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reflections from a month(ish) of generative sketches | Alicia Guo

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Some thoughts on a month(ish) of generative sketches. I hesitate to use the word “generative” anymore because it’s been so overtaken by AI. What I mean here for my works are good old creative coding sketches, turtle graphics vibes and shaders. Pixels that have been handcrafted with care. Pretty informal compared to my post last year and more of a collection of floating thoughts varying in importance to see if the challenge is worth doing again next year and in what capacity. Genuary is a month long of generative sketches during January with prompts for each day. I love the guidelines. You’re encouraged to cheat and combine days, do them ahead of time or after, and overall just have fun. Last year I did my creative coding sketches in parallel but without following the prompts since I was just beginning to learn creative coding and an extra constraint was too much. This year I really went in wanting to learn new techniques, concepts, and math with each sketch, determined to follow the

Alicia Guo — reflections from a month(ish) of generative sketches ← basement March 11, 2023 · reflection · art · generative-art Check out the sketches :) Some thoughts on a month(ish) of generative sketches. I hesitate to use the word "generative" anymore because it's been so overtaken by AI. What I mean here for my works are good old creative coding sketches, turtle graphics vibes and shaders. Pixels that have been handcrafted with care. Pretty informal compared to my post last year and more of a collection of floating thoughts varying in importance to see if the challenge is worth doing agai

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