Disclaimer

This artwork is partially generated by AI, and I seek to be as transparent as possible about the human and machine contributions.

From idea to foundation

For GENUARY32nd I wanted to create a generative artwork for the "plants" prompt. As I had no idea on how to get started, I thought about using ChatGPT to help me out. I documented the whole process to create the foundation of this artwork via the video Create Generative Art with ChatGPT & JavaScript.

You can also read about it on my website https://nerddis.co/nd-genuary32nd-plants-chatgpt3-001 and find even more background information.

fxhashify

After holding the generated code from ChatGPT in my hands, I switched to my manual process (which involves using my human brain) to convert the foundation into something that can be actually minted on fxhash. I call this "fxhashify", as this process is tailored to the capabilities of fxhash. If you are interested in this process, then please leave a comment on the video. If you just want to know what I changed, then please continue reading:

• Used the Pseudo Random Number Generator from the params-boilerplate instead of Math.random()
• Randomized parameters (like x / y position, color, growthSpeed and more) to control the plants, ground, sun and sky
• Established the scene to have plantsAmount between 1 and 8
• Spread the plants evenly on the ground with consistent spacing, related to the plantsAmount
• Made sure that tall plants are in front of small plants
• To prevent the plants from extending outside the scene, smaller-sized plants are placed along the edge whenever more than three plants were generated
• A different globalCompositeOperation was used for the petals of the "special plants", distinguishing them from regular plants
• Two different Time of Day were included: Sunny Day vs Rainbow Night
• The proportions of the scene were kept, regardless of how it was scaled, using 2048 x 2048 px as the reference size
• A lot of fine-tuning was done to make it look pretty and get the colors right in terms of lightness and saturation... <3 HSL
• Added various helper functions (like inRange or pseudoRandomBetween) and the possibility to save the scene as an image by pressing "s" on the keyboard
• The characteristic was added to continuously redraw the scene after a random timeout between 0 and 60000 ms, so that you can see the plants growing over and over again. After each redraw, stemGrowthSpeed, centerGrowthSpeed and petalGrowthSpeed are randomized
• Included only a few fxhash features, but went into a rabbit hole for firstRedraw and added quotes from my most favorite movies, shows and music. But only the ones that had a connection to time
• My little daughters gave me important feedback during development, so I integrated their favorite show "My Little Pony" into the Flower Lightness feature (some ponies look dark, others look very bright)
• Used fxparams for timeOfDay, plantsAmount, flowerLightness and the backgroundSaturation, so that minters have an influence on the generated piece
• Comments were added on all functions and everything in between

Code

Everything is JavaScript + Canvas 2D and open source under AGPLv3: https://github.com/NERDDISCO/nd-genuary32nd-plants-chatgpt3-001

Interactive

• Press s on your keyboard to download a screenshot
• The scene is redrawn every pseudo-random ms