Thread by @woutmissler

Asterium is going live in ~24h, so I wanted to share some thoughts on the project while we wait :)

Evolving pieces have always inspired me, especially since they really show the versatility of generative art. I've tried experimenting before but...

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#genart #nftart #tezos

But never as in depth and complete as asterium. The idea was intially to make it grow forever, getting thinner and thinner as time went on.

But after researching how formations form within space I realised this is not at all how it should work, it should, reach an equilibruim...

And it made me think about how we grow, do we grow to become more and more spread out, or do we grow to become more condensed into something we want to become?

Through this question I decided to "curate" a growth timeline, which all the outputs follow. A goal to reach...

Without spoiling what will happen it's quite hard to explain, so I won't get into much more detail,

though I would like to share a couple of early growth stages, to get the idea crossed over. And show you a sneak peak of the next 2 months of growth for your asterium:

This is asterium Alphecca. Check the image descriptions (click on them) to see some notes on the growth up to that point.

Hopefully that gave you some insight into how your asterium will grow over time. And this is just under a fourth! Imagine what growth it would go through after half a year..

I'm excited to keep up with the growth of all the upcoming asteriums. And I will!

See you tomorrow! 😁👋

Link + info about DA:

https://twitter.com/woutmissler/status/1593016747120287744

You should be able to press the text saying ALT to see the descriptions!