Creative Coding Courses and Certifications

Python With Graphics Camp (Ages 12-18) (Live Online)

Unleash your creativity with Python! In this private class, students learn to code eye-catching graphics using Turtle, from bright patterns to dynamic shapes.

• CourseHorse
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• $250.00

Creative Programming with Javascript

4 ratings

Build audiovisual software with Maximilian and openFrameworks: additive and subtractive synthesis, drum machines, FFT visualization, generative drawing, and video pixel manipulation.

• Kadenze
• 10 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Creative Computation, Online Video Course: Wolfram U

Combine coding and art: create visual art, computational poetry, audio and text- and graphics-based video games with Wolfram Language built-in functions in notebooks.

• Wolfram U
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

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Coding a 3D Fractal

Explore the mathematics of the Mandelbulb and code its 3D point-cloud visualization in Processing.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Coding in the Cabana - Marching Squares

Explore the Marching Squares algorithm by generating isolines from OpenSimplex noise in a 2D Processing sketch, with ideas for interpolation and procedural terrain.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Double Pendulum

Build a Processing simulation of a double pendulum, trace its chaotic motion, visualize the path, and experiment with damping and physical parameters.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Coding in the Cabana - Hilbert Curve

Visualize the Hilbert space-filling curve by building higher-order iterations, mapping binary bits to quadrants, and animating the result in Processing.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Apollonian Gasket Coding Challenge - Creating Fractal Circle Patterns

Learn to create an Apollonian Gasket using Descartes Circle Theorem and complex numbers. Explore circle packing, curvature, and recursive algorithms in this coding challenge celebrating Pi Day.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Generative Art & CSS Houdini with Amit Sheen

Learn to create generative artwork with JavaScript canvas by randomizing colors and sizes, drawing shapes and paths, and using transformations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learn p5.js for Creative Coding – 5 Beginner Projects

Learn p5.js by building five beginner creative coding projects, from rotating blocks and kinetic typography to hypnotic flowers and Mondrian-inspired generative art.

• freeCodeCamp
• 2 hours 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learn With Jason

Build Your Own Live Music Visualization

Learn to live-code music visualizations using shaders, exploring creative coding techniques, performance tools, and resources for building immersive audio-visual experiences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Deconstructing "Grow Beyond" - How a Demoscene Production Came to Be

Discover the creative process behind "Grow Beyond," a PC demo production, exploring tools, workflows, and collaborative challenges in demoscene development.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Creative Code - Merging Design and Programming

Explore the intersection of design and programming through creative coding, learning to generate visuals and interactive experiences using JavaScript while blending artistic expression with technical skills.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Coding Train

The Nature of Code

1 rating

Program simulations of natural systems in JavaScript and p5.js using vectors, forces, noise, particle systems, and steering behaviors.

• YouTube
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Creative Coding: Hands-On Python

18 ratings at Coursera

Learn Python through creative, hands-on activities: big ideas in programming, object-oriented design, debugging techniques, and answering interesting questions with data.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses