# Layers, a study about colors and rectangles&#x20;

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# My First Step

When fxhash was released over a year ago I heard people talking about it for days and I didn't understand why, what was the hype behind it.

Everything changed after I collected my first work on the platform, i found amazing works, how everything was made though codes amazed me. I felt connected with the works and the artists, only then I finally understood the magic of it all.

![Capillars by Eduxdux - Collected - 1 Year Ago](ipfs://QmVFE2RWgzFzMY4F6p4vdh5d3oSWh3AEjMSgffdd17U8yd)

I've been a designer for over a decade, I started working with photoshop at the age of 14, used to collages, manipulations, working in agencies, nothing involving codes.

My knowledge with codes was very limited, but I knew Hydra, I had already done some things with it, nothing too serious and then I tried to do some experiments

# Development

#### PANTONES

One of my first experiments that I minted on the platform was "**Pantones**", it had some of my favorite colors in squares that moved on the screen.

![PANTONES #5 - Published in 2021](ipfs://QmSi3ePY39N77tGsMnxGG3rkTAxDCykRAtwAZDiB6kYCNq)

#### LIVING WET PAINTING

Following the algorithm from the previous work, "**Living Wet Painting"** was my attempt to do a painting with dripping ink on [**Hydra**](https://hydra.ojack.xyz/)

![Living Wet Painting - Published in 2021](ipfs://QmXEhMeAnMQLbVkH7ydwret1iPjn8VLXLtPqYEqWx2UNyr)

#### DISTORTED SILK

![Distorted Silk - Published in 2021](ipfs://QmbTkE3in5t5trEvKFxJV82UfQvJzTzaQKhCBFfmgLLZ96)

Following the idea of **"Living Wet Painting"**, I tried to make silks with a similiar movement, using more aggressive palettes.

Through these works I started to develop an idea, a path that a year later would become my first work, a single project. "Layers" was born. My redemption over previous works.

# Why "[Layers](https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21860)"?

I've always been a guy who used tools like any designer and that includes Photoshop, this obsession with making a project with rectangles gained much more strength while I was editing a work and I had the insight "[Layers](https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21860)", and that kept hammering in my head:

![](ipfs://QmU85bKgFzN8YGLwnEv2UyohP6Wq7JvP3V6zggX8PbSRLQ)

And I thought about [Layers](https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21860), rectangles, I thought about my previous works on Hydra, I thought I still hadn't done anything that satisfied me, I was learning P5JS and I still am. So the idea was born.&#x20;

[Layers](https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21860) of rectangles, colors and passion for something new

# About Rect()

Why Rect()?

Because i started with it, as you can see:

![Distorted Silk, Living Wet Painting and Pantones - Published NOV/DEC - 2021 - Made in Hydra](ipfs://QmRGhkeyEoMQ32W9DrcK1C8qUvpdYguvteeMj48P1ZQ9pE)

```js
 rect(
                s + x - fator * 4,
                y - fator * 5,
                x + fator * 7,
                s + fator * 10
              );
              rect(
                s + x - fator * 7,
                y - fator * 5,
                x + fator * 5,
                s + fator * 0.08
              );
              fill(random(colorPalette));
              rotate(90 / ang1);
            }
            break;

          case 2: //MOIREE
            if (random() < 2 / 44) {
              strokeWeight(1);
              rect(
                y + x - fator * 2,
                y - fator * 2,
                x + fator * 0.5,
                y + fator * 0.08
              );
              rect(penta + y, penta + y, folha + y);
              fill(random(colorPalette));
              rotate(90 / ang2);
            }
            break;

          case 3: //DUNES
            if (random() < tam2 / tam3) {
              strokeWeight(tracado);
              rect(
                y + x - fator * 0.5,
                x - fator * 13,
                y + fator * 3,
                y + fator * 14
```

Rect() is the heart of my project and that heart started beating a year ago and I didn't know it until now.

# The Art

###### *I was just happy and satisfied when I saw my old art, reborn in my new project*

!["Layers  (P5js)" - Distorted Silk (Hydra)](ipfs://QmU3ZVVDFBAhKH6SkS3VG8oimbuPCSePzmkvbxbLTfZnMJ)

!["Layers  (P5js)" - Pantones (Hydra)](ipfs://QmUadPyUrW5oYcPQ1d2keLBtL7hQEDZqSJqFh9tGkPNU6q)

!["Layers  (P5js)" - Living Wet Painting (Hydra)](ipfs://QmbAC4YGxa8tFJ7dsiwcAiHdndrto3YdcvJZyTzVGxtjpv)

# About Colors

All the colors used in "[Layers](https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21860)" are from famous paintings that I had the pleasure of studying in the year 2022, I'm a lover of colors, palettes, I like the way great artists in the past used them

```js
Mondrian = ["#fff001", "#ff0101", "#0101fd", "#f9f9f9", "#30303a"];
Monalisa = ["#727F4B", "#A9A569", "#E9C468", "#92692E", "#764B1C", "#352524"];
Portrait = ["#add2ca", "#88ae99", "#25638a", "#cbb27a", "#a6571e"];
Scream = ["#cc3300", "#cc6600", "#cc9966", "#669999", "#003333"];
Venus = ["#7c7873", "#261113", "#899075", "#d7bd8f", "#db9069", "#4d522b"];
Memory = ["#7aa4d1", "#292325", "#a75f3c", "#debe2e", "#e9b64a", "#fcefbe"];
Son = ["#f0f3eb", "#bf5b36", "#edd09e", "#b1cfd4", "#524f58", "#b2c245"];
Guitarist = ["#85a0a0", "#344359", "#8c7148", "#c1caba", "#546b77", "#1f2829"];
Canna = ["#eff1ee", "#f8a705", "#c0a7df", "#610d07", "#da2021", "#ebb729"];
Drowning = ["#d9bcb2", "#2a2a2a", "#dbd0c5", "#eceadd", "#272b61", "#cacac9"];
American = ["#ebd8a4", "#d2ac78", "#39270f", "#6b6d63", "#191b1b", "#b4c6a7"];
Sunrise = ["#fc7e42", "#f5bc93", "#bec6d3", "#768b9c", "#182140"];
Creation = ["#55463d","#6b7651","#a6b19f","#dcd3ca","#be8e78","#6b3836","#88572d"];
Girl = ["#faca82","#ddaa7f","#e83e25","#260f07","#103359","#6e8ab9","#94a190"];
Square = ["#000000", "#FFFFFF", "#FFFFFF", "#000000"];
Wave = ["#23466c", "#256a93", "#eec19a", "#eed4b1"];
Wanderer = ["#bfc4da", "#c0c5dc","#857e6d","#8793a3,","#b3b4a7","#1d1b1e","#2b393c"];
```

***

-   "Mondrian - Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray and Blue / Piet Mondrian"
-   "Monalisa - Leonardo da Vinci"
-   "Portrait - Van Gogh self-portrait / Van Gogh"
-   "Venus - The Birth of Venus / Sandro Botticelli"
-   "Memory - The Persistence of Memory / Salvador Dalí"
-   "Son - The Son of Man /René Magritte"
-   "Guitarist - The Old Guitarist / Pablo Picasso"
-   "Canna - Red Canna / Georgia O'Keeffe"
-   "Drowning - Drowning Girl / Roy Lichtenstein"
-   "American - American Gothic / Grant Wood"
-   "Sunrise - Impression, Sunrise / Claude Monet"
-   "Creation - The Creation of Adam / Michelangelo"
-   "Girl - Girl with a Pearl Earring / Johannes Vermeer"
-   "Square - Black Square / Kazimir Malevich"
-   "Wave - The Great Wave off Kanagawa / Katsushika Hokusai"
-   "Wanderer - Wanderer above the Sea of ​​Fog / David Friedrich"
-   "Scream - The Scream / Edvard Munch".

![100 Outputs](ipfs://Qmdrf2y3qtZ4VeCLrEtkgjEKkgrvJf6AXi3E2WrTpnMxUd)

# Thanks for everything!

I am very grateful to all the connections I made during this first year of fxhash, so many good memories

Special thanks to [Kukuti](https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/Kukuti) and [Morbeck](https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/Morbeck) who helped me finish this project, you guys are awesome artists

[Layers](https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21860) uses grains/noise function made by [Gorilla Sun ](https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/Gorilla%20Sun)

Article: [All About That Grain](https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/all-about-that-grain)

**I'm already working on the next project, see you soon guys !**&#x20;


"Layers" is part of my journey into Generative Art as it has shaped every aspect of how I view art, how I capture and reproduce it.

Art Director, Engineer, Digital Painter, Researcher, Generative Art Student

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