Growing up, my family had a wooden box hanging on the wall, which was divided into many small compartments of varying sizes and rectangular orientations.  There was just enough depth to each compartment for room to place a miniature trinket. It was filled with all kinds of knickknacks that we often picked up from the local mall. Some of the tchotchkes would tie into our lives, but many were just fun pieces, and the overall make up of the miniature box (as we called it) became an evolving composition.

This work, Gewgaw, tries to recreate that miniature box, dividing the canvas into small compartments of various sizes and orientations. Each block contains a looping animation, from one of 16 different styles. Many outputs will focus on just one or two styles, while others will incorporate all 16. Each style has its own set of parameters to provide variety within each block. In the end, the dozens, or hundreds, of animation blocks all come together to create an overall unique and lively composition.

There are 15 palettes of varying likelihood to show up across the 200 outputs, but two in particular are special for this project. The Silver Ticket and Golden Ticket palettes will be used to provide access to a free mint (gas and fees still apply, of course) in an upcoming long-form animated generative art project. The upcoming work, Digital Bath, will be published on Highlight, and Silver Palette holders will receive 1 free mint, while Golden Ticket holders will receive 2 free mints.

In addition, special features are available for any batch mints of Gewgaw. Each iteration of a batch mint will allow for the same number of additional views (up to 9).  The same palette and animation styles will be reorganized into a new structure of blocks and can be accessed by using the number keys. For example, a batch of mint of 3 will provide the second work of the batch to have two views which can be switched between using keys 1 and 2.  The third mint of the batch will have three views switchable using keys 1, 2, and 3.

Gewgaw

Gewgaw #95

Undercover by artplusbrad

While rotating and morphing, an undercover shape blends in with criss-crossing layers of color blocks.

WARNING: Contains flashing imagery.

Interactive Controls: 
Use the arrow keys (or WASD) to move the undercover shape around the screen
Press F to toggle on/off the flashing color blocks
Press R to toggle on/off the rotation of the shape
Press M to toggle on/off the morphing of the shape
Press C to center the shape on the canvas
Press B to return the shape to its beginning location
Press spacebar to toggle on/off all animations