Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. Some photos from this weekend - really had a great time out of the city. 🌲🐴🛶🐶
"The new illiteracy of the modern world is digital dependency reinforced by corporations promising us service in exchange for sovereignty." My wife Lauren on POAP, permanence, and learning to hold our own keys. Her first guest post on my site. thebenmeadows.com/blog/the-new-common-sense/
Last week I sat down with The AZ Insider for their Mission Monday column, and the piece ran on the front page this Monday. Read the full interview: theazinsider.com/mission-mond... Portrait by Daniel Koeth, Marfa, TX (2024).
#Mission Monday – Ben Meadows - The AZ Insider
In Arizona, generosity is more than a value; it is a way of life. From boardrooms to classrooms, ballfields to board service, countless individuals quietly ...
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🌊 Swell Network Weekly Recap 🌊 I took some time off to travel and celebrate my birthday the past couple weeks. We're back this week with a big recap - there is a lot to cover (as always!) in the world of @swellnetworkio. 🐋 Let's dive in 🤿
Arizona Twilight, 2024 This is only the second photograph I have minted this year. Currently being shown at the Gentse Festival Art Exhibition in Gent, Belgium from July 26-28, 2024. Read more here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1816569920592969984.html
Day 183 #DailyMuse (The End?) Six months of making art every day. This has been an incredibly rewarding experiment. Today's piece looks deceptively simple, but is actually comprised of at least three overlays, plus multiple edits. I also made an alternate version.
Day 182 #DailyMuse This is a combination of a photograph overlaid with an AI generated image based on the same photograph. The coloring comes from using an algorithm to highlight the differences between the two photos.
Day 181 #DailyMuse I couldn't decide if I prefer the grayscale or color version: two very different aesthetics. Which one is your favorite?
Day 179 #DailyMuse Today's piece is the original photo I used as reference for my largest fully on-chain piece (to date), "entropy." It's interesting to see the two pieces side-by-side, as they each have their own unique feel, while still expressing the same basic concept.
Throwback: #DailyMuse Day 4 January 18, 2024 I love the sense of scale in this piece: an airplane is in the upper left quadrant, while a person stands in the lower right.
Day 176 #DailyMuse Don't forget to have fun creating art. Today's piece was inspired by the recent meme coin frenzy, along with the absurdity of American politics. "Donald Pepe Obama" Created using multiple programs to generate, upscale, and edit the constituent images.
Day 174 #DailyMuse I had some fun with today's piece. Using multiple programs and algorithms, I combined a stylized version of yesterday's piece with a version of the UFO from my Solana edition, "Dark Tidings."
Day 173 #DailyMuse I made two pieces for today. The first piece is a photograph I took at sunset last night. The second piece is based on a collage I made of the same photo combined with some old fireworks photos, which I then ran through a couple of AI algorithms.
Throwback to #DailyMuse Day 1 (Jan 15, 2024). I can't believe it's been almost six months! Here's the original post: bmeadows.xyz/day1
Day 170 #DailyMuse Collage created from a photo I took yesterday, along with multiple AI outputs (using two different AI tools) from the same photo. View the first 169 days here: bmeadows.xyz/dailymuse
GN Day 5 #TENDERED From my collection: Stargazer #70 by @ykxotkx Edition of 100 | Published Dec 6, 2022 tender.art/project/star...
TheBenMeadows@thebenmeadows.com · 3y agoGN Day 4 #TENDERED From my collection: Holy Mountain #67 by @PlayManNFT Edition of 174 | Published Sep 2, 2022 tender.art/project/holy...
GN Day 4 #TENDERED From my collection: Holy Mountain #67 by @PlayManNFT Edition of 174 | Published Sep 2, 2022 tender.art/project/holy...
TheBenMeadows@thebenmeadows.com · 3y agoGN Day 3 #TENDERED From my collection: ASCII-SMOLSKULL #146 by @mknol Edition of 500 | Published Nov 17, 2021 tender.art/project/asci... This is the oldest minted generative piece in my Tezos collection.
GN Day 3 #TENDERED From my collection: ASCII-SMOLSKULL #146 by @mknol Edition of 500 | Published Nov 17, 2021 tender.art/project/asci... This is the oldest minted generative piece in my Tezos collection.
TheBenMeadows@thebenmeadows.com · 3y agoGN Day 2 #TENDERED From my collection: Emotions #79 by @cybersea.bsky.social Edition of 128 | Minted Feb 19, 2023 https://tender.art/project/emotions-2/79 View the first post (Day 1) on X/Twitter here: https://fxtwitter.com/TheBenMeadows/status/1753656609061097706
GM Day 21 #DailyMuse
TheBenMeadows@thebenmeadows.com · 3y agoGM Day 20 #DailyMuse 3 versions: 1. The original edited photo 2. An algorithmically abstracted version 3. A pulsing, looping, 4-second GIF version View the previous 19 days, plus the animated GIF on X/Twitter here: https://fxtwitter.com/TheBenMeadows/status/1753818563063042379
GN Day 2 #TENDERED From my collection: Emotions #79 by @cybersea.bsky.social Edition of 128 | Minted Feb 19, 2023 https://tender.art/project/emotions-2/79 View the first post (Day 1) on X/Twitter here: https://fxtwitter.com/TheBenMeadows/status/1753656609061097706
GM Day 20 #DailyMuse 3 versions: 1. The original edited photo 2. An algorithmically abstracted version 3. A pulsing, looping, 4-second GIF version View the previous 19 days, plus the animated GIF on X/Twitter here: https://fxtwitter.com/TheBenMeadows/status/1753818563063042379
