ThePaperCrane ☮️

4800 x 7087px 
© @rickacrane

Szn: 1

Card: 4

Dreaming of Home

We share one planet, we share one sun, which shines upon many lands and upon everyone.

10000 x 7500 px © @rickacrane

Many Lands Under One Sun

Shape Shift 04

If you are going to dream, make it colourful.
A collaboration between myself, Diela Maharanie and Lewis Osborne

1080x1080 144 frames GIF

Rainbow Daydream

One Day Like This

Acequia (“ah-seh-kee-uh”) - a Spanish adaptation of the Arabic word as-sāqiya, meaning “water carrier”. 

In our second collaboration, Rich and Rick are back with our blend of generative code, intricate design, attention to detail, and a splash of charm. 

       Acequias are traditional irrigation canals used to distribute rainwater and snowmelt along a complex network of narrow channels. They are found in Spain, the American Southwest, and northern Mexico, where they are essential for sustaining fields, orchards, and gardens in semi-arid regions.         
Our aim in this series is to capture the essence of these waterways in bold geometric designs. Each piece is inspired by a mountain village or town in Andalusia (southern Spain). 

The location determines the cube designs and construction rules that are used to build the final output. These are combined with striking day/night palettes, outline styles, scales, climates, and a few surprises of course!


Controls (in live view): 

- Press [p] to pause water animation 
- Press [e] to complete water animation 
- Press [r] to reset water animation 
- Press [s] to save the current image 
- Press [h] for a high-res output suitable for printing 
- Press [b] to toggle the border

Acequia #307

Colourful Chaos - Square ix. 

There’s a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,…

8000 x 10500 px © @rickacrane

The Little Clearing

Linescapes V2

Shape Shift 07

The Shape Shift Series is the next step in the evolution of my work. Creating even more abstract and fragmented artworks that combine geometric shapes and surreal architecture.

Shape Shift 01 is the first piece in The Shape Shift Series. It will also act as the burn token to redeem future editions via Manifold claim pages.

The Shape Shift Series

I started my career in illustration designing t-shirts. This design was the grand prize winner in the competition to celebrate 20 years of t-shirt design on Threadless. 

11000 x 15500 px © @rickacrane

The Big Tee

Foundation

This illustration was the grand prize winner for the Threadless 20th Anniversary Design Challenge. It is a celebration of some of the most iconic and popular tee designs that have come out of the diverse and tallented community over the last two decades. T-shirt design and Threadless specifically, is were I developed and evolved my skills and career as an illustrator.

Each bidder is elegiable for a free t-shirt of this design.  
The winning bid will also recieve $500 Threadless store credit. 

© @rickacrane 2021

Various Works

Colourful Chaos - Square ii. 

Hic et Nunc

Saguaro Sunrise

Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth – Heinrich Zimmer 
(3000 x 4200 px) @rickacrane

Zen River

Mental Block 03

A collection of mind melting, crazy creations. 
Each hand drawn piece springs from my muddled mind onto a blank page and expands and evolves with a surreal life of its own.

Mental Block 13 

Mental Blocks

The Bull And The Bear

Open Editions

A special edition dedicated to The Builders Dao. 

Builders Night Time #19

Builders Night Time #4

Builders

Builders Daytime 

Builders 1/1 Draw

Various Works (Editions)

Acequia #41

Acequia

Abstract cityscapes from a generative world.

IsoMetro #245

IsoMetro is the 3rd collaboration from Generative Minimalism pioneers, Rick Crane and Rich Poole.

Drawing inspiration from the urban environments that most of us call home, IsoMetro further evolves the geometric style established in Acequia. In this collection, Rick and Rich bring their unique blend of charm and isometric mastery into the city. 

IsoMetro's abstract cityscapes meld the surreal and representational, inviting you into a generative metropolis full of delight, rendered with palettes that are as elegant as they are playful.

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