(re)Generative Art on Ordinals with Blender Geometry Nodes

[michaelgold]

Hey everyone,

I created a method for embedding small (~100KB) procedural art generators into a JPEG file.

It's a bit similar to Artblocks.. except instead of storing a p5.js art generator in an ETH smart contract, I store a Blender Geometry Nodes art generator in a JPEG file on a Bitcoin Ordinal.

Each piece of art is unique and is deterministically created from a unique seed number and the art generator which is embedded into the JPEG.

After you download a JPEG with Embedded Content (JEC file) from ordinals.com, you'll be able to regenerate the 3D art, and view it from any angle in nearly unlimited levels detail using the code below:

https://gist.github.com/michaelgold/8784c0bd0fc0d9e938da923b4d320dd9#file-decode_jpeg_embedded_content-py

A tutorial on the process of regenerating the art is here:
https://twitter.com/michaelgold/status/1622664031205990403?s=20&t=zApQhIxrXobU_qtstCwv2A

(The tutorial and code includes links to some art I launched last week in the 7148- 7487 Ordinal range.)

In the coming days, I'll be adding the art embedding tools to this open sourced NFT generation project I maintain:
https://github.com/shaderverse/shaderverse

I'm excited to get more artists involved in making generative art projects with Blender.