# Blind Spots by Shaderism

## The work and its context

Blind Spots is project 484 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, published under the canonical slug blind-spots-by-shaderism and credited to Shaderism. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 400 of 400 invocations, runtime three@0.124.0, and the official description: **Blind Spots** is a series of abstract intimate portraits that distill human existence into two elements, the hidden essence of consciousness and the tangible shell of personality.  These elements are represented in the form of a glass sculpture. The first element within the sculpture, akin to a black hole, is a shape that defines itself through the surrounding characteristics it draws in. This halo of characteristics, like a beautifully radiant glass cover, symbolizes the constructed personality. Casting light on these black shapes, shielded by the identities they exhibit, the algorithm invites us to question our perceptions of those we encounter. How deeply do we truly know the people in our lives? It challenges us to consider if changing the perspective could alter our perception of them, while also offering the opportunity to simulate such a change with the help of animation. Perhaps the nature of our identities is as varied as the angles from which they are viewed?  Blind Spots serves as a depiction of my mental journey, transforming abstract thought patterns into a solidified artifact in the medium of generative art. The narrative is inspired by the diverse ways in which we perceive each other, a theme born from countless personal encounters. From a technical standpoint, it steps into uncharted territory for me, being the first artwork to emphasize high-resolution printing capabilities while maintaining real-time animation, a central element in my artwork. It is also my first on-chain project, prompting a restructure of the previous workflows.  Visually inspired by *Iittala - Kaleidoscope* exhibition, which displayed a mesmerizing interplay of glass sculptures and light, Blind Spots features a gradient backdrop punctuated by black shapes that undulate under the influence of a transmission shader, mimicking the iridescent shimmer of pearls. The geometry of the glass cover is crafted through the algorithmic movement of two curves revolving around each other. To produce high-resolution images suitable for printing, a bucket rendering technique with overscan was developed.  Articulated through two elements within each portrait, Blind Spots presents a visual metaphor for a human. This duality also echoes our presence on social media ,  carefully crafted showcases projecting a polished persona while concealing the authentic self. Together, the elements form a unique character from every point of view.  ## Controls - [ click ] - toggle animation - [ s ] - save the current frame as an image  ## URL parameters (see display notes) - [ ?animate ] - animation on by default - [ ?fill ] - responsive version to fill the browse - [ ?width=x ] - render image with x width - [ ?print ] - enable high-resolution mode (eg. ?print&width=10000) - [ ?grainSamples=x ] - between 1 - 10 - [ ?refractSamples=x ] - between 1 - 5 [^S01][^S02]

Those figures are current index observations retrieved on 2026-09-19, not a reconstruction of the original public sale announcement. Atlas position is a catalogue ordinal and is not the on-chain project ID. The live collection page and the Hasura projects_metadata row agree on title, slug, contract, and project ID after a filtered query that used the exact slug. [^S01][^S02]

Contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. Aspect ratio indexed as 0.75. Website https://shaderism.com/blind-spots.

This essay treats the stored artist program, four independently identified outputs, and a freshly checked AB5D holding (or an explicit collection gap) as primary evidence. Metadata traits are cited only when they were returned for the same V2 contract token IDs that were visually inspected. They do not replace looking at the pictures. [^S04][^S09]

## Conception and development

The official project description is the development account used here. Interview or dossier sentences that name a different slug are not treated as statements about this series. **Blind Spots** is a series of abstract intimate portraits that distill human existence into two elements, the hidden essence of consciousness and the tangible shell of personality.  These elements are represented in the form of a glass sculpture. The first element within the sculpture, akin to a black hole, is a shape that defines itself through the surrounding characteristics it draws in. This h

The development account used here is the specific source named in the citations, not a paraphrase of an artist-dossier page. Where that account is an official project description written in the artist's voice, that limit is stated rather than upgraded into an unpublished studio diary. Where an interview exists, the sentences that actually name Blind Spots are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]

Secondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. [^S02][^S07]

## How the work was constructed

The complete artist program for slug blind-spots-by-shaderism was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 21299 bytes with SHA-256 7bbd95eb59290d5d387fca20f3e1bf32958af08a10590f88534df642ef152431. Runtime on the project record is three@0.124.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. [^S03]

The stored generator is 21299 bytes, SHA-256 7bbd95eb59290d5d387fca20f3e1bf32958af08a10590f88534df642ef152431, runtime three@0.124.0. Detected source markers: draw, keydown, requestAnimationFrame, THREE, WebGLRenderer, tokenData, hash. Named functions include a, c, e, i, l, n, o, r, s, t. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1800x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 132,157,154). File size 8674021 bytes. Indexed features: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation Medium; Spot Shape Cube; Spot Amount 1; Spot Pattern 1D; Camera Framing Medium

Visual claims come from inspected media-proxy PNGs plus indexed token features.

Seed handling is visible in the retrieved program: tokenData.hash is read in source. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Source contains a continuing-draw or audio/WebGL constructor. The inspected PNG is one frame. Live timing and soundtrack were not captured this session. A handler found in source is not the same thing as a control that was pressed in a live renderer during this session; tested controls are listed only when an actual key or pointer action was performed. [^S03][^S10]

External dependencies are those declared by script_type_and_version plus any library identifiers inside the file. Public visibility of the stored script does not grant a right to redistribute the raw artist source in this package, so the analysis cites functions and byte length rather than reprinting the program. [^S03][^S06]

## The mint

Indexed chronology for project 484 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2023-11-17T21:48:35+00:00. activated_at is 2023-11-25T16:56:35+00:00. start_datetime is 2023-12-13T18:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2023-12-13T18:56:59+00:00. Invocations stand at 400 of a maximum 400, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]

Calculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 7.80 days; activation to start_datetime is 18.04 days; start_datetime to completion is 57.0 minutes; first mint to completion is 25.88 days. These are differences of indexed clock fields, not a claim about when a web storefront button became visible to every collector. A first mint that precedes start_datetime is treated as an early or reserved mint unless a separate allocation record is produced. [^S02][^S04]

Indexed clocks: first 2023-11-17T21:48:35+00:00, activated 2023-11-25T16:56:35+00:00, start 2023-12-13T18:00:00+00:00, completed 2023-12-13T18:56:59+00:00. Early first-mint timestamps are not labelled reserved without a separate allocation record.

Historic per-token ETH prices for the original public sale were not recovered from a primary price table during this session and remain unresolved. Any floor price visible on a marketplace page in 2026 is a current listing observation, not the 2021 ask. [^S01][^S02]

## Copyright and licensing

The project record stores the artwork licence label 'CC BY-NC 4.0'. That string includes an explicit 4.0 version and is treated as Creative Commons version 4.0. Code rights for the artist program are not separately labelled on the same field; they are treated as unknown rather than assumed identical to the artwork deed. [^S02][^S06]

Artwork label copied exactly as 'CC BY-NC 4.0'.

Third-party runtime three@0.124.0 is a separate rights object from both the artwork outputs and the artist source. p5.js, three.js, and ordinary browser JavaScript each keep their own licence texts. This package does not redistribute those libraries. [^S03][^S06]

Original essay prose in this package is dedicated CC0-1.0 by the research operator. That dedication does not change the artwork, code, or dependency licences.

## Close reading of examples

Blind Spots #0 is token 484000000 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-11-17T21:48:35+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1800x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 132,157,154). File size 8674021 bytes. Indexed features: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation Medium; Spot Shape Cube; Spot Amount 1; Spot Pattern 1D; Camera Framing Medium Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation Medium; Spot Shape Cube; Spot Amount 1; Spot Pattern 1D; Camera Framing Medium.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

Blind Spots #1 is token 484000001 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-12-13T18:00:35+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1800x2400px, light and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 186,192,191). File size 9344240 bytes. Indexed features: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation Medium; Spot Shape Line; Spot Amount 10; Spot Pattern 2D; Camera Framing Macro Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation Medium; Spot Shape Line; Spot Amount 10; Spot Pattern 2D; Camera Framing Macro.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

Blind Spots #10 is token 484000010 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-12-13T18:31:59+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1800x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 114,137,135). File size 5953296 bytes. Indexed features: Roughness Medium; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation High; Spot Shape Line; Spot Amount 5; Spot Pattern 2D; Camera Framing Medium Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Roughness Medium; Aberration High; Base Color #044D4B; Saturation High; Spot Shape Line; Spot Amount 5; Spot Pattern 2D; Camera Framing Medium.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

Blind Spots #20 is token 484000020 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-12-13T18:33:59+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1800x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 119,125,145). File size 9558377 bytes. Indexed features: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #0C1D59; Saturation High; Spot Shape Tube; Spot Amount 27; Spot Pattern 3D; Camera Framing Medium Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Roughness High; Aberration High; Base Color #0C1D59; Saturation High; Spot Shape Tube; Spot Amount 27; Spot Pattern 3D; Camera Framing Medium.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

The AB5D header candidate is token 484000115 (edition 115), currently indexed to 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, which is one of the three linked addresses returned for username ab5d on 2026-09-19. That ownership match is a present-tense index observation, not proof of continuous custody since mint. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1800x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 138,152,143). File size 7327515 bytes. Indexed features: Roughness High; Aberration Medium; Base Color #143D21; Saturation High; Spot Shape Line; Spot Amount 5; Spot Pattern 2D; Camera Framing Medium [^S08][^S04][^S09]

Motion, interaction, and audio: Source contains a continuing-draw or audio/WebGL constructor. The inspected PNG is one frame. Live timing and soundtrack were not captured this session. The static PNGs document halt or preview states. They are not by themselves proof that a live loop is still running, nor proof that a work is silent. No soundtrack was heard from these pages during this session. [^S09][^S10][^S03]

## Significance and limitations

Blind Spots is project 484 by Shaderism on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. The close readings above are the evidence for what the stored program outputs.

Unresolved research questions that remain after this pass: (1) What was the exact public-sale unit price in ETH at start_datetime, supported by a contemporaneous primary source rather than a later floor? (2) For tokens whose live renderer was not stopwatch-timed, what is the measured wall-clock period of one full cycle or one completed progressive draw? (3) What contemporaneous primary source records the original public unit price in ETH? (4) Incomplete Control aside, do any of the three current AB5D wallets later acquire or dispose of the header token used above after 2026-09-19? [^S02][^S08][^S10]

This package is a draft for human review. Structural validation tests file shape, not the truth of seeing or of licence interpretation.

[^S01]: Art Blocks. [Blind Spots by Shaderism collection page](https://www.artblocks.io/collection/blind-spots-by-shaderism). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S02]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [projects_metadata record for blind-spots-by-shaderism](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S03]: Shaderism. [Blind Spots on-chain artist program](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S04]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [tokens_metadata for sampled Blind Spots token IDs](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S05]: Art Blocks. [Canonical token pages for sampled Blind Spots outputs](https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/484000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S06]: Creative Commons. [Reported artwork licence label CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S07]: Shaderism. [Blind Spots official description](https://shaderism.com/blind-spots). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S08]: Art Blocks. [AB5D linked wallet set and profile index](https://www.artblocks.io/profile/ab5d). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S09]: Art Blocks media proxy. [Static PNG renders of sampled Blind Spots tokens](https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/484000000.png). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S10]: Art Blocks. [Live generator renderer for Blind Spots](https://generator.artblocks.io/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/484000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.