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Re:Show HN: Write generative fine art in Rust by zeotroph on Sunday April 12, 2020 @07:19PM (#22851775)
The good old xscreensaver has quite a few which I really want(ed) as high quality prints, e.g. "Substrate[1]". I never got around to making it render into a file, and the screens were too far from 4K back then to make screen grabbing useful. Plus I was too afraid to bug jwz himself :).

1: Crystalline lines grow on a computational substrate. A simple perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xscreensaver+substrate&iax=images&...

Re:Show HN: Write generative fine art in Rust by mkj on Sunday April 12, 2020 @10:00PM (#22852443)
You could ask the original artist/author? "In July 2005, Jared co-founded Etsy, an online marketplace to buy and sell handmade goods"

http://complexification.net/gallery/machines/substrate/

http://complexification.net/programmer.html

Re:Show HN: Write generative fine art in Rust by zeotroph on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:01PM (#22859919)
Interesting, thanks for finding that time capsule. With java applets! Maybe Jared will find the time to snail-mail me a hand quilted version of Substrate ;)