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autonomous coded paint brushes

by mek/hno

Minted
49 / 50
Published
2023-02-15

autonomous paint brushes dance on a digital canvas with mesmerizing and pleasant moves. enjoy the journey with all its turns.

this collection is the results of my experience simulating hard brush painting using the aesthetics and hypnotic motion of 'life is a (beautiful) mess' collection. in this series, the lines draw together as a whole in every brush, changing their brightness, transparency and weight depending on the brush speed.
the palettes of colors used have been inspired by The Dictionary of Color Combination by Sanzo Wada and have a japanese flavour that mix well with the calligraphy-like style of the brushes
each palette represents a different period of the year, except for 'four seasons' that is the most common palette of the collection, elegant and classic japanese colors 'white, black, gray, red, pale yellow, beige and maroon' and 'monochrome' that uses softer brushes to paint in a free composition.

'autonomous coded paint brushes' has been created to be pleasant in live mode and to enjoy the animation but also static outputs have to be excellent and printable. I encourage collectors to use left and right arrows and "c" key to move and spin the paint brushes in original and custom way to find a desired output if a print is wanted.
--- high-tier minters will receive a FREE high quality print of their piece ---

12 palettes: four seasons, blossom spring, March's pinks, summer pastel, blues blues, countryside end of summer, lavender fields, autumn earth, citric winter, summer nights (dark background), winter nights (dark backgound) and monochrome.
3 compositions: vertical, cross and free
number of autonomous brushes: 1 to 6.

  • click mouse to stop animation.
  • double-click to restart animation.
  • press Left Arrow/Right Arrow to move the autonomous brushes left or right.
  • press or hold 'c' to make autonomous brushes spin.
  • press 's' to save an image (png).
  • press '1' to '9' to change resolution.
  • press '0' to load the piece in high resolution without the paper texture background (use it to save an image for printing).

thanks to MattDeslauriers and Dain M. Blodorn Kim for their work creating coding tools from Sanzo Wada's colors.
also thanks to Lil Saturn, RdL, Mark Ludgate, William Mapan and Pablo Alpe for giving me kind advices and guidance during the creative process.

Project information
fxhash project ID
25136
Runtime
fxhash snippet · params: no
Network
Tezos
Token contract
KT1U6EHmNxJTkvaWJ4ThczG4FSDaHC21ssvi
Issuer (mint) contract
KT1BJC12dG17CVvPKJ1VYaNnaT5mzfnUTwXv
Artist addresses
tz1Xb2K313xkeVFMtWFNEgSgANSTKxLM4BqP
Generator URI
ipfs://QmZ7zFPWyr49bWKVbhsvLHrrZRY3ErW75TJ4VZK1eqRnLT
Tags
paintpaintingbrushesanimatedinteractivep5jspapercalligraphyjapanese
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Editions 49

Ownership snapshot 2026-10-09

Release

Mint status
Closed — sold out
Pricing type
Dutch auction
Remaining supply
0 of 50
Opens
2023-02-17T19:00:00Z

Chain state at block 15301824 · 2026-10-09T18:39:25Z.

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50
Indexed editions
49
Mint scheduled
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Primary mints recorded
49
Prices paid at mint
10–20 tez · 49 priced mints

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