Portrait of the Token as The Code Ran

This is an experimental piece to make generative art that fits the form of a QR code that links back to the art on fxhash. The idea is that a printed or static version of the art could be scanned by a QR code reader and the art itself could be viewed live in the browser. The title is a play on James Joyce’s book “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”.

There are a few color palettes and styles of how the QR code is generated and patterned. One of the styles is based on my Bayeux Tiles project.

The QR code is generated from the URL of its location as it runs. As a result, there are minor differences between the preview image (which uses a different URL pattern to generate) and the live code. The code runs consistently for a single hash

On iOS or iPadOS, scanning the QR code reads the correct URL, but an IPFS error is preventing the code from running on mobile Safari or Chrome. I have not tested this on other phones. When the URL is pasted into a non-mobile browser, the artwork is generated correctly.

Press ’s’ to save the canvas as a PNG.