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Protoglyph  
by Larva Labs (https://twitter.com/larvalabs)

This Protoglyph is the output from an early algorithm exploration for the Autoglyphs, but operates at much higher resolution and detail. These initial explorations were done before we realized just how limiting executing everything on-chain was going to be. Once we incorporated those limitations the resolution and output format changed somewhat, but you can still see some of the original DNA present from this early prototype.  

Editions minted: 77

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Protoglyph

Reticulum is part of my continued exploration of developing deep color and texture using 100% generative approaches. For this project I created an entirely new generative color model and for the first time rendered the entire artworks using SVG making it possible to scale the outputs to any size in live mode.

I wanted this series to look like rudimentary and mutating networks. Crude interconnecting webs of primordial elements. I love the idea of a network coming online in terms of self awareness. Networks seem to pervade all of life from the vast Mycelium webs in forests through to the circulatory, nervous and neurological systems in our own bodies. More inspiring for me however is thinking about the first pulses of life that evolved in microbial networks in ancient epochs and also the possibility of self awareness evolving quietly and wildly within the interconnected machinery of the internet. This series of artworks I hope are a playful expression of my fascination with this subject. 

A recurrent theme in all my work is an attempt to create a simultaneous sense of both macro and micro vistas. In building the primitives for this project I was inspired by images of both microorganisms and vast skeletal gas clouds in interstellar nurseries revealed by the James Webb telescope. I often have the sense when looking out into the cosmos that this might be what it's like for a cell or even an atom looking around at its neighbors and unfathomably distant cousins. In this way I am filled with a sense that we ourselves might be nodes in a much larger self aware network. 

When I’m at my desk developing a work I don’t tend to think about much else other than the code and what is directly in front of me. Mostly I’m thinking visually or just involved with technical problem solving. It is exciting and sometimes even surprising for me to see how the subjects I have been contemplating and reading about recently reveal themselves in my work. When I write about my work it may seem contrived, but I would say the subjects I write about are genuinely inspiring a series, it's just that the means by which they get translated into visual forms is often a mystery even to me.  

As a way to make this a true Long Form Project in the sense that it is not just a curated collection of generative outputs I used a list of Seed Phrases to generate each output. These are included as a feature so collectors can see them and potentially use them as a name for each piece. I started out by forming a list of words that describe the project plus a few other words related to Long Form Generative art and the Web3 space. 'Proof' is in there! Each seed phrase is then passed to an algorithm that turns it into a hash of the same variety that is generated on the Ethereum network. This hash is then passed to the algorithm and the artwork is created in the same way an standard Art Blocks project is built.

Reticulum

Upon encountering Matisse's ""Blue Nudes"" series, I found myself intrigued by the photograph of a room adorned with these simple yet evocative depictions of the human form. At first glance the figures appeared as harmonious abstractions, each embodying a shared pose while subtly diverging in unique ways upon closer inspection. This experience ignited my fascination with the artistic endeavor to recreate the same essence through multiple iterations, prompting a contemplation on the role of variations in a generative art series in an era often fixated on extravagant algorithmic diversity.

Here we aim to celebrate subtlety. This project employs not only the randomness inherent to algorithms but also the serendipity of human intervention. Anchored in my own hand-drawn inputs, the process intertwines organic paths with algorithmic automation, generating polygons that exude the beauty of nuanced distinctions.

Beyond technique, this endeavor mirrors an autobiographical passage — a celebration of my evolution from functional coder to constructor of pure form. Matisse's iconic method of composing with cut paper — initially a preparatory ritual — mirrors my own journey. What once served utilitarian software now finds purpose in artistry, code morphing into my chosen medium of artistic expression. This metamorphosis, a kinship to Matisse's transformation, is my homage to the creative odyssey that beckons when code transcends its pragmatic origins.

Drawing with Code #31

Echoes of Identity is a digital art project exploring duality, self-discovery, and perception. The journey begins with an unrevealed placeholder; an enigmatic close-up of a woman's face.
The narrative unfolds into three unique variations, each expressing different aspects of identity. The first variation explores self-duality through a twin presence, the second uncovers hidden selves within a split face, and the final one mirrors our ever-changing perceptions. This project challenges collectors to engage with the artwork on an intimate level, unraveling the complexities of human identity, and fostering a deeper understanding of ourselves.

A SYMPHONY OF SELF.

Here sits an unusually round cul-de-sac. It exists in no city or country in particular, sometimes occupying several places at once. It inherits an excruciating omnipresence, feeding from those who choose to submit to its unblemished façade. Some say it is the most circular object to ever exist, others argue that one cannot determine the exact roundness of any given cul-de-sac. Some residents have just arrived, maintaining their beautiful warts and scars; others have lived here for thousands of years. In the end, they will all be as smooth and lifeless as the asphalt that carries the burden of mid-size sedans and other senseless consumer goods.
The longtime residents of the characterless houses surrounding the freshly paved half-moon celebrate the absence of edges or other peculiarities. They have already been ground to gray matter and reshaped into something vaguely human. Their peaks and valleys melted into oblivion, an indeterminable beige paste used to build more luxury houses. Several windows open, giving a glimpse into the most unbearable mundanity imaginable and the brutal carving of skin that would eventually smooth every crevice remaining.

Around Again

Photograph of Ania Catherine taken by Dejha Ti in Calistoga, California in 2017. During that year, Catherine and Ti had just started working on their ongoing feature film A page intentionally left blank, a nonlinear narrative inspired by the hidden lives of surrealist muses.
On a walk, the two spotted a field of grass which had human-like curves and appeared to have been frozen mid-motion. Unamused was created spontaneously as research and experimentation around recontextualizing the female nude figure for the purposes of the film–which include seeing the female nude through the eyes of a woman, through the subject’s own eyes, and in situations in which the full spectrum of the “muse” as a human–and oftentimes artist–is recognized.
The title hints at how muses might feel about always being known for inspiring others instead of for their own artistic talents: unamused.

Unamused

A solitary female stands in a vibrant lush landscape, her expectant gaze fixed on the horizon, symbolizing our collective anticipation of the future. The world she surveys is an intriguing mix of clarity and obscurity, with a sky seamlessly merging the ocean's depth and the cloud's drift; is she waking from a dream?
The pervasive mist serves as a metaphor for an enigmatic yet undeniable future and the only way is forward.

A Woman in the Mist

Echoes

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Into the Blue is an art series that explores the abstract digital depths with movement of light and colour. 

Curious and vivid, blue light becomes the viewer's guide through virtual landscapes. Closely inspecting every corner of digital depths, beams emitting from without become an expansion of our senses that helps us perceive artificial worlds. 

Still, as we strive to comprehend the digital reality that we created, it remains as unattainable as distant stars. It is a world that is separated from us by its immaterial nature. Diving into the depth of the screen with our attention, we are imagining mere projections of our reality onto the digital canvas and stay defined by our three-dimensional mind.

Into the blue

Grails III

How to Start a War  
by Tim Ferriss (https://twitter.com/tferriss)

“How to Start a War” is the first published fiction piece by bestselling author Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Workweek, Tools of Titans, etc.), available only in NFT form. This short story is about mercenaries, modern life, mental gymnastics, and the games we play. The prose, handwriting, and concept is by Tim Ferriss (tim.blog). The design is by Lisa Quine (lisaquine.com).  

Editions minted: 60

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How to Start a War

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Latent Floral A is a multi-dimensional AI Data Painting that transforms a fragment of the world's natural phenomena into a visual poem for Metaverse. Utilizing a raw dataset of 100 million flower images to train a generative adversarial network (GAN), the NFT artwork reveals the latent space in which a machine "dreams" of flowers after learning what a flower is – its colors, patterns, and shapes that exist in its synthetic memories. Anadol's pioneering take on painting with data takes the form of a celebration of the latent sensations that floral patterns and colors induce and gives an abstract "shapelessness" to pigments. The result is a mesmerizing visualization of an alternative natural world that evokes themes of transformation and innovation at the intersection of art, nature, and technology.

Latent Floral - A

Grails by PROOF

100-line generative poem written by Pushcart-nominated poet Sasha Stiles and her AI-powered alter ego, Technelegy – a custom text generator rooted in GPT that Stiles has been training and collaborating with since 2018. This poem was written line by line, token by token, using p5.js as the page. Starting from Edition 1 – the title – each subsequent edition represents the growth and accretion of the poem from lines 0 through 100, with the final edition containing the entire text.

to care for something so tender,

Molecular Atlas #26

aaa by fingacode

LIGHT by Hans Dehlinger, with its fine lines and structure, has an elegant, "light" appearance. There is an impression of light radiating from its center.
"I created this piece to be uplifting yet non-intrusive. The work doesn't actively pull the viewer in. Only once you consciously direct your attention to it do you see and feel its calmness, light, and strength." – Hans Dehlinger

LIGHT

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I tend to work very intuitively. If I like it, it stays, if I don't, I try again. This is one of the greatest things about painting digitally. Versions and branching allow for a very new workflow. So the following interpretation never occurred to me while I was making the image. I want to make something like rich soil, that just about anything could grow in.
A quick take —
In plain view a cross is clear, with the center figure collapsing internally from spiritual malaise, as seen by the inward gestures of the whole body and shoulders and hands.  This would be us, having lost a key idea or vitality, some version of a Grail. The base of the cross would be the Knight who found the Grail at great time and expense. All pretense of wealth or station is gone, perhaps this humility has allowed him to find the Grail at all. But certainly he is in contrast with the other Knights.
The screen left figure is the Pious. The other Knight is skeptical. The Pious has bowed deeply and submits to the truth of the Grail. The Skeptic is standing, at the ready, and is armed. He's not too sure about any of this.
Another very clear device is the theatricality. The lens is VERY long. The shapes stack up very similar to a stage scene. I find this creates a formality that I might have done with symmetry a while ago. But now I really like the artificiality of the composition contrasted with naturalistic painting.

The Grail

Grails IV

Solitude is the constant companion of the street photographer. Photographers are the observers, who wander alone through the endless churn of circumstance, eyes always scanning for the beautiful overlaps of light, subject, texture and tone. In this solitude I find calm. I find depth, story, empathy and connection to a greater whole. 

New York is an intricate sculpture, with millions of stories embedded. This work is an ode to that feeling of grounding solitude, and a celebration of every soul who calls this city home. 

SOLITUDE

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Grails V

Day One Pass #2755

PROOF is delighted to present the Diamond Exhibition, an event to celebrate art by bringing together a versatile array of artists for the Moonbirds community on their first anniversary. You can learn more about the art and artists on [proof.xyz/exhibitions/diamond](https://proof.xyz/exhibitions/diamond)

These Mint Passes can be used to claim an artwork of your choice. They were initially airdropped as "Day One" passes to those Moonbirds who have been nested since day one, which allowed the holder to enter an initial draw in the hope of getting one of their top ranked pieces. The passes listed here were not used to enter that draw, and so have been converted to the regular mint passes you see now.

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A Moonbird explores its world—created with love for all Flower Trait Moonbirds.

Artist: Camila Nogueira
Animation & Sound Design: Catarina Silva (@yellowrocket__)
Music: Marshmallow by Lukrembo; Embrace by Purrple Cat; Travel by Lukrembo

The Journey #70

A Moonbird explores its world—created with love for all Flower Trait Moonbirds.

Artist: Camila Nogueira ([@camila_artwork](https://twitter.com/camila_artwork))
Animation & Sound Design: Catarina Silva ([@yellowrocket__](https://twitter.com/yellowrocket__))
Music: Marshmallow by Lukrembo; Embrace by Purrple Cat; Travel by Lukrembo

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