Studio

Paint with reaction and diffusion

Two substances react and spread. You plant the seed, pick the recipe, and the chemistry finishes the drawing.

Recipe

Brush

⌀

A wall is an area where nothing grows, so the pattern flows around your drawing. Open removes a wall. “Write” uses the tool selected here.

Color

relief (raking light)

Photo as mold

Choose a photo… Use the photo as

Recipe in light areasThreshold

invert light and dark

Video effect

Choose a video… Effect

◐

◐ shows the video under the pattern; Δ sets how sensitive the trail is. In Trail mode the Waves recipe fades whatever stops moving. Use “Record video” to save the result. Threshold and the light-area recipe come from the photo section.

Canvas

ResolutionSeed

Keep

Variations stay in this browser. Click one to return to its recipe, color and seed.