Ramble #74
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
- high22 of 85 indexed NFTs · 26%
- Color scheme
- FrogHound2 of 85 indexed NFTs · 2%
- Background
- e5d9cd23 of 85 indexed NFTs · 27%
- Cousins
- false39 of 85 indexed NFTs · 46%
- Detail
- true56 of 85 indexed NFTs · 66%
- Orderly
- false41 of 85 indexed NFTs · 48%
- Sea bottom
- false68 of 85 indexed NFTs · 80%
- Swept
- true42 of 85 indexed NFTs · 49%
- Prose
- She played twister and drank beer. She became excited under the sun. She wondered if miracles existed, she doubted it. She wished for luck to find her. She kept inner monologues, they said 'It's ok to be sad', but she cried anyway. She wanted to be the best at what she did. She feared doctors. She hoped the next generation would do better than she did. She built fantasy football leagues, and fought over them. She ate saltine crackers with thin sliced tomato. She remembered things being bigger when she was a kid. She kept pets and rubbed their ears until they dozed off. She mistook beer for water. She rode bikes, she called it commuting. She grew less and less certain of her purpose. She collected bad habits. She took her clothes off at the ocean. She started a new life. New families. She tried to stay busy but cynicism got to her. She constantly outdid herself, when it came to shrewd remarks. She buried the past or painted over it. She watched men walk on her moon in awe.1 of 85 indexed NFTs · 1%
Price history
| Date | Event | Price | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 | Mint | 2.5 tez | fxhash issuer v2 |