Wings, a Genesis Project

While I have done generative and interactive image compositions (you can see them here), this is my first piece of art to be fully algorithmic, and I struggled to get it off the ground.  The breakthrough came when I suddenly realized that instead of thinking in terms of lines, I needed to think in terms of parabolas.  That “ah ha” moment, a lot of dusting the cobwebs off my coding skills, a lot of study, and a lot of help from the community got the project moving.

The background color for each piece is randomly chosen, while the shapes are always black and the lines always white.  As I developed the code, I experimented with several different approaches to color, but I kept coming back to this simple palette.  It seemed to me to emphasize motion without distraction.

The drawing grid is divided randomly into 10 to 100 divisions.  Each crosshair on the grid becomes a starting point for a mark, with these starting points chosen randomly as the code  repeats a number of drawing loops.  With four random inputs - grid division, color, coordinate, and number of loops - the number of unique outputs is staggering.  A few are offered for your enjoyment here. Perhaps you will catch that sense of flight and soar a bit as you consider them.

If you do, I hope that you will collect your own Wings.  I expect to release the project for minting within the next fx(Hash) Opening. The release will be announced here, on Twitter, and in Discord. In addition, I will be releasing more of my favorite Wings over the course of the next week or so as fx(Text) articles.   Why not splurge and grab some of each. 

Love and creativity always,

Wanda