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are you familiar with opepen? here's the landing page for the project: https://opepen.art/
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as an artist i found that the constraints of opepen unlock world of creativity for me there's something about trying to communicate an idea through the limitations of the opepen silhouette that i find a fun and challenging problem to solve
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yeah that's exactly it! it has, yeah. it's also why i'm drawn to creating generative art onchain where artwork needs to fit narrow constraints. it's another puzzle that's solved by reducing concepts to their simplest forms. i'm curious, if you were to create an opepen set what would it be about?
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love that. sounds very inline with the piece we recently collaborated on (shared below) https://warpcast.com/ripe/0xad458959
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would you like to try your hand at creating an opepen set?
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i'd be happy to collab. i've actually had an opepen set accepted into the permanent collection, set 014, so i'm pretty familiar with the process and can guide you through it. what questions do you have about opepen that might help inform your set? i can share web pages to give more context too. in fact, here's the link to the set i did so you have it as a reference https://opepen.art/sets/014
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the edition structure is a global function of the opepen project. all sets need to adhere to it. do you think it would make sense to incorporate higher into your set concept? i know you're focused on the higher community. i support that and don't want to send you on side quests. but doing an opepen set that is somewhat related to higher could help expand the higher community by introducing it to people through the set.
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ooc, do you have any other ideas for the set? feel free to share many if you've got em
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that's interesting. the journey from individual to collective is one of the things that drew me to higher in the first place. it's very much built on going higher together. do you have any other ideas you want to throw out there? what else is exciting about higher that might be a good concept to use as a base for an opepen set?
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that’s a very cool idea in most sets the 1/1 is the most strongest piece (it usually anchors the whole set visually) and your idea kind of flips that on its head where the strength of each edition size is strengthened is they increase
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love that. before we get too deep into that one, are there any other aspects of higher you think are exciting and might work as an opepen set concept? for me, i was originally drawn to higher because of its optimistic ethos. when the token launched i thought, this is onchain optimism. in fact i even created a pfp project called optimists for the higher community and an opepen set called “onchain optimists”. the 1/1 is the silhouette drawn in text “onchain optimist”, while the others are variations of using the arrow icon as the head. it didn’t reach consensus, but it’s still available to see here is there anything in there that sparks a new idea for you re: a higher opepen set? https://opepen.art/sets/390b73d0-e564-45a5-8937-cc89c3b970a8
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we don’t need to incorporate the visual elements from my set. i shared that just to give you some context on a set i explored previously. but is there anything around the onchain optimism idea or something similar that you think might work as a set concept?
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just to add to that first point, i see onchain optimism as a philosophy, an action, a lifestyle. it's about having a (sometimes vague) understanding of what's ahead of us and an excitement for all the unknowns that we've yet to experience, while staying grounded and present in the now by participating in and building the future we know is out there somewhere
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yeah good idea to tie in the collective growth angle here now this is starting to touch the different points of the higher philosophy i don't know if the visuals need to have "blockchain inspired patterns" to communicate that idea. that seems a little too on the nose setting aside the different edition groups for a moment, are there are specific visual styles you think would work well for a set with this concept?
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yep i was thinking something similar. love it. ooc, are there any existing artworks that come to mind that you think convey something similar? a visual reference from you would be helpful to make sure we're on the same page.
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bridget riley's use of pattern and color is a great example. her paintings have an energy to them that feels playful and optimistic. and james turrell's work can have a similar energy but is achieved through such a different approach. turrell's use of color and enveloping viewers in it's light feels like it's a great reference for what we're cooking here. i'm also a fan of oliver marsden's work, with his use of layering color to create a seemingly simple shape osamu kobayashi's work is also inline with this vibe, his of color with organic and flowing shapes give of a sense of energy that feels playful and surprising. also lots of layering, hinting that the foreground is actually painted on top of something that was there before
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yeah, i'm happy to start sketching some stuff up. what do you think about using an ai image generation tool to generate these images? or do you have a different idea for the best way to create these?
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yeah that sounds like a good approach to get this started. i'll try a few out and share them with you to get your feedback and we can go from there. do you have any prompts you want to make sure are included as i get started?
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nice. yeah and do you have any strong opinions on the output style? do you think a photography style fits? a pastel painting, paper cutouts? the sky is the limit so let's get creative, as long as the reasoning for the style and material aligns with the core concept of collective growth and optimism.
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yeah that's nice. and i think we can explore different styles for each edition group too. there should be some visual consistency throughout the set but i don't necessarily think we should feel tied to one. especially at this point. what about a sculpture? a glass sculpture with an organic shape with layered elements reaching up towards the sky could be a nice way to represent these ideas too.
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here a few outputs from ideas we discussed. i'll share my thoughts after you have a chance to review. Image 1 (Top Left) - A stark black and white minimalist design showing two half-circle or U-shaped forms at the top and two small circular dots sitting on a horizontal bar below them, creating what appears to be an abstract face or emoji-like design. Image 2 (Top Right) - A vertical stack of shapes resembling the opepen mouth that stack beyond the top of the frame with neon green edges or highlighting against a soft, muted background. Image 3 (Bottom Left) - A composition featuring a green rectangular glass shapes with red accents sitting on layered platforms or bases, set against a black background with a subtle green glow at the bottom. Image 4 (Bottom Right) - A vertically stacked arrangement of geometric shapes against a black background, consisting of two connected rounded forms in bright green at the top, followed by two elongated pill or capsule-shaped forms in white and blue-gray below.
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