fx(text) is an exciting new content layer for fxhash where artists and collectors can publish articles about generative art or anything else related. It launched August 30th, 2022 with the mint of the inaugural fx(text) article at https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/fx(text).

A flurry of articles were published in the first few days. This article highlights the best of the best content published! Grab a coffee and enjoy!

Ode to Contrapuntos, or Remembrance

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/ode-to-contrapuntos-or-remembrance

Contrapuntos, or contra for short, is an iconic collection from the early days of fxhash. In this beautifully written article goes in depth about why this collection resonates so much and how it sparked her love for generative art.

Beauty in Code

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/beauty-in-code-hashed-arcs

With Beauty in Code, is already pushing the boundaries of fx(text) with an article that is going to be a living document with revisions. This first edition is showcasing Yazid and his genesis fxhash project Hashed Arcs. Features and variations are explored in a way that is structured and easy to follow.

also shared a roadmap of the upcoming artist and project highlights that the article will be updated to contain. There are even additional perks to the people who mint an edition of the article.

Building a Bridge of Appreciation to the Future of Creativity

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/building-a-bridge-of-appreciation-to-the-future-of-creativity

The 2022 Summer saw four big events where the traditional art world interfaced with digital, generative art. shares the experience at Art Basel Hong Kong on how the traditional art institutions and dealers react to generative art and what the underlying issues are. The article walks through how we as big generative art proponents should work to build awareness and acceptance in the greater art world. A must-read on a really important topic!

Tych

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/tych

, the artist behind Tych, goes in depth about the origins of this great collection, the way the outputs are structured, and the common and rare features that outputs could get.

Diaries of an Accidental Art Addict

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/diaries-of-an-accidental-art-addict

A tale of going down the rabbit hole of NFT art, by the renowned mega-collector . This story hits on both epic highs and depressing lows and is an interesting window into the beauty and the beast of collecting NFT art.

The Last Days of Fire and Steel

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/the-last-days-of-fire-and-steel

This article, by the artist themselves, is something else entirely. I remember minting this fxhash drop due to the sheer mystery that the collection expresses. The dark tones are so present and real in the visuals. In this fx(text) article, the dark tones are very present in the text as well. Go read it after admiring this visual, as long as it's not at bedtime...

GPT-3 and me: A generative coding study

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/gpt-3-and-me:-a-generative-coding-study

AI models for text and image generation are all the rage these days. In this article, boldly explores the possibilities and limits of using AI models like GPT-3 to generate code for generative art. By asking the model increasingly complex prompts about what kind of generative art to produce, the outputs become more and more elaborate. A groundbreaking article about revolutionary new tools! also released what is probably the very first fxhash project entirely written by GPT-3.

Dencity development

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/dencity-development

Dencity is a landmark project by on fxhash. The project features cities from above, with buildings, parks, trees, vehicles and much more. In this article the artist walk us through a lot of the steps it took to create this impressive piece of generative art. The use of intermediate outputs to illustrate the progress of the work is outstanding!

20 Lines of Code

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/20-lines-of-code

How short can a generative art project be in terms of code lines, and still produce visually interesting and diverse outputs? sets out to explore this in the 20 Lines of Code project, and the article walks you through the development process and what each line of code does. When minimizing the number of lines there's no room for lines that are not essential, so this article is a great resource for how generative art works under the hood and what pieces of code it needs.

Let's Take a Step Back

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/let's-take-a-step-back

With the launch of fx(text), takes a look back at the incredible journey of fxhash and generative art. In the short time span of 10 months, more than 1 million art NFTs have been minted on fxhash! Kaloh has been following the generative art space for a while and is a reputable source of thoughtful analysis and great commentary on all things generative art. Make sure to read this piece to catch his thoughts on all the great aspects that generative art unlocks.

Thank you for taking a look at this list of great articles!