Each time I have a chance to collaborate with @sidefxhoudini I think of my whole #houdini journey. First time I had a chance to witness Houdini Hive was in 2017 at LA #siggraph where I got my hands on my first Houdini t-shirt that is still holding with only one little hole๐ช
February 28, 2014. Mt. Gox, once the biggest Bitcoin exchange, files for bankruptcy in Tokyo and says about 850,000 bitcoin are missing.
Discovery, the sixth Age of The Origins.
#TheOrigins
This is so satisfying Jakub Spacek! ๐คฉ @Spaczech created this "LIQUID FLUIDUM" experiment using #Houdini. Jakub is an FX Designerย whose passion is composing beautiful and pleasing visual effects that artistically represent abstract real-world phenomena.
There's something fascinating about giving Bitcoin data a form you can almost reach out and touch.
FEUDAL takes that idea somewhere unexpected.
Age IV of The Origins, in motion.
https://t.co/go2RWzabIO
This week I had the pleasure of meeting and connecting with @R4vonus
Discussing state od the digital art and brainstorming on how it can be brought to better light it deserves.
We also talked about his endeavours of developing unique pipeline to store artworks directly on blockchain chain and shared thoughts on how this could benefit the digital art ecosystem in general.
It was also great to hear about his one of a kind experimental procedural art system diven by generative code.
Great boost of optimisim and excitement to keep creating and building๐ช
This is part of why Iโm building Keel around generative code.
Youโre storing the rules that create the scene. Change the pixel resolution and those same rules can render it at a different level of detail. Trees, terrain, texturesโall generated instead of manually making assets for every scale.
The hard part was never making the pixels smaller. It was writing every system behind them and making everything stay consistent as the detail changes.
Procedural generation isnโt new. AI makes the sheer amount of specialized code needed to build this way much more practical.
This week's higlight is Fedual Age breakdown, illustrating the evolution and thinking behind the visual language.
Enjoy the journey and explore the archive through the link in our BIO.
#TheOrigins#BitcoinHistory#GenerativeArt#BitcoinHalving
Bitcoin didn't need permission to cut its block reward in half.
On November 28, 2012, block 210,000 reduced the subsidy from 50 BTC to 25 BTC, exactly as programmed.
No vote. No committee. Just a rule being enforced.
That moment, reimagined through FEUDAL in The Origins.
https://t.co/ediQZ5hKoP
What a journey to get here! Time, energy, resources and years of gradual progress.
I am excited, humbled and grateful for where I was able to build this project.
The work continues as I am getting close to the release.
Bitcoin Block Header transformed into Art
2 blocks for every day since 3th of Jan 2009
6 Epochs / 16 Ages
Letโs end this week od the Dynasty Age with a turntable beauty.
Every artwork in The Origins collection connects to a date in Bitcoin history, translated through its blockchain data and a distinct visual language.
Explore the archive and join the whitelist through the link in our BIO
#generativeart #digitalart #collectible
Satoshi didn't announce a goodbye. He simply moved on.
April 23, 2011 marked his final known email. Bitcoin continued without its creator at the centre.
One of its defining moments, preserved through The Origins.
https://t.co/ediQZ5hKoP
#GenerativeArt#DigitalArt #AlgorithmicArt
From historical record to artwork.
The Origins uses Bitcoin Block Header data to shape unique pieces across 16 visual Ages.
Today we take a closer look at The Dynasty Age. Time of lost civilisations and the treasures they left behind.
Explore the archive through the links in our Bio.
From History to Form
Epoch: Ancient
Age: Dynasty
Dawn
2011-06-06
Chuck Schumer criticizes Bitcoin and pushes to shut down the Silk Road drug site amid anonymity concerns.
#history#blockchain#generativeart
Week of Prehistoric Age is ending. It continues from Genesis and while it preserves the narrative it still introduces fresh style for its own importance.
The iterations are surprising and always satisfying to witness.
Created with #houdinifx#redshift and lots and lots of data pushed through procedural magic โจ
Stay tuned for next weekโs Dynasty Age
This week is about Prehistoric Age and today we are looking at how this visual style moves away from Genesis Age while still holding the notion of continuation within our narrative of evolution.
Aside from myriad of technical obstacles and nuances that had to be fine tuned, one of the important decisions was how to get across the look of first human marks and drawings while still respectign the digital nature of The Origins collection.
Enjoy the sneak peak behind the scenes and into some iterations leading up to the final look.
Join us at our discord for more insights and discover the collection's website to explore all the Ages.
#digitalart #collection