ImpressionOfOrder

Impressions of Order

Nbswwit

Read Nbswwit's article on this collection: https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/impressions-of-order

Complexity: Low

Complexity: Maximum

Glitch 2: Oversize

Extra Neat: True

Glitch 1: Vibration

Glitch 3: Loose Lines

View: Iso

Line Direction: Mostly Y

Line Direction: Mostly X and Dots

Inspired by 90s ROM cartridges, server farms and future cityscapes this project explores perception and documentation of ‘order’ within complex systems.

An Iso view is created when agent paths are constrained to snap to 45° increments instead of the more common 90° increments. This produces compositions which feature diagonal (isometric-like) elements instead of more orthographic-like compositions.

"Extra Neat: true" means that the agent paths have experienced less distortion, and therefore the compositions are often less chaotic, can feel slightly flatter and generally appear more orderly.

The first glitch adds vertical vibration during the line plotting process. This exaggerated glitch is intended to create greater areas of fragility that breakdown under scrutiny.

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(aka: nintendo palette)

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View: Iso / Extra Neat: True

Glitch 1: Vibration / Glitch 3: Loose Lines: True

#21 & #30 Minter / Owner: Lemonde2d

Having a bias towards creating vertical lines.

Have a bias to create more horizontal lines and dots.

The complexity feature is a measure of how many agents were used to create the original paths.

The complexity feature is a measure of how many agents were used to create the original paths.

View: Ortho

Rare Combinations of Features

Impressions of Order #296

The only Maximum Complexity output that has any glitch or rare feature combination. There are only 8 Maximum Complexity and 14 Line Direction: Mostly X and Dots.

Complexity: Maximum / Line Direction: Mostly X and Dots

Minter/Owner: Nbswwit

Features Overview

Impressions of Order #151

View: Iso / Glitch 2: Oversize: True

Iso outputs are rare, only 27 in the collection. And the Oversize Glitch is even more rare with only 4. Even more interesting about this iteration is all Oversized have the Vibration glitch unless... it's an Iso view. That means this piece was a highly improbable outcome of the algorithm.

Owner: Rich Poole

Impressions of Order #21

Glitch 1: Vibration / Glitch 2: Oversize: True / Glitch 3: Loose Lines

Having all 3 Glitches makes this is the most rare iteration of the collection. While an Oversized Ortho view will always have the vibration glitch, the addition on a Loose Lines glitch is an extra special.

Minter / Owner: Lemonde2d

View: Iso / Line Direction: Mostly Y

Impressions of Order #124 & #262

#124 & #262 Minter / Owner: DocSciFi

Impressions of Order #39 & #111

View: Iso / Glotch 3: Loose Lines: True

#111 Minter/Owner: Anon

#39 Owner: Stevezee

Impressions of Order #284

Glitch 3: Loose Lines: True / Line Direction: Mostly X and Dots

Minter / Owner: Jpsiroman

#251 Minter / Owner: Aggragator

#188 Minter / Owner: Ocherment

Line Direction: Mostly X and Dots / Glitch 1: Vibration

Impressions of Order #188 & #251

Impressions of Order #237

Complexity: Low / Glitch 1: Vibration

Minter / Owner: Nemocake

Impressions of Order #144

Impressions of Order #34

Complexity: Low / Line Direction: Mostly X and Dots

Glitch 1: Vibration / Line Direction: Mostly Y

Minter / Owner: Ballislife

Owner: DocSciFi

Impressions of Order #21 & #30

Like any great generative art collection some of the best and most aesthetically pleasing outputs are not derived through the combination of rare features but just the algorithm doing it's thing and little bits of wonder emerging.

Aesthetic Favorites

#259

#187

Personally some of my favorite iterations in the collection are ones that go from a maximum complexity feel to a low complexity feel from bottom to top or vice versa. I'd say #259 (left) is the most striking example of this. Whereas #187 (right) almost has a little touch of Oversize Glitch at the bottom with thick red and pink short vertical lines.

#235 always makes me think of a cityscape but of a town stacked on top of itself. With the busyness of fast moving transportation on the bottom and the high and stoic building at the top.

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Owner: Mithrandir

Owner / Minter: Chxps

Owner: Mario Klingemann

#20 Owner/Minter: Lemonde2d

#62 Owner: Andreas Gysin

#144 Owner: DocSciFi

#73 Owner/Minter: Nicolas Sassoon

#241 Owner: Yazid

#278 Owner: Hallow

#32 Minter / Owner: Travess

#217 Minter / Owner: Cczer0

#220 Owner: DocSciFi

#164 Owner: Rn9ce

#231 Minter/Owner: Guillaume Cornet

#188 Minter/Owner: Ocherment

#99 Owner/Minter: Nicolas Sassoon

#21 Owner/Minter: Lemonde2d

#36 Owner/Minter: Anon

#151 Owner: Rich Poole

#112 Owner: Rn9ce

#19 Minter/Owner: Marius Watz

#90 Minter/Owner: 0x3y3

#285 Minter/Owner: Rudxane

#27 Minter/Owner: Ganbrood

#79 Minter/Owner: Chris Wallace

#15 Minter/Owner: William Mapan

#130 Owner: Grant Yun

#286 Minter/Owner: KRPDM

#228 Owner: Kevin Abosch

#224 Owner: Obi

#263 Owner: Rich Poole

#300 Owner: DocSciFi 🎁

The third glitch introduces the potential for curved elements to emerge. This is done by adding a small operation to "smooth" the distorted agent paths before they are cleaned and sent to the scanline fill method.

All feature descriptions are taken from the article written by Nbswwit

The second low-probability glitch creates larger "oversized" lines and dots. These pieces are quite fun as they bring more of the lower-level details to the fore.

#295 Minter/Owner: Nbswwit

#243 Owner: Seth Goldstein

#250 Owner: Whitekross

#229 Owner: SimonSays

#298 Minter/Owner: Nbswwit

#96 Minter/Owner: Hallow

Palettes

A sampling of each colorway in the collection

#156 Minter/Owner: JonHarry

#84 Minter/Owner: Agksys

#60 Minter/Owner: Origami

#183 Owner: Jamie Byrne

#230 Owner: Vazk0

#105 Minter/Owner: Greekdx

#126 Owner: Kevin Abosch

#277 Owner: PressTube

#173 Owner: Shadroc

#141 Owner: DrLeeNFT

#180 Owner: Adam Berninger

#190 Owner: Studio Yorktown

#116 Owner: Powlozzi

(with only 7 outputs this is the rarest palette)

#271 Owner: AndrewBell

#142 Owner: iLLz

Owner: DocSciFi

#23 Minter/Owner: Vazk0

#138 Owner: Jwphase

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#238 Owner: itsGalo

#153 Owner: Ferdinand Dervieux

#169 Owner: Lonliboy

#150 Minter/Owner: Alejandro Campos

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#121 Owner: Yi-Wen LIN

#184 Owner: v3ga

#51 Owner: Cspok

#233 Owner: Anon

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#227 Minter/Owner: Micheal Connolly

#147 Owner: Obi

#170 Owner: Egs5000

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#249 Owner: Jacek Markusiewicz

#193 Owner: Lucas Reveil

#279 Owner: Michael Perusse

#198 Owner: Jiwa

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#257 Owner: P1xelfool

#70 Minter/Owner: Rn9ce

#256 Owner: Unblock Gallery

#53 Owner: AreUBad

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#109 Owner: Ken Consumer

#265 Owner: Isma Helio

#157 Owner: Iki-Jima

Glitch 3: Loose Lines: True / Extra Neat: True

#30 Minter/Owner: Lemonde2d

#5 Owner: DocSciFi

#68 Owner: DocSciFi

#48 Minter/Owner: Skollar

#175 Owner: Perkwerk

#146 Owner: MikeGee

#291 Minter/Owner: futr.vault

Owner: Rn9ce

#221

#5

#245

Owner: Rover

#107 Owner: Bapak

#106 Owner: Rob Scalera

#55 Minter/Owner: McLlama

The idea here is not only to highlight the rarity of these iterations but the interesting ways that these uncommon features interact with one another.

The above triptych is a favorite pairing of the collection. Soon after mint Nbswwit shared #144 and #46 as a diptych. While creating this gallery I took the liberty of adding #81 to the mix. ( From left to right #144 - DocSciFi - #46 - Jwphase - #81 -Rn9ce )

The only 2 outputs in the collection with both Iso view and Line Direction: Mostly Y. At the time I didn't really have a full appreciation of how lucky I was to mint these.

These are both so eye-catching but in completely different ways. #39 may be most wild output, just throwing line arounds in almost a swirl. #111 has areas of extreme uniformity as well as its fair share of disorder in the corners.

Such an interesting out as on the surface it can seem so orderly. But at closer inspection the Loose Lines Glitch adds a touch of roughness that contrasts the vertical lines nicely.

An extremely unique output and the only Low Complexity with any glitch. Not only does it have a wonderful shakiness to lines, of the 5 Low complexity outputs, 3 have this color palette but this is the only one absent of red, giving it that monochromatic feel.

The tapering of the vertical lines in both #221 and #5 below are some of the most striking pieces in the collection. And #245 has that bit of je ne sais quoi that makes it appeal somewhat hard to describe but it also gives off that packed cityscape feel but this time with the skyscrapers at the lower part of the work.

One of the most bold juxtapositions of features these 4 outputs always jump out when exploring the collection.

This is my favorite output and I feel truly grateful to own it. While I had a handful of iterations in my collection before, this is the work that sent me deep down the exploration rabbit hole. And if you haven't guessed reading through this guide, I've been so thoroughly enjoying the journey.

You really get the ROM cartridge inspiration in this piece with some of the golds and grays feeling almost metallic and the loose lines feature wrapping some of the lines in different places.

The push and pull of these two features can be seen in different ways in each out of the only 4 of this combination.

I think it's the 'Mostly X' aspect of the Mostly X and Dots feature combined with the vibration glitch that makes these 2 uniques pieces stand out so much with those bold horizontal vibrated lines. Then looking closer you see the small dense sections of lines adding further to appeal of each of these pieces.

Only 2 of this combination and both so nice in their own ways. Interestingly, all oversized glitch pieces have vibration too so that gives #30 a possibly overlooked singularness. Whereas #21 is overtly singular. Both in the hands of the collections top holder, the one and only Didi.

#52 Minter/Owner: Johawa

#131 Minter/Owner: Rick Crane

#88 Minter/Owner: Daeinc

#182 Owner: Synesthesia

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#102 Owner: Nautikal

#4 Minter/Owner: Lemonde2d

#197 Owner: Ahrlien

#199 Owner: Mike Gee