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William Mapan

@williamapan

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Artist. Drawing & painting with code among other things.

Paris, France
Joined June 2009
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3 years
Color study — Painting frame by frame a #processing sketch made a while ago.
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Can't wait to show you this generative art series I've been working on for so long 🖍️🎨 #generativeart #javascript
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005 wip 40 frames • 15fps • render engine: bare hand 🖍️
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Hello! 👋 The wait is over... (Very) Excited to present to you "Anticyclone": a generative art series being released on @artblocks_io as a Curated collection. It will go live on Friday, April 29th at 12pm CT. #generativeart #madewithcode
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Monochrome. #generativeart
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new palette 🎨 #generativeart
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Generating some patterns but the fountain pen got out of hand 🖋️ #generativeart #javascript
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Watercolor + Chinese ink rendering test gm #generativeart #javascript
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Muted colors— This is 100% made with code. #generativeart
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Slowly but surely making progress. #generativeart
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Made with code.
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Tomorrow.
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when-bugs-look-good™ gn #generativeart
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Light, shadows & negative space. #generativeart
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Painting subtle asperities with code— #generativeart #javascript #painting
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👋🏾 Hello! Last experiment: An interactive 3D illustration powered by #threejs Originally made for a workshop addressed to designers & illustrators being interested in making their work interactive. 👉🏾 w/ @CamilleMorizot #webgl #illustration #layout
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Color palettes of "Anticyclone" recently released on @artblocks_io Something that I didn't mention yet: Each palette has been carefully crafted and given the first name of an inspiring woman who changed the (or my) world in a way or another. Here they are 🧵 #generativeart
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I think my code paints way better than me now... #generativeart
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Working my procedural paper details + crayon lines + let's make a new color palette 🎨 Gives a nice "archival" paper look. #generativeart #javascript
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Hey #PortfolioDay 👋 A good opportunity to introduce myself :) I’m William and I’m… I don’t know. See by yourself what I’m doing with this 🧵 and let me know what you call that! First stop: Generative art. I love generating pleasing (to me at least) outputs with code. 1/16
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☀️ 🙌
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GOLD content 💎 — Journal Intime II, Vera Molnár Vera Molnár is one of my creative heroe, so glad to have access to this. Internet making art accessible, yes 🖤 If you're into generative art, have a look. #generativeart via @michaelspalter
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#generativeart sketchbook —
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Weekend's exploration: Moiré. #generativeart
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Code-painting™ 💙 #generativeart #painting
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Code paintings with a new palette 🎨
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computer art
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Accidentally let my computer run the algorithm over night... Woke up and felt like it was xmas with this output :) gm #generativeart
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intense code-painting™
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Freshly code-painted 🎨 #generativeart #javascript
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Hey Hi... now that my solo exhibition is opened: Last but *not* least... I am very proud to present to you along with @sothebys and @NFTAsiaOfficial → "Fontaine de Jouvence" → "Algorithmic Painting: genesis" Two 1/1 fully coded generative pieces. 🧵
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Night painting™
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collapsing
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Literally drawing with code 🖍️ #generativeart
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Animation study: trying again to recreate a stop motion look & feel with #Blender3d Also, I figured out that adding some sounds contributes a lot to translate what I have in mind! #b3d #stopmotion #animation #36daysoftype
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Let’s pause an instant… Presenting: “Bain de couleurs”— A piece that tightens a little more my physical and digital practice. Currently on display in Paris until October 22 for “Node to Node”: an exhibition curated and put together by @KateVassGalerie & @lemonde2d 🎨 1/12
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Some art made-with-code™ for your screens 🎨 gm #generativeart
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🎨 the code painting —
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I opened the pandora box: Generative input → AI → over painting and other manual touches. Output: #generativeart
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nice bug
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Order & Chaos— #generativeart
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Coded animated patterns out of simple shapes— Pen plotted and then assembled back on the computer. 1/n #generativeart #plottertwitter
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Sunbeam 🌿— gm #generativeart
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Code-painting™
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La vie en rose —
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👋🏾 Hello Twitter, Our website recently got some awards and got featured in a @AWWWARDS review So, I thought about compiling a mega thread to describe a bit of our creative process and how we tackled challenges Let’s go! 🧵👇🏾
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Code-painting™ of the day
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The Golden Ape 🟡 #generativeart
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Make art. Sell it. Buy it back. Am I doing this right? 😅 I had my eyes on this since a while, I couldn't resist...
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congrats @williamapan on acquiring strands of solitude #110 by @williamapan ! new ATH 16.9 eth
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The first test— My usual way to get feedback on this was to randomly send this to friends without telling them how it was made to see how they feel. When *none* could tell it was entirely coded, I checked the box and moved on to ultimately make Anticyclone. #generativeart
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"My kid could do that" #generativeart #javascript
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Bleu—
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Presenting: "Strands of Solitude" 💛 I'm so excited to finally share details on this. Making this generative series was quite a ride for the past months. Emotionally and technically. Like a little odyssey. wen? Friday, March 10 wer? @tonic_xyz mor? soon #generativeart
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SAVE THE DATE: @williamapan 's Strands of Solitude - Auction begins 10am PT / 1pm ET on Friday, March 10 - Details to follow
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XOR operation makes beautiful compositions :) #generativeart
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Hey everyone... Thank you really for all the love on Anticyclone. Quite overwhelming! Wasn't expecting that 🖤 You can browse the full set of editions on @artblocks_io → Here's #402 , #667 , #331 and #232 #generativeart #javascript #madewithcode
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"Circle either draws a color or a stencil" test #generativeart
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My very late entry for the first day of Genuary 2022 —Draw 10,000 of something. Couldn't miss the rendezvous :) #genartclub #genuary2022 #genuary2022
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A good weekend of bug fixing. gm #generativeart
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The Red knight & the horse ⚔️ —still made with code
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Recursive painting 01 — Swapping 30ed/25tez at 8pm CET time on @hicetnunc2000 👀 #generativeart #genartclub
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Sketchbook A— 64 editions as 64 pages of a sketchbook. I hear it’s not enough and that the algo can support much more :) Well… I hear y’all and yes it can. But. I want to stick to my vision to match a real sketchbook pages number. A sketchbook—for me—is about exploration &…
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plotting on screen 🤖
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One more thing: The process is also the art 🎨 Hit the arrow keyboard to explore how a piece is constructed and layered. I put some extra effort to let you know a little bit more about the "𝗵𝗼𝘄" and make interactive. 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚— #10 Collector: @punk6529 crew
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Presenting '1935'— w/ @brtmoments A color & texture study based on the work of Anni Albers. Mexico had a huge impact on her artistic journey and I felt it was the right occasion to explore my work through her prism. Weaving with paint. #generativeart #madewithcode
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Pushing the details 🖍️ #generativeart #javascript
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