I'm pleased to announce that BUSY is the next @artblocks_io Curated exhibition. Two years after my first time working with AB on ORI, I am back with a project that pushes the boundaries of generative art on the blockchain, and on paper.

Early experiments in sizes for BUSY. There was almost a 26"x40" version.

RUNAWAY early prototype from a few years ago.

I publicly share my studio analytics in the Labs section of the website too, along with ink usage I track a couple of other things:

In December, I finished the 50th BUSY drawing, marking the end of over two years of work and 750+ hours of machine drawing. Each artwork was meticulously plotted using anywhere from 4-10 colors, photographed, packed, and shipped around the world. I actually built out an analytics

Smoll #plottertwitter

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A study of springs.

Following the process.

Studio Shots

I don't buy the current sentiment that there's "too much art" and not enough collectors. I agree wholeheartedly with the latter point - and every artist can bring attention to this space, but that is through the creation of good art. The idea that there's an ongoing flood of new

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This drawing was in progress when a thunderstorm knocked out the power, and I ended up enjoying the results more than what it was meant to be. Title: Corrupted Subdivider (2020)

I’ve just spent a few days prototyping with this new 7x4 7 segment display. It uses magnets to rapidly switch the numerals nearly instantly with a very satisfying click. So fast, you can run it at 60 frames per second. I decided to first build a sound visualizer, an old trick

How do robots, ink, and algorithms come together in @lostpixels's work? We interviewed James during @artblocks_io Marfa Weekend where he spoke about embracing imperfection, building bigger plotters, and why the Marfa community keeps evolving his practice. Full link below! 👇

Wormhole 🪱

Just added a page to my website about the Busy Algorithmic Sketchbook. I'm super proud of how these turned out, which is a fucking good thing because they consisted of 700 drawings, and if they sucked, that would have been a nightmare.

Drawings for a Monument #100 by @jeffgdavis with a tribute to Busy by @lostpixels https://t.co/BfA1kFmJJS

Another day in the algorithmic art studio.

Pencilling you in #plottertwitter

The clean color gradient and grids.