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Algorithmically generated image of a vertically-centered, red, organically shaped cluster of pixels facing slightly downward against a deep purple background

1.svg

CrypoPunk #1, the first in a collection of 10,000 that inspired the ERC-721 standard on which all NFTs are based

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at etherscan.io/address/0x16f5a35647d6f03d5d3da7b35409d65ba03af3b2#readContract  URL Note: Click: Read Contract → 3.punkImageSVG → index=1

Image of a Cryptopunk, which is an 8-bit computer generated, ‘pixel art’ portrait. Shown here is Cryptopunk #1 which is a portrait of a dark skinned head that is smiling and sports a brownish-blond mohawk
CryptoPunks #1

Attributes

Subject Name
1.svg
Subject Creation Date
07/23/2017
Subject Weight
19,210 bytes (20 KB)
Subject Location
etherscan.io/address/0x16f5a35647d6f03d5d3da7b35409d65ba03af3b2#readContract
Subject Location Notes
Click: Read Contract → 3.punkImageSVG → index=1
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
SVG
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Very zoomed in detail image of algorithmically generated and mostly contiguous red, orange, and crimson pixels with valleys of negative space between them that allow a deep bluish-purple background to come through
Portrait detail
Zoomed in algorithmically generated image of strands of organically shaped red and burnt orange strands of pixels dripping downward against a deep bluish-purple background
Portrait detail
Zoomed in image of what appears to me an algorithmically generated nexus of red, orange, crimson, and dark magenta pixels originating from the center of the image, against a deep bluish-purple background
Portrait detail

Enter The Machine portraits are interactive in different ways. Below are the supported interactions for this specific portrait.

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Documentation of this internet-native artwork is stored permanently on blockchain should future changes in web-based technologies affect how it displays.

Permalink
arweave.net/MvpsbOXmftKdrTXrGWr_b9GHxdm_JYtyUlvO_lTLDAs
Format
image/png
Resolution
2880 x 5120
Transaction
viewblock.io/arweave/tx/MvpsbOXmftKdrTXrGWr_b9GHxdm_JYtyUlvO_lTLDAs

Artist
Eric Corriel
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