Evolved Art For iPad

About

Evolved Art is the intersection of computer graphics, evolution, and art.

Using the principles of evolution combined with genetic programming, Evolved Art evolves computer programs that draw images. The programs are called "turtles", which is a reference to the Logo programming language that was introduced in the 1960's to help teach programming principles. The Logo programming language controls an imaginary turtle that holds a pen with its tail. The turtle only knows how to move forward, turn left and turn right. By using these simple commands, the programming language allows programmers to easily write programs to draw images. Evolved Art evolves these programs for you using genetic programming. You will guide the evolution of your turtles by indicating the turtles that you like. You will be amazed by the complexity and beauty of the drawings that your turtles evolve.

Evolved Art is a concept conceived by the author in 1991. While working with genetic programs, the idea of evolving programs that draw pictures came to mind. In 1993 the first program to evolve turtles was implemented on the original Macintosh. The results were promising, but limited by the small black and white screen. Years later, an implementation dubbed “BioLogo” was programmed for Windows, and the resulting color images were stunning. Now, two decades later, Evolved Art has finally found the perfect platform – the Apple iPad!

Evolved Art is not quite a game. However, users have described it as “very addictive”, and others have noted that some of the images evolved remind them of the famous Spirograph toy that they played with as kids. Younger users tend to think of Evolved Art as a game, since they compete with their friends to see who can evolve the most beautiful turtle. Most users will simply enjoy evolving beautiful, artistic drawings that they can collect, print and share with others. Artists and graphic designers can find inspiration from the drawings they evolve and even integrate them directly into their work. Educators can use the app to help teach the principles of evolution in a fun and interesting way.

Features

• Full support for iPad retina display
• Supports all device orientations
• Multi-Touch interface for zooming your drawings
• Extensive settings to control the evolution of your turtle populations
• Use Gene Pools to create collections of your favorite turtles
• Share your turtles with other Evolved Art users by sending them via e-mail, using iTunes File Sharing, or via Dropbox shared folders.
• Save turtle drawings to your iPad Photos app
• Share your turtle drawings with friends on Facebook
• Open turtle drawings in other iPad apps
• Slideshow feature allows you to turn your iPad into a turtle photo frame or display your turtle collections on your Apple TV
• View your turtle programs directly in Evolved Art, or email them to your students
• Print high resolution drawings directly from your iPad with AirPrint, or e-mail high resolution PNG images and PDF documents for printing from your Mac or PC.
• Export or e-mail PDF and Encapsulated Postscript documents of your turtle drawings to open them in Adobe Illustrator or other vector-based graphics applications
• Built-in videos to help you get started using Evolved Art
• Extensive help information to help you get the most out of Evolved Art
• Includes sample populations containing many beautiful example turtles

Notes

Evolved Art is not supported on the iPad 1 due to memory and performance limitations.