Visual Art Inspired by the Collective Feeding Behavior of Sand-Bubbler Crabs

Abstract

Sand-bubblers are crabs of the genera Dotilla and Scopimera which are known to produce remarkable patterns and structures at tropical beaches. From these pattern-making abilities, we may draw inspiration for digital visual art. A simple mathematical model is proposed and an algorithm is designed that may create such sand-bubbler patterns artificially. In addition, design parameters to modify the patterns are identified and analyzed by computational aesthetic measures. Finally, an extension of the algorithm is discussed that may enable controlling and guiding generative evolution of the art-making process.

Designing Color Symmetry in Stigmergic Art

“…The members of the swarm coordinate themselves by indirect communication, for instance by deposing and collecting visual, olfactory or tactile markers. This paradigm has been used as a computational framework for generating swarm art, see for example [3][4][5]7,18,19,28,29].…”

Designing color symmetry in stigmergic art

“…The members of the swarm coordinate themselves by indirect communication, for instance by deposing and collecting visual, olfactory or tactile markers. This paradigm has been used as a computational framework for generating swarm art, see for examples [2,8,9,10,11,14,18,20].…”

Evolutionary Image Transition and Painting Using Random Walks

“…Over time, the growing interest in an expression-based approach led to expansion of the area of evolutionary art, providing coherent and solid basis for further research (Fenton et al, 2017a;Paauw and van den Berg, 2019;Richter, 2018;Urbano, 2018). Hart (2007) used an expression-based approach with the focus of evolving a set of images with a different appearance to the previous works.…”