NUX BLUE is a series of 96 Web GL / JPG browser based works free for holders of NUXUI. The works are based on generative CG works expanding on the visual systems of NUXUI, recalling terrains, technical tools, grids, navigation interfaces, maps and spaces.

NUX BLUE then doses the original NUXUI system with psychedelics, up-reses, and submerges them in a browser based liquid shader dip, softening the edges, saturating, expanding on the dynamic scanlines.

NUX ALLOY in opposition, reduces the fundamental elements of NUXUI into core basic shapes, re-sampling them using proximity scaling and shape culling. This leaves behind a string of brute forced SVG code across a family of ten color schemes, introducing landscape-style topographical forms. The series is made up of 384 animated SVG works, with 298 of them being free for NUX ALLOY OE holders and the remainder for sale and artist proofs.

NUX BLUE, in a unavoidably basic way takes simple cues from the NUX studio build color palette as seen in the photos below. Located in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia it was designed as a collaborative digital arts studio. The 100sqm street facing space was built out from a 1990s shopfront shell that was stripped to a bare and fitted out with rich colours and textures across four zones. Focused work, ambient rave lounge, discussion and utilities.

As part of the NUX project I have always intended to do a mix series commissioned from a diverse range of DJ’s and producers whose work and music I admire. This will be part of David Rudnicks extended Tomb Series. TOMB XX NUXUI-N is part of the Ronin house that denotes collaborators. NUX MIXES and a sub series called NUX TOMBS are planned to be published under the Tombs recovery contract that expand the social connections of the Tombs project.

Thank you to all who supported the original NUXUI. NUX2UI is the beginning of renewed focus into making digital art with a collaborative focus. Many thanks to the developers, designers and friends along the way for the support and encouragement. Shout out to Nepzone, Citadel, Circle, FWB and SVO.

As always please feel free to sell, share, trade and burn these works.

• Blocks: The structure of each piece. Nuxui has both square and rectangle format blocks.

• Parts: The organic and technical objects that interact with the block through relief, boolean intersections and clustered patterns. The parts can be categorised as dials and panels. There are 24 unique dials and 16 panel types. The panels are stacked in 3 layers from fine to coarse.

• Materials: There are 6 x material groupings in the Nuxui series: Silicon, stone, metal, nuxtek (translucent metallic material), chroma (layered translucency), and circuit (these ones are like the details of Klimt paintings - rich patterns).

• Frame and edge blurs: The frames are focusing elements for each piece. They are created from each artwork, and sit behind the front frame with varying levels of blur and masking.

• Scan lines: These lines move across each work as a marker of time. They are dynamic elements introduced to add movement for display on digital screens - the speed, size and blur of these scan lines vary between works and are randomised.

• Finishing: Colours, brightness, contrast and finishing, with the bite and grit of noise is artist-determined on each piece to creates more variation within each of the material groupings and across the series as a whole.

These common elements are arranged through simple scattering and clustering simulations, the geometry frozen and then finished by hand, fine tuning the pattern arrangements, lighting and finishing.

Across the series and the months I worked on Nuxui I iteratively changed the way I approached these, making small adjustments as I went. Instead of being a fixed system, Nuxui is a chronological snapshot, each set incrementally developing the technique in a different way.

Each set has its own qualities that are subjective as well as generative. I’ve added a further variable that reflect my subjective preferences for what I think are the strongest works, acknowledging that this is an unusual trait in NFTs and won’t reflect others’ tastes. I couldn’t help picking favourites.

Technical details

• 333 original artworks. JPG / SVG. 4k x 4k and 4x x 2k Stored on IPFS w/ Filecoin sealing. Pre-generated, randomised on mint. The scanlines are SVG elements on top of the base artwork. There are also full resolution images you can download of each work.

The contract includes a SHA-256 provenance hash of the entirety of the project metadata and image references. This can be used to cross-check the final set of data to ensure a fair and tamper-resistant release.

Traits and types

9 x sets (containing 24-48 pieces each for a total of 333)2 x formats (square and portrait) 5 x scanline types2 x grades

• N - High grade x 11 (7%)

• X - Ultra grade x 22 (3%)

6 x Materials types:

• Stone x 34 (10%)

• Silicon x 89 (27%)

• Metal x 84 (25%)

• Nuxtek x 60 (18%)

• Chroma x 24 (7%)

• Circuit x 42 (13%)

Nuxui is launching on January 22nd, 2022 at www.nuxui.art

Please check site for local timezones, it will update based on location.

Price is 0.22 ETH per Nuxui, with an optimised contract to ensure gas is as low as possible for buyers.

Is there a !roadmap ? No there is not a roadmap, however as a collector myself I appreciate we often look for more to come from a project. I have this covered and there are concrete plans for an extension of Nuxui works.

Join the Discord if you have further questions, link on site. Nic