Randomly generate a book cover

Question

In order to ensure consistency between the covers of the books in a series, it may be desirable to generate them all in the same way. For example, this is what the Oxford University Press does.

Is there a way to obtain a similar result in LaTeX?

The title font family appears to be Lithos by Carol Twombly.

The images appear to be actual geologic cross sections in false color, or the results of some demented artist. I doubt they are in any way randomly created. — John Kormylo, Apr 19 '20 at 14:59
I would probably just use gradients with randomly generated colors, — Jasper Habicht, Dec 12 '21 at 09:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '21 at 08:22

One could use fractals and randomize their size, color, ...

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\usepackage{pgf}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\author{Tex Stackexchange}
\title{Random Book Cover}
\pgfmathsetseed{1} % fixed seed for deterministic color, e.g., volume number
\newcommand{\randomcolor}{%
    \pgfmathsetmacro{\R}{rnd}%
    \pgfmathsetmacro{\G}{rnd}%
    \pgfmathsetmacro{\B}{rnd}%
    \definecolor{randomcol}{rgb}{\R,\G,\B}%
}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}
\usetikzlibrary{lindenmayersystems}
\randomcolor%
\newcommand\BackgroundPic{%
\put(0,0){%
\parbox[b][\paperheight]{\paperwidth}{%
\vfill
\centering
\pgfmathsetmacro{\BackgroundPicAngle}{360 * rnd}
\begin{tikzpicture}[l-system={step=1pt, order=5, angle=90}, draw=white, scale=5, rotate=\BackgroundPicAngle, background rectangle/.style={fill=randomcol!20!white}, show background rectangle]
  \pgfdeclarelindenmayersystem{Sierpinski carpet}{
    \rule{F -> F+F-F-FF-F-F-fF}
    \rule{f -> fff}
  }
  \draw l-system [l-system={Sierpinski carpet, axiom=F}];
\end{tikzpicture}
\vfill
}}}
\begin{document}
\AddToShipoutPicture*{\BackgroundPic}
\maketitle
\clearpage
\blindtext[1]
\end{document}

Randomly generate a book cover

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