@mothgenerator

It’s apparently National Moth Week, which among other things involves an ongoing citizen project to track moth distribution. Important stuff. Around here, though, we’re going to talk about procedurally generated moths.

Loren Schmidt and everest pipkin collaborated to create a moth-generating-bot that’s already received a bit of attention. They recently added a feature that will generate a moth for you based on phrases you tweet at it.

From my point of view, the moths are impressively varied while still being moth-like. While insects are easier to construct out of whole cloth than mammals, it’s still not simple to keep them looking convincing.