Jeff Heuer

Genuary

Genuary is a month-long, community-driven celebration of generative art. Each day in January has a shared prompt — an invitation to explore, experiment, and share. I've participated since 2023. These are the pieces I'm proudest of.

2025

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Sliced Grid — symmetrical shader-based grid, Genuary 2025 day 26
Day 26 Symmetry

Sliced Grid

Symmetry study using GLSL shaders to slice and mirror an image grid. Iterative exploration of reflective and rotational symmetry across dozens of variations.

Threadfare — generative woven textile pattern, Genuary 2025 day 9
Day 9 Textile

Threadfare

Generative weaving patterns derived from real weaving draft notation. Deep research into historical pattern structures, WIF format, and the geometry of weave. Grew into an ongoing sketch series.

Neon Desert — strange attractor in neon palette, Genuary 2025 day 8
Day 8 Chaotic system

Neon Desert

Strange attractor trajectories rendered in neon colors against a dark desert-night ground. Chaos made visible.

=SUM(ART) — generative art in Google Sheets, Genuary 2025 day 7
Day 7 Use software not intended to make art

=SUM(ART)

Generative art made entirely within Google Sheets — conditional formatting rules, color scales, and formulas as the creative medium. The spreadsheet is the code.

2024

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Day 8 Chaotic system

Pendulum Triptych

Three large-format prints of double-pendulum trajectories, plotted on an AxiDraw. Physical work — each print traces the unique path of a simulated double pendulum from a different starting angle.

Bauhaus — geometric composition, Genuary 2024 day 18
Day 18 Bauhaus

Bauhaus

Bauhaus-inspired geometric compositions — a study in primary colors, balanced geometry, and stripped-down form. Became an ongoing sketch.

Anni Albers — woven grid composition, Genuary 2024 day 11
Day 11 In the style of Anni Albers

Anni Albers

Woven-looking grid compositions referencing Anni Albers' textile work — systematic color progressions within a constrained palette.

2023

My first year of Genuary — finding my footing with generative tools and building a daily practice. Six pieces completed across the month: palette theft from Mondrian and Mona Lisa, Voronoi plant growth, grid-defying compositions, and Moiré interference fields.

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