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Studio time

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marg_0_250: margin width/height of 0.25"
20250924....: the date and time when the image was captured.

Each project has unique variables. The datetime is especially important to avoid overwriting outputs.
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#genartclub #process #generativeart #WIP #processing #p5js

swatches_sspboyd: project and my name
8x10 paper size for physical version
tts_18: target to sum = 18
num_col_7: 7 columns
num_r_4: 4 rows
c_3_3....: the widths of ea column
r_7_1_...: the heights of ea row
csd_0_361: base width in inches (0.361") of a column
rsd...: same as above for rows

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Here's the filename for the image above.

"swatches_sspboyd-8x10-tts_18-num_col_7-num_r_4-c_3_3_1_1_3_4_3-r_7_1_3_7-csd_0_361-rsd_0_514-marg_0_250-20250924094216900.png"

Keeping all this info helps me when I am tuning the code/algorithm and eventually creating versions on paper.

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When I work on an idea for a generative art piece, I write code in #P5js or #Processing to create the images.
Each project produces hundreds of image outputs over the course of development. To help track the variables used for each output, I embed metadata in the filename.
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Panes. Watercolour and Cyanotype
#process #generativeart #genartclub

Sides subdivided by factors of 1/PHI. Watercolour paper and ink. 
#genartclub #generative

These are beautiful! Love it!!

Cyanotype, pencil, pastel, test

Dice and markers. Not following instructions, making my own.
#genartclub #wip

top down image of a Dice driven image of cyanotype, coloured pencil, graphite, water colour paper.

Dice, cyanotype, coloured pencil, graphite, water colour paper.

Pencils lined up on a green self healing mat. Testing line weights for a grid on cyanotype developed paper.

Pencil line up.
Testing line weights for a grid on cyanotype developed paper.

Ink on paper.

dark image of a table. lit by red light. preparing paper with cyanotype fluid.

Cyanotype prep. Red light.

#cyanotype #red_light #studio

Studio work

Studio work.
Ink, watercolour, paper, Fibonacci.
1/PHI^n
#prototype #process #irl #fibonacci #watercolour #genartclub

Canadians are born all over the world.

Sometimes it just takes them awhile to find their way home.

We're glad you found your way home.

Studio work.
Ink, watercolour, paper, Fibonacci.
1/PHI^n
#prototype #process #irl #fibonacci #watercolour #genartclub

Running some tests using different types of watercolours and inks to find the right mix.

#wip #prototype #watercolour

Above Ground
Ink.

#wip #process #studio #dice #gf1 #toronto #phi #ink #watercolour

I have a number of my generative art works on display at Might & Main in Toronto this month. Come check it out if you're on the east side!

#toronto #torontoart #canadianartist #contemporaryart #p5js #p55 #processing #generativeart #genartclub #abstractart #blogto #geometricart

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Shane Drinkwater

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