Joe Baxter-Webb, the creator behind my favorite twitter bot a strange voyage is looking for artists to be involved in a @str_voyage art book.

One reason that I’m so fond of the twitter bot is that it is very good at creating imagery with its brief descriptions. Many artists have already been inspired by it in the past, and I expect many more will find it to be a rich source of mood and inspiration.

Procedural generation has been used for creativity prompts, serendipity engines, and inspiration sources from the beginning. For example, the random tables in roleplaying games aren’t there to dictate the exact outcome of the game, they are there to inject elements for the players to bounce off of and find challenging.