Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Generative Art: Seed and random range set, outputs laid side by side to inspect the spread
- Type
- Set in Generative Art's manner (Letters handled as coordinates and repetitions with the face itself fixed), and let Net.art's lettering (Use default browser fonts and leave underlined links undecorated) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Generative Art's material (Lines assumed at a plotter's constant weight, tone made by overlap density); bring in exactly one thing from Net.art (HTML, GIF, error screens and slow loading treated as material).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #ffffff, #0000ee, #111111.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Digital Art, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
Caution
- Generative Art A random range set too wide widens the gap between good and bad results and leaves a pile of output instead of a work.
- Net.art Reproducing the early web look as a flat image leaves nothing that links, transmits or invites participation, and the network that was the site of the work disappears.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Generative Art (Style, 1965–) and its accent from Net.art (Style, 1990s–). Structural cues: Rule and randomness together; The plotter's line; Variation through repetition; The work as system. Accent cues, used sparingly: Link structures; Browser UI; Errors; Participation and transmission. Composition: Seed and random range set, outputs laid side by side to inspect the spread. Type and lettering: Letters handled as coordinates and repetitions with the face itself fixed. Let one material quality come from the second style: HTML, GIF, error screens and slow loading treated as material. Mood: Technology, Calm, Play, Rebellion. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #ffffff, #0000ee, #111111. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Generative Art 1965– / Style / Digital Art
Art that delegates production to rule and randomness, the artist designing the system. From Nees's and Molnár's plotter drawings, coded repetition and chance became the source of design's generative methods.
- Net.art 1990s– / Style / Digital Art
Treats the browser, the link, the transmission error and the network itself as both the material and the site of the work.
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