# Watercolor Dreams research

In progress; no manuscript or publication claim. Artist Matt Jacobson (NumbersInMotion), dossier /artists/matt-jacobson/. Curated600,project59. Officialcollection https://www.artblocks.io/collection/watercolor-dreams-by-numbersinmotion read:releaseApril30,2021. IndexfirstApril27 04:34:03,activationApril29 05:35:05,second/startApril30 17:00:17,completionApril30 17:08:06. Current0.1ETHnotverifiedopening;600max/invocations. CCBYNC4.0,termsURLabsent,p5@1.0.0.

## Primary written sources
https://www.artblocks.io/articles/in-conversation-with-matt-jacobson JeffDavisApril28,2021. Readfull. Began2015throughbeesandbombs/TumblrGIFs,couldcodewhenpaintbrushnotstrong. SFPC10weekresidency,quitSFjobtoNY, ZachLiebermanRecreatingthePast studiedMolnar/Whitney/Knowlton/Schwartz/Burson/Menkman. Rejected technicalcomplexityasreason, poetryoverdemo. DiscoveredNFTsthroughRingers. Watercoloursbecamereferenceforcreationprocess; O'Keeffeexampleaboutprocessnotprovenstylisticdebt. Beginningasimportantasend; watchcolourcollision, flowdirection/chaoticcurrents, composition. Sourcewordlim200: keep interviewderived proseunder200total, not wholeessaybiography.
https://iammattjacobson.com/watercolor-dreams artistportfolio readfull. Simulationpigment/waterinspiration,organicforms,control/chance; collectorresponse selfreportednotindependentreception. Wordlim200; targetunder100derivedwords.

## Complete indexed script inspection
17229characters includinglettercoordinates,palettes,shaders,layouts. Fullread. Digestbelow. Noexternalfetchinside. p5noiseSeed/randomSeed samefirst16hashcharacters. Weightedchoicepwa, fallback0. Thirtyfixed3colourpalettes at.03 each; sixcosinevariegated palettes four.02two.005; apparenttotal.99=>fallback0remaining ratherthanassumingspecifiedweightsentireprobability. Noeditionfrequencyinference.
Flowfield angle=noise(position/scaledspace+offset)*angleamplitudePI; optional mirroredabsolute-distancecoordinates, optional90degreeangleadditionafterglobalframeCount/500>.5. Step16e-5*ss,fourstepsupdate, reversepairedflows. isStriped reversesdirectionexceptoneperiodicband basedfloor(30frameCount/500)%17. Seededflags mirrored<.2,rotated<.15,striped<.1,inverted<.05,wavey<.01: thresholdsnotauditededitionfrequency.
19layouts:concentriccircles,squares,vertical/horizontallines,vertical/horizontalcirclegroups,fourcornercircles/squares,cardinalcircles,hashgrid,stackedrects,edgerectangles,diamond+square,starspokes,X,fourXs,letteroutlineedges,spacedrandomshortlines. Lasttwo1%declaredweight; don'tcallrealrarity. Circlehelper1000points. LetterdataA-Zpolygonstrokes, noexternalfont.
rlbs resamplescurve byarc-length,initialspacinghalf(minDist.1+maxDist5). FlowNodescarrycurrent/previousposition,parameterpct,age,isAlive. Updateadvects4steps; addnodeswhengapsexceed5; mark/removeclosepointsbelow.1. Trianglestripsjoinpreviousandcurrentboundary formingaccumulatedribbons. Pairedoppositedirectionflowsperseedshape. ColourindexincrementsperFlow, sooppositepartnerscanhavedifferentfixedcolours. VariegatedcosineRGBdependsnodepct,normalizedage,randomoffset. Gradedalphafades255to0;variegated191.25to0. Optionalwaveycosinemodulatesalpha. SUBTRACTblendonpeachbackground242,224,201,notphysicalfluidPDEorpapercapillarity. Invertshader1-rgb atpresentationwhenflagged.
500updatesperFlow; drawcontinuesdisplayingbutnodeupdatesstop; isRenderingfalse/logdone, noautomaticreset/noLoop. Durationframedependentnotfixedseconds. SpacecallssetupEnvironmentseedreset butdoesnotresetglobalframeCount: rotated/stripedflagsmaybehavedifferentlyonrestart. Reloadfreshframecountbestcanonicalcomparison. DsavePNGsupportedcodeonlynotclicked. Resizeonlyresizesmaincanvas; doesn'tregenerateoffscreenpguntilSpace; preservequalification. Artistcodeindexednotpinnedchain. Runtimebrowseractuallyobserved rendering,staticanalysisdistinct.

## Four outputs observed in original generator
Contract0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270,tokens59000000/1/10/20. Allfouroriginalgeneratorsopenedandvisuallyinspected. #0freshreloadinitialthin3x3rectangularscaffoldonpeach,finishedwavyintersectingpinkochregrayvioletbands,creamwindowinteriors,darkcornerintersections. Thusearlyandlaterstatesseen.
#1fourlargecornerwindowssharedcrosschannels, vividcyanlemonmagenta,rainbowgradientedges,wavyscallops,coloursoftoverlap; nearfullcanvas. Metadata cornerSquares,varigatedWash,playful,stripedtrue,symmetrictrue. Needfreshreloadearlyshotforpair.
#10 radialdarkcenter/navyblack withtealgrayvioletflaringlobes, longcreamincisions, starstructurealmostobliteratedexcepthorizontalstraightseedline; metadata star,perplexed,varigatedWash,nonsymmetric. Needearlyshot.
#20 twohorizontalcircles developedintoyellow/tealsheets,largecentralcreamopeningoffsetright,greenoverlaps,darkbluefolds,smalllowerleftopening; metadata horizontalCircles,bubbly,gradedWash,nonsymmetric. Needearlyshot.
#0metadataedgeRectangles,mystical,gradedWash,symmetrictrue; allfourinvertedfalse,waveyfalse,bentfalse. Do notequatemetadatawithcodeflagwithoutmappingevidence.

## AB5D example
Freshqueryowner_address(notownerrelation) confirms#399token59000399owner0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045,mintApril30 17:03:35. Heldjsonreplacedinitialfailedquerywithvaliddata. Metadata cornerSquares,fearless,gradedWash,nonsymmetric,notstriped,bent/wavey/invertedfalse. Firstoriginalshotfourthinoutlinedsquaresonpeach. Needlaterobservationandoriginalautoplaywrapper.

## Next
Capturelaterheldandearly/laterotherthree,write1500–2500wordssevensections,12or11materialreferences,mint/rightsqualified. Buildwithgeneration46baseline45,sourcepackagesandliveheader. OriginalproseCC0,artCCBYNC4,libraryLGPL2.1separate. Publicationstillpendingdesktopaccessbutresearchnotblocked.

Script SHA256 40dfdec66cf9c9e9ef61f005527ecef9b2e2248738cc42ea78c66001c2b8a61b

Held399 later original screenshot confirmed substantial change from thin squares: broad teal/navy/pink/violet/red washes occupy mostcanvas; squareedgesremainsharp inplacesbut curvedflowscurlinside, upperrightdeepblueU-likefold, diagonalcreamchannelthroughmiddle, lowerleftpurple interiorwithpalesoftcurves, lower rightteal/pink. Originalautoplayobserved withoutclick. Header must showlive finite drawing, notloop invented bywrapper.

Package prepared:1981validatorwords,11sources,4originalgeneratorsinspected,held399freshownerandearly/laterstates. StructuralPASS,siteverify0errors0warnings1073files,desktopembeddedrenderobserved,mobiletext/captionfitobserved. Mobileviewporttransition needs finalstable screenshot nextturn. Generation46measuredsharedinterval. Built58,36live22pendingpublication.

Stablemobile390pxfreshpagetest: nohorizontaloverflow, title/metadataandliveartworkrenderedcorrectly. Publication4feba32cverifiedoncanonicalsite,index58andall22newpageschecked.