My latest Crypto-collectible artwork has been released !

I call it the Blue Sun rises because I believe that, even with ONO incoming (especially since ONO isn't aiming for the exact same use-case as Steemit), the Steemit platform will rise in popularity as a platform for crypto-blogging.

I know there's difficulties, and that some of the much-touted features seem to be taking longer to implement than we thought (Communities, SMTs), but the numerous communities already implemented on the platform, like @curie, @steemmakers, @slothicorn, @creativecrypto and @utopian-io are already showing just how we are when working together, and creating some very interesting content along the way !

I mean... we've got our own freaking limited edition yearly Silver rounds for collectors, and talks of creating generic unnumbered Silver rounds everyone can afford, or even more exclusive and limited Gold coins (though I don't know how exactly the #steemsilvergold community feels about that idea yet. I think it's still up for much discussion, given how high the price would be XD) !!
Do you know another website that has actual Silver Rounds dedicated to its community ?

In any case, here's my latest creation to honor Steemit !

Inspiration

The inspiration for this artwork is pretty convoluted.

In one of my previous artworks created using Weavesilk and Deep Style, I created the following artwork:

it's still available for sale on SuperRare, though after some time of reflection I believe I could have done better.

Even if I was a bit too enthusiastic in publishing it on SuperRare (I think with some more time I could have created a better version), the overall visual of a single entity or object "shining" out like this kept pulling at me.

Design Process :

1. Weavesilk Background generation

I then went on a bit of a creative experimentation trip using Weavesilk, trying to see if I could create interesting patterns where a central entity could be placed to make a "sun-like" pattern.

I made several attempts, some of them really weak, like this one:

and others, more interesting:

Till I found one I thought the old Steem logo from Juniker Studios (They're all released under CC-BY, so use them in your own projects !) would look amazing in !

And here it is, Steem logo included :

2. Deep Style experiments.

I made quite a few experiments using the above image, but here's my two favorites from the first pass:

Experiment 1:

Experiment 2 - That I choose to keep for the "second pass":

I then decided to do a second pass through Style transfer with my preferred result, using one of the more popular Style images on Deep Dream Generator:

Combined with this Guide image, I obtained the artwork itself:

, which I proceeded to upload onto SuperRare

I've set an instant-buy price of 0.1 Eth, but you are of course free to bid whatever you believe it is worth.

wink wink bid higher wink wink

Deep Dream Generator is into Blockchains !

In other news, I've discovered that DeepDreamGenerator has something called Droins (Dream Coins), that you can earn by dedicating your processing power to their website.

They specifically mention that the CPU time you are donating will be used to gather funds to pay for the hosting, so I'm quite sure that they're doing some kind of cryptocurrency mining using it.

They list no use cases for Droins yet, but I imagine they may be used to get Full HD pictures (which are exclusive to Deep Dreamers, users of the platform with more than 50 Public "Dreams" and more than 400 Likes on said dreams, and then only 2 per hour, given the sheer mass of calculations necessary)

I'm about half-way to becoming one such Deep Dreamer, so soon I'll be able to generate Full HD quality Dreams, yay !

I'll probably do most of my experiments using normal quality Dreams, then using Full HD once I've chosen an image I believe is satisfactory, and see if the Full HD improves the details well.

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Hope you enjoyed my little explanatory post for my newest creation !

Between SuperRare (Ethereum-based) and my Patchwork card in the Crystals Craft collection of Book of Orbs (Counterparty / Bitcoin-based), I've been playing with the idea of creating my own collection of Cryptocurrency-focused Artwork.

They'd have the overall general style of the Blue Sun Rises, but with varying effects and visuals to try and represent the different cryptocurrencies evolved.

From the top of my mind, IOTA could have the logo repeated in the same pattern as the dots in the logo itself, potentially with each logo Styled differently first and on a completely differently Styled background, then the end result Styled yet again with a separate Guide image to "fuse" the different styles together.

There's still some work to do first, and I've got to catch up on my ConsenSys coursework first, so it'll be a while before I start making much headway in that direction I believe.

Thanks for your attention, I hope you enjoyed the post !

Don't hesitate to ask questions about the procedure I used, SuperRare, or Book of Orbs / Spells of Genesis.