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The Art of Code (YouTube Channel)

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Martijn Steinrucken

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The Art of Code is Martijn Steinrucken's YouTube channel at youtube.com/@TheArtofCodeIsCool, focused on creative GLSL shader programming. Videos teach advanced fragment-shader techniques through visual, step-by-step construction rather than engine integration.

Popular series include Shadertoy for Absolute Beginners (UV math, distance fields, basic shapes), value and gradient noise, domain warping, KIFS fractals, and raymarching for 3D scenes. Steinrucken walks through ShaderToy buffers, coordinate remapping, and intuition for demoscene-style effects.

Advanced hobbyists and graphics programmers leveling up from lit-surface tutorials benefit most. Watch alongside ShaderToy with an account open to recreate shaders as he codes.

Free on YouTube with a long-running catalog since 2017. Pairs naturally with Inigo Quilez articles and The Book of Shaders for structured follow-up.

Widely recommended as the standard video on-ramp to ShaderToy and creative raymarching techniques.