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James Merrill

@totheplxel

Artblocks Curated Artist - actual legit creator of ORI. Experimental & generative digital artist focusing on short films, plotters, and long form series.

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linkhttps://lostpixel.org/ calendar_today07-02-2013 22:20:31

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I'm incredibly excited that my generative project ORI will be the next curated release on artblocks.io. 11 months of grueling work has led to this moment, right here, and I can't wait to share it with you! (1/5)

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Guys I’m sorry to say there’s another spam account impersonating me out there. Please use extreme discretion whenever you see weird links or things that are too good to be true.

Guys I’m sorry to say there’s another spam account impersonating me out there. Please use extreme discretion whenever you see weird links or things that are too good to be true.
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ORI has a new way of making generative forms that's loosely based on origami. I treat geometry like pieces of paper and crease and fold them. Not all physical laws are obeyed, though, and the algorithm quickly loses realism and creates impossible shapes.

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Another day. Another destroyed ORI. I love the animation that @0xBankrun put together for this one! It reminds me of rainfall washing away a chalk drawing.

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Now that ORI is live, let's dive into the origins of the project. This'll also establish some clear provenance for those interested. In mid-December 2021 the first commit was made to my Github repo. By January 4th I had already created the paper folding algorithm. 1/5

Now that ORI is live, let's dive into the origins of the project. This'll also establish some clear provenance for those interested. In mid-December 2021 the first commit was made to my Github repo. By January 4th I had already created the paper folding algorithm. 
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ORI currently has 212 commits, and Ive been adding more as I finish the vector renderer and animation studio. There are 6113 LOC in the final release before the minification. 5/5

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I've just open-sourced the starter kit that I use on my Artblocks projects. If you want to build artwork, this will give you some help in focusing on the important stuff: Rapidly iterating and cheaply deploying. github.com/lostPixels/gen…

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Just added four recent, amazing generative art projects to our Icons list! tender.art/icons Coronado by JERES ORI by James Merrill Slumbers by Volatile Moods Punktwelt by Erik Swahn #2, #23, #49, #231

Just added four recent, amazing generative art projects to our Icons list!
tender.art/icons

Coronado
by <a href="/heyjeres/">JERES</a> 

ORI
by <a href="/toThePixel/">James Merrill</a> 

Slumbers
by <a href="/VolatileMoods/">Volatile Moods</a> 

Punktwelt
by <a href="/erikswahn/">Erik Swahn</a> 

#2, #23, #49, #231
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ORI // Unfolded - 26 looping animations demonstrating the folds behind my generative art project ORI. Each fold affects every fold before it, and the animation sequentially layers them. Easy to see, hard to explain.

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To say thanks to the folks that supported my drop, I've airdropped these to the first 25 minters. The collection can be found here: opensea.io/collection/ori…

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Whoa, I didnt even realize that it's been a year since Feral File's -GRAPH was released. Impeccable timing with Casey REAS's amazing drop on Artblocks today, who was amazing to work with and learn from.

Whoa, I didnt even realize that it's been a year since <a href="/FeralFile/">Feral File</a>'s -GRAPH was released. Impeccable timing with <a href="/REAS/">Casey REAS</a>'s amazing drop on Artblocks today, who was amazing to work with and learn from.
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Ori is an art series that draws inspiration from paper folding to create deeply abstract and highly contrasting imagery. We are launching mint of 50 passes! It is collaboration with Art Blocks 🫶 Last 10 mints will be free! Link: lostpixel.org #ORI #ArtBlocks

Ori is an art series that draws inspiration from paper folding to create deeply abstract and highly contrasting imagery. We are launching mint of 50 passes! 

It is collaboration with <a href="/artblocks_io/">Art Blocks</a> 🫶 

Last 10 mints will be free!

Link: lostpixel.org

#ORI #ArtBlocks