Bright Moments

Tangible Pixels: Symbolic Fruit

We often think of digital art as this ethereal thing, 

code and pixels floating around 

with no grounding in the real world. 

But the more I work with this medium, 

the more I find a surprising tangibility in my pixels

and in the act of coding itself.


Figs. #57

SOL is a collection of 365 generative paintings that captures a precise moment in time, when the sun is rising above the horizon. Each generative output is influenced by real world 2023 astronomical data. Every location, date, time and sunrise angle is unique. This information is recorded at the bottom of each piece and on the Blockchain. Just like IRL, no two SOLs are alike.

SOL is a collection of 365 generative paintings that captures a precise moment in time, when the sun is rising above the horizon. Each generative output is influenced by real world 2023 astronomical data. Every location, date, time and sunrise angle is unique. This information is recorded at the bottom of each piece and on the blockchain. Just like IRL, no two SOLs are alike.

SOL #218

**Bit Rot** (noun): Refers to the stepwise corruption of digital information owing to an array of non-critical failures within a data storage device. Also termed as **data decay** or **data rot**.

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*This artwork, while designed to resemble a bill, is not legal tender and holds no face value. Its purpose is purely for display, collection, or artistic appreciation. Its value as an art piece subject to market conditions should not be confused with it being a form of recognized currency.*

*The purchase of this NFT includes the transfer of the display rights from the author to the new owner. Consequently, the new owner has the freedom to publicly showcase this NFT as they deem appropriate.*



Bit Rot

Bit Rot (noun): Refers to the stepwise corruption of digital information owing to an array of non-critical failures within a data storage device. Also termed as data decay or data rot.

4ETH EMBER TURING:USDT

Ready Player Me Punks is our genesis NFT drop. We are paying our respects to the legends of the industry that kickstarted a revolution.

CryptoPunk NFT owners can generate a unique 3D avatar version of their Punk that they can use across the metaverse and in the Ready Player Me network. We give Punks a new dimension and make them usable in 3D virtual worlds. The goal is to create real interoperability of avatars and NFTs.

ReadyPlayerMePunks

Ready Player Me Punk #8832

Blooms by Cory Haber

What are the things that surround us, but mementos of life? Materials to sustain our lives, reminders of what we want or have had, and even life itself. The types of life we observe changes our perspective  for instance, looking upon each other draws comparison and instigates narrative. When we take in nature, everything is alive and as it should be: the slow growing rocks, quietly drifting clouds, the fauna and the flora. From these observations, we get an intuitive sense that each tree, plant, and flower is a peaceful analog to our own spirit. 


Each flower reminds us of the infinite beauty of our existence  its simultaneous perfection and imperfection, and the teaching that those two attributes are the same. The opening of a flower is an uplifting process that prepares for its long moment in the sun and whatever may come. Each drifting wind shows off the dimension of a blossom, each ray of light and drop of water bends its petals to receive sustenance. Through flowers, we see the cycles of life: a peek expression of the plant's potential in its bloom, simultaneously aware that it was recently but a seed, and will soon now be dead.


The flower is a prompt to stop and enjoy the vibrancy of life  it shouts at us with color and stretches out its sumptuous cup in which to hold our attention. This awareness we place upon the flower reveals the shared energy of our lives, all lives, and charges our connection to it. The lasting power in both their physical appreciation and artistic representation is no coincidence or trite superficiality: it's born from our deepest intuitions.


*Blooms* continues Haber's pursuit of expressing the essence of life and energy using flowers as subjects. Through unexpected colors and combinations, an abstracted feel of paint-brushed flora, and a myriad of wild floral arrangements, the generative processes of this series create a new, widely varied visual language that represents the beautiful, organic diversity of life.




*Without our fully realizing it, flowers would become for us an expression in form of that which is most high, most sacred, and ultimately formless within ourselves. Flowers, more fleeting, more ethereal, and more delicate than the plants out of which they emerged, would become like messengers from another realm, like a bridge between the world of physical forms and the formless.*


Eckhart Tolle




Prints: \
Collectors can purchase a signed archival pigment print of their piece from the artist's studio by connecting your art-holding wallet after the mint to [wovn.xyz](https://www.wovn.xyz/).


Blooms #65

Diego Rodriguez

Earn riches beyond imagination! Do you have what it takes to survive The Persecutor?
A month inside a torture dungeon, contestants go insane long before the sword is hacking them away. Yet people keep participating... What's the prize, you ask? Have your necessities covered for the rest of your life, or become the new Persecutor.
This is a piece from my Neon District Original Concept Art collection. I decided to make use of one of my favorite palette, yellow and gray, I love how they look together, and yet I havent made enough paintings based on these 2 colors. This piece wasnt even hard, it was pure joy, I mean, its a heavily armored and masked person with a really big sword ala Cloud Strife thats really worn and dented. I love this piece.

Digital painting from scratch to finish, Procreate and Photoshop.

If you own this token, feel free to send me an email to diego@neondistrict.io for your full resolution painting for easy printing!

The Persecutor 10/10

**Descent** 
Custom software, Javascript, WebGL
Variable dimensions, silent

Mostly downwards, mostly gray. 

Descent is an attempt to represent depth using only characters from the code page 437 (CP437 for short, or extended ASCII).  
The viewer is taken on an infinite journey along a column made of characters; the characters lose their original meaning and become shapes, structure.  


**Keys**
```
i  toggle info
 change scale
n  toggle noise/glitch
s  toggle shading
f  toggle colors
p  save 1 .png image
P  save 4 .png image
t  save 2d scene as .txt file
v  save voxel data as .txt file
c  hide cursor
f  enter fullscreen
```

Some visual settings can be set or changed through URL parameters; especially values for scale and fps will help adapt the project to different display sizes by adjusting character height and playback speed.

**URL parameters**
```
scale        pixel scaling
fps          frame rate cap
canvasWidth  force canvas width
canvasHeight force canvas height 
noShading    disable shading 
noNoise      disable noise/glitch
noColor      disable color
bgColor      background color (0x000)
voxelWidth   voxel width
voxelHeight  voxel height 
texture      custom texture (FTS)
```

Descent #55

**[WEBSITE](https://www.brightmoments.io)** | **[DISCORD](https://discord.gg/brightmoments)**

CryptoCitizens are an ongoing generative portrait collection of 10,000 NFTs, powered by Art Blocks, minting in cities around the world. Each one is an equal member of the Bright Moments DAO.

CryptoCitizens

CryptoParisians are the ninth edition in the CryptoCitizens collection, an ongoing generative portrait series based on real people from communities around the world. Holders of CryptoCitizens are members of the Bright Moments DAO.



CryptoParisian #620

Land Sea and Sky (Short-Form)

11C-43Land-41Mountains-48Sea-63Sky is a unique artwork from Land Sea and Sky by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, a collection of enigmatic landscape collages built by combining compositional forms based on iconic 20th-century landscape photography with AI-generated imagery of the American countryside. 

Land Sea and Sky was commissioned by Artwrld.

License: [artwrld.com/license](artwrld.com/license)

11C-43Land-41Mountains-48Sea-63Sky

13C-52Land-45Mountains-43Sea-38Sky is a unique artwork from Land Sea and Sky by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, a collection of enigmatic landscape collages built by combining compositional forms based on iconic 20th-century landscape photography with AI-generated imagery of the American countryside. 

Land Sea and Sky was commissioned by Artwrld.

License: [artwrld.com/license](artwrld.com/license)

13C-52Land-45Mountains-43Sea-38Sky

MINTING DAPP https://usdsat.pboy-art.com/

Dollars Nakamoto is a NFT farming protocol

By owning a Genesis Edition, you'll be able to mint nine more NFTs during the next 10 years.

This collection is based on the original "Dollars Nakamoto" artwork released by Pascal Boyart in 2018. The original piece was made with hundreds of real ripped US One Dollar Bills glued on canvas.

Dollars Nakamoto

Multiple Edition - Dollars Nakamoto by Pascal Boyart is a farming NFT collection based on the original artwork made with hundreds of real USD Bills glued on canvas in 2018.

Dollars Nakamoto - 8th Edition

Heralding the dawn of NFT power users, OpenSea Pro unlocks a new level of optionality, selection, and control for pro NFT collectors. Previously known as Gem, OpenSea Pro has been months in the making, culminating in the platforms rebirth as the most powerful NFT marketplace aggregator.

Commemorating our communitys journey, we are releasing Gemesis, a thank you to Gem community members who have steered the ship with us. This limited-edition collection encapsulates our evolution, celebrates our community, and embodies the exciting road ahead.

pro.opensea.io

Gemesis

Heralding the dawn of NFT power users, OpenSea Pro unlocks a new level of optionality, selection, and control for pro NFT collectors. Previously known as Gem, OpenSea Pro has been months in the making, culminating in the platforms rebirth as the most powerful NFT marketplace aggregator. Commemorating our communitys journey, we are releasing Gemesis, a thank you to Gem community members who have steered the ship with us. This limited-edition collection encapsulates our evolution, celebrates our community, and embodies the exciting road ahead.

Zerion DNA is a first-of-its-kind generative NFT that evolves as you explore Web3. Your wallet activities will shape your NFTs appearance, making it a true reflection of your Web3 journey.

This means your Zerion DNA changes over time according to the amount of gas youve spent, the amount of assets you hold, the networks you support and more! You can set your NFT as your wallet avatar and showcase your unique onchain identity.

Zerion DNA holders also enjoy exclusive perks from our partners such as airdrops, claims, whitelisting, discounts and other rewards.

To claim your DNA, create a Zerion Wallet with our iOS or Android apps. The NFT is free to mint, just pay for gas fees.

Learn more about Zerion DNA here: https://zerion.io/dna/

Zerion DNA 1.0

Zerion DNA is a first of a kind Dynamic NFT Avatar  a generative, living NFT that evolves over time to reflect your digital identity. Every wallet action renders unique attributes so that no two NFTs are alike. Wallet actions that will cause the NFT to evolve include buying and selling tokens, interacting with different networks and exploring the Zerion app.

To claim your DNA, create a Zerion Wallet via our Zerion iOS and Android apps.

#255455

Composition #83

Old red & old blue

262144 plotted pixels  
28.8 x 28.8cm / 11.3 x 11.3in  
Felt tip pen on 190gsm Hahnemhle paper

January 2023

The NFT comes with the original drawing, to be claimed by the token holder. Upon resale on the secondary market, the original drawing shall be shipped to the new owner. The receiver of the work will cover shipping costs.

Composition #83 

Perpetual / vol. 1

Archival nodes of the first experiment machine. Ideas encoded in proposals and actualized by collective assent. Deterministic layout, linking symbols and submissions. All color, position variation mapped to chain data (except archive cursor, determined by token ID).

Archive 243/280

24 Hours of Art

24 Hours of Art by Roger Dickerman (RD) is a daily, independent report that covers the digital art medium and marketplace on the blockchain. 366 tokens are minted to tell the story of 2024. Each token leverages the ERC-7160 standard, starting as a unique date of the year and then updating in stages to artworks based on that day"s data. Each token also provides access to the "24 Hours of Art" Telegram group, reports, and shows.

24 Hours of Art: 2024

Definitely not a Botto. The first derivative collection set up by BottoDAO. These are free rewards distributed to early voters. Pipes unlock favored access to future Botto Drops.

Ceci n'est pas un Botto

Derived from the fragment Originate Sample, this pipe"s interesting design first appeared in Round 7 of production in Botto"s Genesis Period. This niche pipe is ranked 2989/3141, and its fragment did not survive The Cull of March 2022.