Generative art over the years

A personal retrospective on nearly a decade of generative art practice using p5.js. The author traces their evolution from rendering mathematical algorithms (phyllotaxis spirals, flow fields) to simulating physical materials like watercolor, dry brush, and cracked glaze. Key milestones include discovering how line density creates texture, building a personal library of material simulations, and slowly developing color intuition. The central insight is that each learned algorithm becomes part of a creative vocabulary, shifting the question from 'what can this math look like?' to 'what do I want to say?'