Protobytes: One Genome, Many Phenotypes — Watercolor Turns Generative Art
anselm · x · 2026-09-17
Artist Ira Greenberg shows how his Protobytes generative art system keeps its underlying 'genome' while expressing entirely different visual phenotypes — here a watercolor rendering of Protobyte aurata. The work applies a genetics metaphor (same genome, different phenotype) to parametric generative art, a popular thread in the AI art community.
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