The Pond

The Pond
Generative Art by Ed Cavett
May 2023

Down in Granny’s Hollow there’s a catfish pond surrounded by sycamores and pine trees. Ripples break the perfect reflections as bluegill and crappie sip insects from the still surface. Frogs croak; locust buzz; songbirds sing in the cacophony of nature. From the shore, you’re invited to step out onto the dock and immerse yourself in peaceful splendor. It’s a time for thinking; a moment of quiet contemplation; some time to take a breath and be wrapped in the moment.

The Pond features a host of generative systems working in concert to produce a graphic-style landscape. The systems include recursive trees with gradient shades; mirrored output with graphics buffers; randomized perspectives; circle-packed, stylized clouds; a rainbow color palette with randomized complementary colors; a variety of download options; a snapshot and collage mode.

NOTE: Please allow up to 90 seconds for rendering to complete.

→User Interface:
D - displays the full-sized scene.
d - displays the snapshot scene.
N or n - captures a new inset snapshot (landscape, portrait or square).
C or c - captures a random collage (8 different layouts).
Up Arrow - Save collage view.
Down Arrow - Save full-view.
S or s - Save snapshot.
Click or Tap Canvas - Toggle full-screen mode.

→Output Includes:
Full-size image: 2024x2024.
Snapshot image: within 1536x1536.
Collage image: 2024x2024.

→Disclosures and Attributions:
Each token’s output is 100% code-generated.
Created with love, blood, sweat and tears in p5.js.
The p5.js coded processes and the entire descriptive copy for this token was composed, written and edited by Ed Cavett (he is completely to blame). No predictive text system was used to make this project.