #mathart #orbittrap

New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.

Why, yes, of course I wrote code to convert text glyphs into orbit traps for fractals. Notice the outline of a 4th order Mandelbrot set. #fractal #orbittrap #applepie #inventtheuniverse #sagan #mandelbrot

It's 37 °C / 98 °F outside, and my cat still wants to sleep in the sunbeam. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Well thanks, Sparkfun. Now I had to spend my morning updating Schemdraw to correct the DB9 vs DE9 name in its circuit element library, and add several other D-sub connectors. 😀 https://news.sparkfun.com/14298 #db9 #de9 #schemdraw #python #schematic

Albuquerque makes the best rainbows. #albuquerque #newmexico #sandiamountains #sandiaheights #rainbow

I made some "Human Intelligence" and "No Cookies" icons for my website, and am releasing them as public domain (CC0) for anyone who wants to use them (and who doesn't use generative AI to make their content). https://codeismycanvas.art/posts/icons/ #noAI […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Got a new batch of fractal prints going into mats, getting ready for the Sandia Heights Artists Tour. I'll be sad when the Kodak Endura Metallic photo paper finally runs out of stock after being discontinued - it makes the fractals shine! #fractals #arttour […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

My wife stumbled across her dad's old Instamatic camera, and discovered it still had film in it, which we worked out has been in the camera since at least 1983. Found a local place that still develops 126 Kodacolor cartridges (Picture Perfect Photo Lab […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Fractal time again. #fractal #mathart #generativeart #rings

In celebration of World Metrology Day this week (May 20), here's "The proclamation regarding weights and measures, 1556", a mural by Ford Madox Brown completed c.1893, depicting the announcement that the residents of Manchester "shall send in all manner of […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

It's fractal time! #fractal #mathart #generativeart

At some point, I have to stop agonizing over color palettes and just post the thing. #fractal #fractalart #generativeart #mathart