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Art, decks, and notes from the workbench.

Lexolotl Lexolotl is almost here!
Lexolotl · Jun 28, 2026
Lexolotl is almost here!
I’m nearly done with my new flashcard app — Lexolotl! It’s the smart vocabulary-mastery app that I wanted for my own language…
math art
math art · Apr 5, 2022
MathPaint 1.1 released with high-resolution graphics
A new release of MathPaint for Mac OS is now available on the App Store! Version 1.1 includes: A new resolution setting…
fractal Fractal Friday 2021.05.21 – Cubic Mandelbrot Variations
fractal · May 21, 2021
Fractal Friday 2021.05.21 – Cubic Mandelbrot Variations
This fractal set made with MathPaint starts with a cubic Mandelbrot layer, warped by a quadratic function and blended with an underlying…
Uncategorized
Uncategorized · Dec 18, 2020
Fractal Friday 2020.12.18 – Strange Lifeforms
This week’s fractals made with MathPaint are from a cubic Julia Set (z^3 + C) with a quadratic warp function applied (A*x^2…
computer graphics Fractal Friday 2020.12.11 – MathPaint Variations
computer graphics · Dec 12, 2020
Fractal Friday 2020.12.11 – MathPaint Variations
This week’s post demonstrates the generative power of the Variations feature in MathPaint. Starting with a single document, the Variations window generates…
computer graphics Fractal Friday 2020.12.04 – reflections and symmetries
computer graphics · Dec 4, 2020
Fractal Friday 2020.12.04 – reflections and symmetries
Today’s fractals are manipulated with reflection or other symmetric effects. The first two use CoreImage filters to reflect parts of the image.…
computer graphics
computer graphics · Nov 30, 2020
Double-Fractal Kaleidoscope Animation Made with MathPaint
Here’s a one-minute animation send two shifting fractals through and angle-changing kaleidoscope Core Image filter, made with MathPaint:
computer graphics Fractal Friday 2020.11.26: free mobile wallpapers!
computer graphics · Nov 27, 2020
Fractal Friday 2020.11.26: free mobile wallpapers!
This Fractal Friday is the first since the official release of MathPaint 1.0 on the Mac App Store! The fractals here were…
MathPaint
MathPaint · Nov 23, 2020
Press Release: MathPaint 1.0 Now Available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MATHAESTHETICS LAUNCHES MATHPAINT, A NEW GENERATIVE GRAPHICS APP FOR MAC OS WASHOUGAL-BASED STARTUP AIMS TO CREATE A NEW CATEGORY…
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MathPaint · Nov 7, 2020
MathPaint Public Beta Is Now Available!
The release of MathPaint 1.0 is almost here! The MathPaint public beta is a chance for you to check out this new…
MathPaint
MathPaint · Nov 3, 2020
Introduction to MathPaint (Video)
Check out this great new Introduction to MathPaint video, which gives an overview of the app’s features! Public beta drops this week…
computer graphics MathPaint public beta drops this week! + some fractal wallpapers
computer graphics · Oct 30, 2020
MathPaint public beta drops this week! + some fractal wallpapers
MathPaint is a new generative graphics app for Mac. With MathPaint you can create amazing art using and mixing different models, from…