Algorithmic creation of visual images

A method for creating a visual image for an advertisement on a website, said method comprising:

• identifying image parameters from which the image is based including monitoring website clicks that a person makes that are associated with the visual image and using those website clicks as a basis for the image parameters;
• identifying composition rules and constraints for creating the image including identifying rules and constraints for font style, font size, color schemes, contrasts with background, textual compositions and image orientation;
• providing a database of image elements used to create the image where the image elements include photographs, drawings, illustrations of objects, facts about the objects, backgrounds, textual messages, secondary object images and animations;
• and
• designing and creating the image using the image parameters, the composition rules and constraints and certain ones of the image elements that are selected based on the image parameters.

A system for creating a visual image, said system comprising:

• means for identifying image parameters from which the image is based;
• means for identifying composition rules and constraints for creating the image;
• means for providing a database of image elements used to create the image;
• and
• means for designing and creating the image using the image input parameters, the composition rules and constraints and certain ones of the image elements.