Radiation
This blog post highlights my latest digital artwork collection, Radiation. This collection has been a long time coming, continuing my passion for on-chain artwork and a desire to create something unique confined by on-chain constraints. In the blog post below, I will touch on the holistic vision around this digital art collection…
What is the Radiation Collection?
Radiation is an on-chain artwork collection comprising six (6) 1/1s, all on-chain, with no external storage. In almost every artwork I have ever produced, “light” finds a way to integrate itself into the message. In this collection, “light” is defined by rapidly glitching color themes I have created via code, which I call Radiations.
Radiation is the emission of energy in the form of waves traveling through space at the speed of light.
The Artist Vision
When I began my explorations into creating this collection, I had three specific goals for what I wanted for the art.
On-chain, no external storage, made with code
On-chain artwork is a unique form of art. Personally, I believe on-chain artists deserve more credit considering the amount of constraints that are required to understand to push art onto a blockchain that will live forever.
Light art, based on the capabilities of your device
SVG code offers a solid range of animation possibilities. Light being a focus glitch specifically seemed like the closest way to describe the animation method here. But in reality the rapid flickering was meant to create a glowing palette that is defined by the on-chain code.
Asset system for artists to utilize and build upon
In this particular collection, I wanted to overdevelop the concept and then narrow it down to only a few available artworks to be owned. This, in turn, led to the creation of a system made up of 3 levels of artwork that, when combined, form the Radiation artwork.
Architecture
Radiation is made possible by a system of shapes, palettes, and animations driven by subjects and code.
As mentioned above, Radiation is one level of a larger artwork system. That system extends the artwork into three levels in total: Radiation, Particles, Ions.
The assets in this library are cc0 and can be used by anyone with access to this website.
The only available artwork that can be owned on-chain is from the Radiation collection on Foundation.
Asset Library
Once all 8 1/1s are sold in the Radiation collection, I will release the Asset Library as cc0 for other creators to build upon.
Level / Radiation
Level 2 / Particles
Level 3 / Ions
If you’ve made it this far, I appreciate you. Over time, this site has evolved into my sandbox for creativity, which has been super inspiring to keep up to date as time permits. More love, more wins, and more fun for all in 2024.
