Ramble #78
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
- Coo4 of 85 indexed NFTs · 5%
- Background
- f9f4ef25 of 85 indexed NFTs · 29%
- 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
- false43 of 85 indexed NFTs · 51%
- Prose
- He knew the viral apocalypse was coming, but not how to fix it. He wrote poems and drank whisky. He tried to stay productive but corporate culture got to him. He gave money to the poor. He listened to Woody Guthry. He believed in some kind of afterlife. He became the heads of companies. He wondered if the end would be a dark passage. He backed the war and then opposed it. He constantly outdid himself, when it came to buying things that didn't make him happy. He grew old. He rode bikes, he called it commuting. He hoped he made the right decisions. He mistook crap for genius. He started a new life. New lovers. He kept pets and talked to them in a baby's voice. He collected bad debts. He took photos of the jagged mountains. He feared the night terrors would return. He kept inner monologues, they said 'once is enough', but it wasn't. He built long lists of followers who didn't care for him. He remembered the lyrics to countless oldies. He watched baseball.1 of 85 indexed NFTs · 1%
Price history
| Date | Event | Price | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 | Mint | 2.5 tez | fxhash issuer v2 |