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It really IS turtles all the way down...

@stalayton This piece has really incredible colour depth and intensity - and I love how much juice you wring out from such a simple palette. I'd love to see more explorations like this!

Now available in foundation, "A Part Of Alice" is a virtual reality painting that invites the viewer to be carried away by movement and color. The artwork plays with constant change, like a cycle of nature in which everything transforms, yet always with an innate elegance...

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@HamsterNFT Dumbest. Shit. Ever.

We're currently within "PRESALE meta". Where many of us are mostly blindly sending funds through $SOL to a wallet of an individual we've probably never heard of before, but got a lot of retweets, likes or social engagement. In return of a HOPEFULLY valuable airdrop of their non-released token, which you can then decide on to sell, hold, or whatnot. Might and could be worthwhile for some of us, but please, just follow a few simple rules/guidelines before you 'ape' in. 1. Double check that the account/wallet in question is legit. "Is it the legitimate X/Twitter account, and not a bot fake?" and/or "Is there any "real" activity on the wallet in question?" 2. NEVER 'invest' (if you can even call it that, I would personally call it a degen gamble) more than you can miss. Don't go crazy, and be prepared to lose some money in this current (and most likely short) meta we're in right now. 3. DYOR. (Do you own research), and don't blindly follow others. GL HF ❤️🐹 Hammy.

@eeedg__ So I like your thinking re: midtones, infinite detail aliasing, etc. but still I'm drawn to the more saturated pieces in your collections to date. Is there a way to continue your thinking but also include punchy coloured elements that might even benefit from the contrast?

Lots of discussion in the artists' chat about the use of colour in gen art. Why do we see so much ultra-saturation, and neglect of midtones? Why is brown so ubiquitous in painting and the natural world, but neglected here? Although chemistry is playing a role, the main answer seems to be that real-world surfaces are textured down to microscopic scales. This means that aliasing is everywhere, even when we don't read it explicitly. It appears as richness, texture, detail. I've started posting some moiré studies, which could be called colour studies. When detail persists down to the pixel level, then moiré effects ensue. I find this wonderful. As I've said before: There are no artifacts; there are only interpretations.

@eeedg__ You've essentially theorized why gem tones are rare IRL and therefore prized for being special. So why wouldn't artists do the same as candy wrapper designers - or flowers - and try to exploit that novelty in their work to attract sales - or bees?

@DMsjel @jpr8282 @andrealitmus This pose / composition gives me some Egon Schiele vibes and I love it.

GMelting! 'Drops of Jupiter' is live until 7pm CEST today and has 3 more collectors! Whilst I don't know who the 2nd is, thanks so much to @jpr8282 and @andrealitmus for picking up this fine piece this morning! Wen Moon, we moon together! LFG 🚀✨️ (Link in comments)

On Physical Artifacts of Digital Art 🖼 What is the right approach to materializing digital art? Do you create paired objects? Do you avoid physical all altogether? Sell them as screens? Do you make it an OR equation a la Damien Hirst and Currency? Some thoughts:

@verse_works @jMarkusiewicz Asterisk vibes

It’s time: to move mountains! 🏔️ In anticipation of @jMarkusiewicz's upcoming Verse Solos “Barbarians”, we are delighted to hold a giveaway of one artwork from the series. To enter: 🤍 Quote this post with an output you've generated which has caught your eye. To explore the algorithm, visit below. 👇 Concluding / March 6th.

GM 'Pass It On': Art censorship affects us all.

Exploring Architectural Fundamentals at 60 FPS Reimagining the essentials of architecture within a hybrid intelligence framework, I’m fusing fundamental parametric concepts with the potent intelligence of AI. This exploration is driven by a bespoke tool coded in Processing, facilitating rapid concept iteration in real-time. #ai #aidesign #architecture #fps #controlnet @ProcessingOrg

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🌊🌴🐚❤️🥥🏖🐢🌊 NADLER’S BACK On the 14th of December, the auction for Richard Nadler’s Izanami Islands series goes live to the world. We will be gifting one NFT, with an accompanying machine-made physical oil painting, made in collaboration with @artmatrco.  TO JOIN RT and follow @RichardNadler1. Catch the auction on @verse_works on Thursday at 4pm GMT. Follow @verse_alerts for a sale reminder (make sure to hit the reminder bell). See y'all on Thursday 🫡

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Verse continuing to do fantastic work in the web3 art space!

Got a sneak preview of @mitchellfchan's Boys of Summer, with my very own "honorary" named Goose Derringer (der-RINGER), and I have to say it was an emotional experience. The first play through legitimately made me feel depressed. It made me reflect a lot on life, and the way we live nowadays. Also made me think a lot about how in life we don't necessarily get to play things over versus in a game. It's almost always worth it to stay in school than swing for the big leagues, but the glory of going for it is so human that I feel like it's the natural thing to do. In my first play through I got absolutely destroyed by the machine that is life, jobless, in debt, destitute, two kids out of wedlock with different women, and dead at 65. And then I tried again, focusing on putting in the work at school and ended up an investment banker at Goldman Sachs with a fat savings account and no life partner. Near the end of game you get to see what your characters "natural" talents are and appreciate the reason why you maybe went undrafted. 10/10 good art. Mints tomorrow. Maybe you'll get a rare one and win the Championship: wild.xyz/mitchell-f-cha…

@Richleech2 @zachlieberman @verse_works You outbid me for this gem, I also think it's a fantastic piece. For me it reminded me of planetary movements (watching from the orbital plane, a bit like seeing the Milky Way in motion). Enjoy!

We come across and pass by a lot of people every day. And happen to face unpredictable moments from meeting each other.. 'Fate' or 'Life' ... Color Bilnds Study #18 by @zachlieberman on @verse_works Congrats & appreciate both of you🎉🤌

NFT Worlds is now TOPIA! TOPIA marks the next chapter of what was @nftworldsNFT. TOPIA Worlds have been airdropped to previous NFT Worlds holders, you can now trade (Old collection stats/volume pending migration): opensea.io/collection/top… Learn more at: topia.gg

@punk6529 This resonates with me so, so strongly. Absolutely beautiful and critical thread. Thank you.

1/ On Memories, On Silicon My dad bought me my first camera when I was 7 and started an obsession. Over time, I took hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands, finally hundreds of thousands of photos. Why? Why did I shoot?

@Initials_BeBe It's nuts how much more true this now seems than only a couple of months ago.

The awesome power of AI helps artists make a seamless transition into Art Games as a medium. AI assistance was the missing catalyst that will make games the dominant fine art medium of the next decade.