Collage as a generative compositional operation beats blank-canvas painting
snikolov · x · 2026-10-21
Developer snikolov shares a creative observation: collage is a powerful generative compositional operation. Starting from a blank canvas and brush yields little, but zooming, collaging and overpainting transforms the work — dragging elements around with a simple tool until things align provides a surprising amount of 'compositional intelligence'.
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