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@T E N D E R ❤️ Starting this week with TENDER Insights Newsletter #14 Standout gen art listings, collector spotlight on @horndogdoteth, project love for @_deafbeef and @Licia_He – and a Movements about collecting by @ajberni (me : ) Enjoy! Link below 👇 https://t.co/uiW6iWrAjK
@OpenProcessing 🌟Today marks the 15th year of @openprocessing 🌟 As I googled through its screenshots today, it is hard not to get emotional... 👇🧵 I had no idea I launched the OP in the same month as @Github. It was one of the only few code-sharing platforms online, with one big difference:… https://t.co/VxJ5bEiVCW https://t.co/ZbV9uKvAVg
@Ledger During @nft_paris, our VP Comms @AWengroff sat down with prominent figures in the @artblocks_io community - @ArtOnBlockchain, @sofiagarcia_io, @_blockbird, @balon_art & @DeFiStaker. Interested in generative art? This is a convo you won't want to miss! https://t.co/G8aQYgxQ3D https://t.co/JtLTqOSl4d
@fxhash And we’re live 🥳🎉🍾 We can’t describe how overjoyed we are to share months of hard work with you! Thank you for being a part of this incredible milestone in the fxhash journey, we cherish our community above all else! Now, let’s get minting 🎉 https://t.co/FXYVbeEPwm https://t.co/u4mcnRTV5M
The Latest Mintables...
Notable projects from fxhash that have not minted out yet.
Grail Grids!
A new paradigm for interactive galleries with an immersive, tangible, and accessible experience. TENDER Pass holders curate Grail Grids according to themes, artists, moods, aesthetics, vibes — anything that has a point of view.
ESSENTIAL READING
ARTICLE BY Hevey
Circle Packing and Development Logic
Circle packing is something that may seem complex at first but is actually quite simple.
ON fx(text)
ARTICLE BY Daniel Shiffman
The Nature Of Code
This book focuses on a range of programming strategies and techniques behind computer simulations of natural systems, from elementary concepts in mathematics and physics to more advanced algorithms that enable sophisticated visual results.
ARTICLE BY Roman Verostko
Epigenetic Painting
This paper explores issues related to software that I have developed for personal use in my studio. The software, called Hodos, can generate paintings which bear an uncanny resemblance to work I did before becoming involved with computers.
ARTICLE BY Matt DesLauriers
On Crypto Art and NFTs
This post is a broad overview of the recently emerging “crypto art” space, including the use of “Non-Fungible Tokens” (NFTs) as a digital art distribution mechanism.
ON Matt DesLauriers Blog
ARTICLE BY P. Gonzalez Vivo, J Lowe
The Book of Shaders
This is a gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders.
ARTICLE BY Carl Lostritto
Computational Drawing
This book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing. Exercises, essays, algorithms, diagrams, and drawings are woven together to offer instruction, insight, and theories that are valuable to practicing architects, artists, and scholars.
ARTICLE BY Alexandra Zagalsky
Sarah Meyohas Curates a Gen-Art Show
Aesthetics, AI and algorithms come together in “Coded Elegance.” As its curator says, “The enjoyment you may draw from a generative-art NFT is really down to the craftsmanship of the code itself.”
ON 1stDibs
ARTICLE BY Jason Cole
Signed Distance Fields
In his own words “‘I wonder how you make a 3D shape which looks like different shapes from different angles’. Signed Distance Fields was his answer
ARTICLE BY Carola Patdberg
What Remains of The NFT Hype
The hype surrounding digital works dominated the international art world for two years. Then the market collapsed, and buyers lost millions. Yet optimism still pervades the scene.
ON Spiegel International
Meet the Founding Tenders
Original members of Tender who are helping shape the platform and grow Generative Art as collectors and curators.
