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Jacob Joaquin
@jacobjoaquin.bsky.social
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Artist, coder, and seeker
traversing recursive dimensions
of expression and meaning
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Optical Rhythms
Ink on Paper 9x9"
#p5 and #NextDraw
August 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Op Study
Ink on Paper 9x9"
#p5 and #NextDraw

I often release a stress test while experimenting with a new function or algorithm. These milestones, though frequently too complex or too simple, help me track progress and serve as a reminder of what I was thinking at that particular moment.
August 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Op Rhythm. #p5 #nextdraw
August 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Op Rhythm
Ink on Paper 9x9"
#p5 #nextDraw #opArt
Black-and-white concentric spiral made of evenly spaced chevron segments, creating a hypnotic vortex effect with a dense center and expanding arcs toward the edges.
August 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Op CMY Study
Ink on Paper 9x9"
#p5 and #NextDraw
Colorful CMY bars and parallelograms, slightly misaligned to create overlapping shadows, are arranged in a loose spiral with wide white space between them, suggesting a fragmented circular form in motion.
August 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Op Study
Ink on Paper 11x11"
#p5 and #NextDraw
Concentric arcs of jagged black rectangles spiral inward over a white background, interspersed with rows of teal, yellow, and pink blocks.
August 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Optical Glitch
Ink on Paper 11x11"
#p5 and #NextDraw

Glitch courtesy of my cat, Finn.
Black-and-white concentric geometric pattern made of repeated stepped shapes radiating outward from the center. Select areas are fractured with glitch-like linework, disrupting the regular rhythm.
August 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Optical Rhythm
Ink on Paper 11x11"
#p5 and #NextDraw
Black-and-white generative artwork of circles formed from alternating vertical and horizontal bars, and whitespace.
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Optical Rhythm
Ink on Paper 18x18"
#p5 #NextDraw #opArt
A black-and-white generative artwork composed of concentric arcs made from repeated rectangular dashes, radiating from the top right corner. The marks form a warped grid that creates a strong sense of optical vibration and spatial distortion.
August 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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OpArt Study
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
A black-and-white spiral made of vertical bars that vary in length to create the illusion of curvature and motion. The piece uses optical disruption and geometric rhythm to evoke both depth and disorientation.
August 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Rotorelief Study
Ink on Paper
#p5 and #NextDraw

A black and white spiral made of thick alternating bands twists inward toward a central dot, with occasional glitches disrupting the flow. Inspired by Duchamp’s Anemic Cinema.
August 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Rotorelief Study
Ink on Paper
#p5 and #NextDraw
Concentric multicolored rings in yellow, blue, green, and red spiral inward on a white background, forming a vibrant vortex-like composition.
August 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Modular Design Study 20250730
Ink on Dura-Lar
#p5.js and #NextDraw

Generative circles with arcs are plotted onto translucent Dura-Lar and cut into squares, inviting recomposition. When layered, the material’s soft translucency produces a natural attenuation, allowing depth and shadow.
July 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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All the elements.
July 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Vesica Piscis
Mixed Media
#p5 #NextDraw #acrylic #ink
Two overlapping circles filled with intricate black generative linework appear over a vibrant, backlit surface. The top circle glows red and magenta, the bottom radiates fiery orange, while the overlapping center reveals cooler teal hues. Created on translucent cel with plotted ink and painted reverse, the piece evokes a stained-glass-like effect.
July 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Recent adventures in material experimentation has landed me in the world of traditional animation techniques. I'm plotting a generative design on one side of a cel, and then painting the other side with acrylic paint. The white you see here is a piece paper placed behind the cel. #p5 #nextdraw
Bold abstract composition featuring sweeping black curves over fields of red, yellow, and blue.
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Paint by Pseudo-Random Numbers
Ink and Acrylic on Dura-lar
#p5 #NextDraw
Bold abstract composition featuring sweeping black curves over fields of red, yellow, and blue. Ink and hand-painted acrylic on dura-lar with expressive, uneven edges.
July 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Vesica Piscis
Ink on Dura-lar
#p5 #NextDraw
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Vesica Piscis
Ink and Acrylics on Dura-lar
#p5 #NextDraw

Generatively designed composition, plotted in ink on dura-car, then hand-painted.
Two overlapping black-circled grids—one filled with red, the other with blue—plotted in black ink on vellum and set against a hand-painted yellow background. The central overlapping area reveals dense black linework on white, merging both grid systems.
July 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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"Messy Prototype"

So... Vellum paper is brand new to me. I took a small detour to test ink, vellum, acrylic paint, Mod Podge, and adhesive spray. This is a collage of clashing elements, but will act as a roadmap moving forward. #p5 #nextdraw #human
July 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Lines in Circle on Vellum
Ink on Vellum
#p5 #NextDraw

And as it's on vellum, it's two-sided. Which excites me as this opens up avenues of new possibilities.
Ink on vellum artwork featuring a dense grid of varied rectangles and line weights enclosed within a bold black circle.
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Lines in Circle No. 1-16
Ink on Paper 3.5x2.5"
#artistTradingCards #p5 #NextDraw
Sixteen black-and-white circular compositions arranged in a 4×4 grid, each with unique geometric line patterns resembling architectural studies or data visualizations. These pieces are printed as artist trading cards.
July 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Robot Scribbles
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw
grid-based abstract artwork composed of overlapping yellow, black, and deep blue line scribbles. Each square contains a chaotic yet bounded drawing, some densely packed, others sparsely filled. The marks resemble random movements or signals, creating a layered, glitch-like texture across the entire white background.
July 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Robot Scribbles
Ink on Paper 14x14"
#p5 #NextDraw
A square grid of 6×6 cells filled with overlapping abstract line drawings. Each cell contains dense scribbles or vector paths in black, magenta, and yellow, forming chaotic textures. The upper left features heavier black ink, transitioning to red and yellow toward the bottom right. The work is printed on white paper.
July 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Plotter Stipple Calibration Study with found MacPaint image. A recreation of a recreation of a Japanese woodcut by Hashiguchi Goyo, designed by Susan Kare. #p5 #nextdraw
July 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM