Dreamy landscapes inspired by the Rockies. 50% of the minting proceeds for Speckled Summits will be donated to GiveWell's Maximum Impact Fund (https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund). Additionally, during the Dutch auction component of the release, any net proceeds above the 0.24Ξ ending mint price will be donated as part of this donation to GiveWell.

Speckled Summits #67

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Dot Matrix Gradient Study takes my approach of splitting the canvas into "patches", which each have their own stipple sizing, density, and layering, and distorts this process to create outputs which blur the lines of recognizable stippling. This piece is an exploration of creating abstract forms with stippling rather than depicting figurative ones. All pieces in this series are composed purely with dots. Some more than others. 50% of sales proceeds from Dot Matrix Gradient Study were donated on-chain at the time of mint to GiveDirectly, where the funds will be directed to helping those in poverty. 

Dot Matrix Gradient Study #0

Knit by Knit is a collaborative project created by generative artists Alex Supkay and Jake Rockland. In its naming, the project is evocative of the process of weaving – an apt evocation given that this project represents the bringing together of multiple things. Aesthetically, Knit by Knit is the weaving together of two artists stylistic approaches to generative art. The piece also has a tapestry like quality to it with the foreground and the background both being inspired by that technique. 

This coming together goes beyond stylistic collaboration with the majority of proceeds going to support the Ethereum Core Developers, Knit by Knit is a demonstration of artists coming together to support the broader ecosystem that they are a part of, woven into the history of the blockchain. Moments like The Merge are a culmination of ideas coming together to create something bigger like how individual threads create beautiful tapestries.

The name Knit by Knit is also a play on bit by bit. As the blockchain completes transactions we are moving forward one bit at a time, but we’re also improving things beyond this by bringing the community together for events like The Merge.

We are both artists and developers in this ecosystem – symbolically this piece is a public display of this community's ability to collaborate and bring different ideas together.

Knit by Knit - Cool Autumn

Dot Matrix Gradient Study #162

Quilted landscapes in homage to the desert. 51% of the minting sales proceeds from Patchwork Saguaros will be donated to the Nancy Rockland-Miller Scholarship fund, held by The Kent State University Foundation. To learn more, please check out my introduction blog post for the project: https://bit.ly/3tGPVd3

Patchwork Saguaros #6

Speckled Summits #23

Beachy dreamscape vibes. 50% of the minting sales proceeds for Stipple Sunsets were directly sent to GiveDirectly, a non-profit that sends money directly to the worlds poorest and most in need–50% of subsequent artist royalties will be be donated to charities in the Rocky Mountain region.

Stipple Sunsets #241

Long drives can be seen as a monotonous chore, or a peaceful solace. "Sonoran Roadways" is a prompt to see the road as a conduit for joyous return to places we find special. The project continues my reflection on physical and significant spaces, which started with previous projects "Stipple Sunsets", "Patchwork Saguaros", and "Speckled Summits". 

In these three prior works, I looked to capture the essence of the "escape of the beach", the "home I grew up in" of the Sonoran desert, and the "home I find now" in the Rocky Mountains. "Sonoran Roadways" continues this arc, reflecting similar active appreciation of space and place found in the transition of travel.

The style and technique of "Sonoran Roadways" is homage to stencil-like qualities of silkscreen printmaking. As the grandson of two artists who worked in the mediums of printmaking, paper cutting, and quilt making, I strive to incorporate the qualities of these mediums into my stipple-based digital paintings.

Additional approaches are pulled from my abstract experimentation in "Dot Matrix Gradient Study" with distortion and "digital misprinting" applied to the stipple matrices, but with a return to a figurative form.

Palettes used in "Sonoran Roadways" are largely inspired by Arizona's scenic drives and fantastical multi-colored sunsets – peaceful and familiar to me. 

"Sonoran Roadways" is a call to appreciate the potentially mundane, and get lost in the imagination of the journey back to somewhere called home or the fantasy of an exploration to somewhere new.

Sonoran Roadways #13

Knit by Knit - Lilac

Knit by Knit is a collaborative project created by generative artists Alex Supkay and Jake Rockland. In its naming, the project is evocative of the process of weaving – an apt evocation given that this project represents the bringing together of multiple things. Aesthetically, Knit by Knit is the weaving together of two artists stylistic approaches to generative art. The piece also has a tapestry like quality to it with the foreground and the background both being inspired by that technique.

This coming together goes beyond stylistic collaboration with the majority of proceeds going to support the Ethereum Core Developers, Knit by Knit is a demonstration of artists coming together to support the broader ecosystem that they are a part of, woven into the history of the blockchain. Moments like The Merge are a culmination of ideas coming together to create something bigger like how individual threads create beautiful tapestries.

Knit by Knit

Dot Matrix Gradient Study #21

Dot Matrix Gradient Study by Jake Rockland

Patchwork Saguaros #23

Patchwork Saguaros by Jake Rockland

Speckled Summits #43

Speckled Summits by Jake Rockland

Stipple Sunsets #76

Stipple Sunsets by Jake Rockland

Sonoran Roadways #35

Sonoran Roadways by Jake Rockland

Opuntia is the genus of plants commonly known as the "prickly pear" cactus and is a common fixture in the fauna of the Sonoran desert. This project continues in the spirit of Patchwork Saguaros in depicting the desert plants that are representative of Southwest Arizona where I grew up. 

Optunia explores the output variety in a short form generative series that can be achieved just through the play of generative textures created by layering and glitching stippled dots, all depicting the same subject matter. 

Each of the 18 tokens in the Opuntia series share the same palette and the same composition, varying solely in their use of texture and arrangement of color.

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