Don Relyea is an artist, musician and programmer whose website is home to a variety of screensavers, wallpapers, art and MP3s that he has created over the years as well as to the “Digital Postmodern Modernist Generator”. This software enables resampling of images and automating the design process. The first version of the generator sampled bitmaps, but the second version is completely generative and has more layering, as well as rectangular shapes in the foreground. Version 3 includes the manipulation of vector shapes. The colour palettes are based on the colour theories of Josef Albers, as well as combinations of colours used in artworks chosen by Relyea.



Lesion Functional (Version 2).



Alcove Torpid (Version 3).


Relyea also uses algorithms to create abstract geometric art and has a series of animated pixel art portraits. There are a number of animated art engines on Relyea’s website that sample pixels and create images while the viewer is watching. A lot of the drawing is based on various math functions.



Blue Orange Frames (abstract geometric art).



Io Moth (screensaver).