Genuary 2026 Ruby Quail

Day 1

One blob, but we are many

Prompt: One color, one shape.

Thumbnail for artwork One blob, but we are many
Day 2

Twelve principles of animation.

Day 3

Sand Water Towers

Prompt: Fibonacci forever. Create a work that uses the Fibonacci sequence in some way.

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Day 4

A Simple Little Filter

Prompt: Lowres. An image or graphic with low resolution, where details are simplified or pixelated.

Thumbnail for artwork A Simple Little Filter
Day 5

A particle for your thoughts

Prompt: Write “Genuary”. Avoid using a font.

Thumbnail for artwork A particle for your thoughts
Day 6

Lights on/off. Make something that changes when you switch on or off the “digital” lights.

Day 7

Boolean algebra. Get inspired by Boolean algebra, in any way.

Day 8

A City. Create a generative metropolis.

Day 9

Crazy automaton. Cellular automata with crazy rules.

Day 10

Polar Boids

Prompt: Polar coordinates.

Thumbnail for artwork Polar Boids
Day 11

Quine. A Quine is a form of code poetry, it’s a computer program that outputs exactly its own source code.

Day 12

Boxes only.

Day 13

Self portrait. For example, get started with a very basic human face, a few circles or oval shapes. How far can you improve this by adding features that actually look like you. Try adding eyes, eyelashes, hair, and make a few parameters or colors variable. Even though you are aiming for a self portrait, it might be fun to render some random variations as well.

Day 14

Everything fits perfectly.

Day 15

Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen.

Day 16

Order and disorder.

Day 17

Wallpaper group. There are only 17 ways to cover a plane with a repeating pattern, choose your favourite on this page: Wallpaper group.

Day 18

Unexpected path. Draw a route that changes direction based on one very simple rule.

Day 19

16x16

Day 20

One line. An artwork that is made of a single line only.

Day 21

Bauhaus Poster. Create a poster design inspired by the German art school Bauhaus.

Day 22

Pen plotter ready.

Day 23

Transparency. Explore the concept of transparency.

Day 24

Perfectionist’s nightmare.

Day 25

Organic Geometry. Forms that look or act organic but are constructed entirely from geometric shapes.

Day 26

Recursive Grids. Split the canvas into a grid of some kind and recurse on each cell again and again.

Day 27

Lifeform. A shape or structure that behaves as if it’s alive or growing.

Day 28

No libraries, no canvas, only HTML elements.

Day 29

Genetic evolution and mutation.

Day 30

Its not a bug, its a feature.

Day 31

GLSL day. Create an artwork using only shaders.