Ramble #64
Project
- the animation takes time to trigger so you can read the generative prose *
ram•ble - talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way / a walk taken for pleasure in the countryside
Ramble is narrative artwork about a life (or lives). From a single observation to a long history. Part prose part painting. After a time the letters of the narrative slowly cover with tiny abstract landscapes. They are the type of landscape painting you would paint on a postage stamp. As the size of the narrative grows it becomes harder and harder to read all the letters before they are covered. Eventually when all the letters are covered the landscapes are walked over and scratched. There is no trace of what was there to start.
Just code (Javascript, no frameworks or dependencies).
Made by DSims (dillansimmons.com)
https://objkt.com/profile/tz1Q4YfANpgKAuPXd1fobzBzdjg6wtPmmw5m/created
Instructions
ram•ble - talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way / a walk taken for pleasure in the countryside
Ramble is narrative artwork about a life (or lives). From a single observation to a long history. Part prose part painting. After a time the letters of the narrative slowly cover with tiny abstract landscapes. They are the type of landscape painting you would paint on a postage stamp. As the size of the narrative grows it becomes harder and harder to read all the letters before they are covered. Eventually when all the letters are covered the landscapes are walked over and scratched. There is no trace of what was there to start.
Technical / Artistic
The prose is built around a slotted algorithm that builds sentences always starting with a universal pronoun. It then splits and randomizes the lines and fills the allotted grid space it is given. The build up of sentences creates a sort of character study or life.
The landscapes are a set of very simple rolling shapes with texture applied, they stick to a predefined color scheme chosen by the hash. They remind me of tissue paper stained glass kids make in kindergarten.
The scratches are just that, scratches or shapes that bleed through to the background. They serve to flatten and wipe away, chair scratches on a ballroom floor or bird footprints in sand.
Scaling the image up or down will yield slightly different final outputs. I prefer the 10:9 view ratio. Right click to save image.
Just code (Javascript, no frameworks or dependencies).
Made by DSims (dillansimmons.com)
https://objkt.com/profile/tz1Q4YfANpgKAuPXd1fobzBzdjg6wtPmmw5m/created
Traits
- Size
- 3224 of 85 indexed NFTs · 28%
- Spread
- very high44 of 85 indexed NFTs · 52%
- Color scheme
- Pie6 of 85 indexed NFTs · 7%
- Background
- fff30 of 85 indexed NFTs · 35%
- Cousins
- true46 of 85 indexed NFTs · 54%
- Detail
- false29 of 85 indexed NFTs · 34%
- Orderly
- false41 of 85 indexed NFTs · 48%
- Sea bottom
- false68 of 85 indexed NFTs · 80%
- Swept
- false43 of 85 indexed NFTs · 51%
- Prose
- They made mistakes. They rode buses and drove cars, sometimes just to clear their heads. They started new lives. New families. They jumped rope and drank tequila. They wondered if aliens existed and if they knew anything they didn't. They collected vintage vinyl. They built tiny cars they drove about with remote controls. They kept pets and talked to them in a baby's voice. They wished for a moment to prove themselves. They ate saltine crackers with jelly. They hoped they made the right decisions. They knew the ecological apocalypse was coming, but disliked talking about it. They took their clothes off at the mountain creek. They remembered heartbreak. They grew old. They gave it all they could. They buried the past or painted over it. They mistook sex for affection. They mesmerized people with their natural beauty. They feared the world was going to shit. They watched movies that scared them. They became overcome with the need to create.1 of 85 indexed NFTs · 1%
Price history
| Date | Event | Price | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 | Mint | 2.5 tez | fxhash issuer v2 |