graph_icsArt grown from connections.
graph_ics is a visual art project and Python library for growing sprawling networks. Shape them with text, boundaries and spatial maps, then export still images or animate their growth.
A project by Johannes Pippidis Lorentzen.
Give the network a direction.
Text that belongs in the artwork
Let branches hug the shapes of letters, or grow the letters themselves.
Explore text
Fields of colour and density
Turn a gradient, painted mask or spatial measurement into a composition.
Explore mapsFrom a first sketch to a detailed composition.
Choose node shapes, connection styles and palettes. Guide growth with boundaries, text, density fields or multiple colonies. Save a scene in JSON or YAML, use the Python API, or record the growth for animation.