James Merrill
@toThePixel
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Minted my first thingy on
@hicetnunc2000
, excited to do some more experimental and weird stuff here.
#HEN
#hicetnunc
#simulated
#abstractart
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Finally finished! Over 4,000 lines of
#javascript
, lots of trial and error, but I was able to come up with something that I've very excited about. I call it, a Series of Tubes!
#plottertwitter
#generativeart
#p5js
#abstractart
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I'm incredibly excited that my generative project ORI will be the next curated release on . 11 months of grueling work has led to this moment, right here, and I can't wait to share it with you!
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Finally done the first prototype plot of this artwork. The details are insane.
#plottertwitter
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ORI // Unfolded - 26 looping animations demonstrating the folds behind my generative art project ORI. Each fold affects every fold before it, and the animation sequentially layers them. Easy to see, hard to explain.
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I'm excited to announce my project is an interactive art installation, "The Algorithmic Art Studio." It seeks to demonstrate the link between aesthetics, curation, generative art, and plotters. The installation will be at SIGGRAPH 2023 in LA from August 6th-10th. Details ⤵
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You should know about Poisson Disk Sampling. Once you know what it is, you'll spot it in some of the best generative artist's work.
Read more ↩️
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It’s crazy how fast the up/down is on the new Axidraw coreless motor.
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I need to be doing around 400 other things, but these are so fun to generate.
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Im not nervous Im not nervous Im not nervous Im not nervous.
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I have a new found love for pixel art. What happens if you start to mix it with generative systems?
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Stuck in Texas, so here’s an ORI. The folding engine is on full display in this one.
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Used to make web forms in Javascript now Im making crazy abstract art
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The most satisfying part of this artwork is after 10 hours of drawing, the plotter does one final, single line to finish it off. This single stroke shows the path of the forces which cause all of the chaos within the system.
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It's a beautiful morning to blend polygons together with linear interpolation.
#generativeart
#processing
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I love building orderly systems and then tearing them apart.
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I've been coding my butt off in anticipation for this moment for months now. 🤞 that I have what it takes to do a drop on
@artblocks_io
!
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Today marks a milestone in my artistic career. 11 months ago I set out to participate in the premiere generative art platform online
@artblocks_io
, and today I finally did it. I put in hundreds of hours making ORI something new and different, and it paid off. Thank you everyone!
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Tried to combine a fluid sim with some active geometry. The results were slow.... After 3.5 days and 600gb of data of running I let this one go. Love the results but there wont be many of this type of work in my future. Listed on
@hicetnunc2000
right now.
#simulation
#hicetnunc
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My next project is all about breaking the rules. Instead of cohesion across the collection, I am specifically trying to make the most diverse set of outputs from a single autonomous generative system to date on the blockchain.
#OnchainSummer
:)
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Single cell. This algorithm shoots particles outward and does some very basic hit detection. Then I plot all the lines and fun little intersections.
#plottertwitter
#abstractart
#axidraw
#p5js
#processing
#lineart
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RUNAWAY is releasing Aug 22nd on
@BuildOnBase
w
#onchainsummer
. It is an open edition, long-form generative project with new dynamics. Its goal is to be the most diverse generative system deployed to the blockchain.
How? Breaking some established rules of Gen Art. Details ⤵
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For my contribution to -GRAPH on
@FeralFile
I took my code to the next level with some new techniques to clip lines by polys. You'll be able to see how it's made when you preview the NFTs in the exhibit. Each drawing computes around 25,000,000 intersections with JS. Nov 30th!
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Whaddup
#plottertwitter
, I made a thing. Sometimes I feel like gold on black is played out, but it just looks so darn fresh. I actually used two shares of gold on this one. For sale on my Etsy store.
#p5js
#generativeart
#abstractart
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R||SE - My next NFT on
@hicetnunc2000
is all set and ready to be swapped @ 5PM EST today (if the tezo gods permit it to be so). 11tez / 49 editions.
#hicetnunc2000
#ohgawdlettheblockchainwork
#tezosnft
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Today’s drop day! ORI opens up for minting at 1pm EST on . Thank you everyone who helped me over the last year in my journey on this project. First 25 will get a little something else special post-launch.
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The next step of ORI is here. Today I'm launching two ways to collect ORI physicals for token holders: high-quality prints and a unique 30-edition plotter drawing collection. Both use modified versions of the ORI program to bring the utmost quality to collectors.
🧵
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Another
#watercolor
and code combination. Lines made with
#processing
#generative
#algorithm
and drawn by
#axidraw
plotter.
#plottertwitter
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🥳 ORI launched on
@artblocks_io
one year ago today. It has connected me with many amazing collectors, curators, and artists worldwide. Gen art on the blockchain is truly life-changing, and I love this space and will continue to fight for its survival. Below, some OOB renders.
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I just took my Series of Tubes generative plotter algorithm and adapted it for screens. Wrote this javascript code during downtime and before I knew it I was 5k lines deep. It was a blast coming up with different ways to distort my lines. NFT on FND.
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Bifurcation diagrams are very intriguing visuals that occur from math. Recently, I plotted one recently to paper.
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When building ORI I made stripes geometry that was wildly inconsistent. Often, the outputs were unpleasant, but when they worked, they were some of my favorites. Since I couldn't always get a solid result, they never made it to the final algo.
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Hey
#plottertwitter
, show me your setup! I built a custom desk for my
#axidraw
that has a drawer for the million and a half pens that I've acquired. Attached to the side is my RPI that controls my plotter over the network.
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I've been using wavy hand gestures to describe how ORI folds geometry to everyone at Marfa this weekend. Here's a much better way of visualizing how the algorithm works.
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I was able to port my MIDI generative art project over to a SBC (single board computer) with an external display. This means no more iPads, reducing the HW cost by 60%. Amazed at how easy Ubuntu was to get running and how it just worked, including running P5 at a good FPS.
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My submission to
@weareunitlondon
's exhibition is entitled Every Moment, and it combines 35mm film aesthetics with curving geometric shapes in 3D space.
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I've just open-sourced the starter kit that I use on my Artblocks projects. If you want to build artwork, this will give you some help in focusing on the important stuff: Rapidly iterating and cheaply deploying.
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Each output of my new project for
@FeralFile
+GRAPH is meticulously plotted in three colors and takes around 10-12 hours to create. I came up with a strategy to switch ink colors without removing the pen, allowing me to get very tight precision through the works.
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