This art journal is a more meaningful way to share my studies and behind-the-scenes moments, ensuring they had a lasting place beyond the fast-paced nature of social media.
Here, I’ll share my process here first, offering a more curated experience for the people who take a deeper interest in my work and visit my website.
Table of Contents
Latest Art Journal Entries
Algorithmic Collaging
After a few hectic weeks and the recently concluded Miami Digital Art Fair, the pace has finally started to slow down as the year comes to a close. This pause offers the perfect opportunity to dive back into my algorithmic collaging and continue exploring.
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Related X post (Dec 12th, 2024) / Instagram post (Dec 12th, 2024) / BlueSky post (Dec 12th, 2024) / Pinterest post (Dec 12th, 2024).
Digital Art Fair Miami Announcement
I’m thrilled to announce that my Cloud Wallet series will be exhibited in partnership with @LaCollection.io and @objktcom at the Digital Art Fair (@miamidigitalartfair) in Miami Beach, FL, on December 3rd, from 12 pm to 12 am. Curated by Marlene Corbun, the exhibition will feature all three pieces from the Cloud Wallet series, along with my latest artwork, From Grassroots to Tie Loot. While I won’t be able to attend in person, I encourage you to visit the exhibition and panel discussions at 1330 18th St, Miami Beach, FL 33139. Don’t miss it!
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Related X post / Instagram post (Nov 29th, 2024) / BlueSky post / Pinterest post.
Cloud Animation Preview
Here’s a small detail from a piece I’m currently finishing for the Digital Art Fair in Miami, happening in two weeks. This work will also be featured alongside a paper I wrote for a Canadian art journal. I’ll share more details soon—stay tuned!
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Related X post (Nov 28th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 28th, 2024) / BlueSky post (Nov 28th, 2024) / Pinterest post (Dec 12th, 2024).
Night Clouds over Toronto
Last week, I flew from Toronto (YYZ) back to Montreal (YUL). I usually avoid flying at night since the low light and window reflections make it challenging to capture good photos and videos of clouds. However, every now and then, city lights create stunning views of low-hanging clouds—just like these.
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Related X post / Instagram post (Nov 25th, 2024) / BlueSky post / Pinterest post (Dec 12th, 2024).
Generative Collaging Continued
How experimental is your creative coding process? I often find that manually going through certain steps helps me better understand the effects I want to achieve through code. This might involve experimenting with mockups, identifying which digital manipulations get closer to the desired results, and then iterating from there.
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Related X post / Instagram post / BlueSky post / Pinterest post.
Collectors Call Podcast
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to chat with Scooter on the Collector’s Call podcast about the past and future of crypto art, as well as some of my recent and upcoming projects. You can find the YouTube video and Spotify link in the blog post!
Collectors Call podcast with Martin Lukas Ostachowski
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Related X post / Instagram post / BlueSky post (Nov 21st, 2024).
Generative Collaging
Returning to collage-making, but with a new approach: I’m currently exploring the use of code to create seed-based collages from images. My goal is to fragment and reposition parts of an image in a way that allows me to reconstruct the collage later and potentially apply the process to videos. Early tests have been quite promising.
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Related X post (Nov 22nd, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 19th, 2024) / BlueSky post (Nov 22nd, 2024).
Joshua Tree National Park
This week, I had the opportunity to spend time in the Coachella Valley and visit Joshua Tree National Park—a place I’ve always wanted to explore. The park is fascinating, transitioning from the Colorado Desert to the Mojave Desert, each with its own unique flora and fauna. I hiked to Mastodon Peak and visited the Cholla Cactus Garden, where the cacti reminded me of coral. It was an incredible experience, and I highly recommend it. I hope to return one day to explore more of the northern part of the park, which I unfortunately had to miss due to time constraints.
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Related X post (Nov 19th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 17th, 2024).
Generative Word Clouds
Having primarily worked with physical tiles based on painted elements, drawings, and stamp marks, this animation takes a different approach by translating word densities into shades to form cloudscapes. For this study, I used the word ‘Cloud,’ but I already have a few ideas for how I can expand on this script in future iterations.
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Related X post (Nov 18th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 15th, 2024).
Parameterizing Font Clouds
One often overlooked aspect of generative art is parameterizing the algorithm to allow control over the final output. While I’m unsure how others approach this, I spend a considerable amount of time fine-tuning parameters to “weatherproof” the algorithm within a specific range of desired outcomes. In this example, I experimented with a font script, adjusting opacity levels, font sizes, offset parameters and placement densities to accentuate the background gradients and finer details of the clouds. How do you approach parameterization in your work?
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Related X post (Nov 11th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 10th, 2024).
Studio View Cloud Collage
Since moving to the new studio, I’ve taken photos and videos daily. After experimenting with sketches last week, I’ve found myself enjoying digital collaging again. Here’s a collage of some recent views from the studio.
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Related X post (Nov 13th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 13th, 2024).
Connecting Cloud Collage
Variety is the spice of life! To clear my head, I’ve been experimenting with some recent generative outputs of connecting clouds and revisiting collage work—it’s been a while! You can peek into my attempts to distract myself and return to long-term projects with a refreshed mind in my art journal. How do you break up the routine when you’ve been working on similar projects for weeks?
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Related X post (Nov 6th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 6th, 2024).
Connecting Clouds
Wait for it… Watching these clouds connect is endlessly captivating. After countless trials and errors, I’m back on track and moving in the right direction with each new iteration. Let’s see where we’ll be a few weeks from now!
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Related X post (Nov 4th, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 4th, 2024).
Texan Aerial Sunset
Earlier this month, on my flight back from Texas, I captured one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen from a window seat. It was a moment I won’t soon forget. I hope you enjoy this view as much as I did.
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Related X post (Oct 30th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 30th, 2024).
Cloud Carpets
Thick, carpet-like cloud layers have fascinated me for some time. I’ve been capturing videos of various cloud formations to study their texture and depth for a potential project. Recently, I began adding continuous sketches alongside the cloud footage. I look forward to taking this concept further by introducing 3D-rendered models down the road.
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Related X post (Nov 1st, 2024) / Instagram post (Nov 1st, 2024).
Panel Discussion at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Throwback to last month’s memorable NFT Passages Opening and Panel Discussion at the Ottawa Art Gallery, presented in collaboration with BRAVO (Bureau des regroupements des artistes visuels de l’Ontario).
I was thrilled to join Benoit Couty from the Museum of Cryptoart for an insightful panel moderated by cultural facilitator Cătălin Ivan.
Congratulations to all the talented artists who created and exhibited their first NFTs as part of this initiative and exhibition. It’s inspiring to see so many new voices bringing their creativity to the crypto art space.
A huge thank you to Yves M. Larocque (BRAVO) for the invitation and to the Ottawa Art Gallery (@ottawaartgallery) for helping to bring crypto art into a Canadian institutional context.
Catch more details in my blog post Collecting NFTSs Panel at the Ottawa Art Gallery
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Related X post / Instagram post (Oct 26th, 2024).
More Digital Sculpting
My ongoing journey to create simple, recognizable low-poly cloud models evolves. This time, I added colour stripes to emphasize their three-dimensional surfaces. Though these shapes could also resemble rocks, their low-poly structure opens the door for future video projections. While more detailed, fluffy clouds might be easier to identify, they limit how I can use them both physically and digitally. So, the quest continues…
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Related X post (Oct 24th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 24th, 2024).
New Generative Cloud Animation
I recently shared how I’ve been tweaking my tile set to add highlights and depth. Now, it’s time to validate the concept in real-world conditions by testing it against some time lapses. I was pleasantly surprised by the retro atmosphere it created. It’s time to push this concept further and iterate on it!
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Related X post (Oct 22nd, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 22nd, 2024).
Celebrating Noctilucent Mementi
Today marks the first anniversary of the Noctilucent Mementi series! It’s a special moment to reflect on this meaningful journey. If you’re a holder, don’t miss the blog post below — there’s a surprise waiting for long-term collectors.
Noctilucent Mementi spans my first five years (2018–2023) of cloud art, blending milestones, travels, and the interplay of clouds and blockchain to explore memory and my nomadic identity.
Read more about the Noctilucent Memento series.
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Related X post (Oct 20th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 20th, 2024)
New Generative Study
This weekend, I dedicated some time to refining my generative scripts. In this concept, I experimented with basic geometric shapes and how they can merge to form cloud-like structures. From left to right, you can observe the progression: I began with darker colour ranges, added highlights, and finally incorporated mid-tones to enhance the volume and depth of the underlying cloud formations.
Later this week, I plan to integrate this with some cloud video footage. Stay tuned for updates.
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Related X post (Oct 18th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 18th, 2024).
3D Modelling Studies
I am currently modelling clouds in various shapes for an upcoming book project. While it’s relatively easy to achieve an appealing cloud form when viewed from one angle, ensuring that the cloud appears natural from all perspectives—especially from the top and bottom—presents a significant challenge.
The cloud model shown above has been rotated by 90 degrees and still requires further refinement to achieve a more organic and convincing shape.
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Related X post (Oct 17th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 17th, 2024).
Cloud Timelapse from the Art Studio
I’ve been absolutely captivated by the sky ever since moving into my new studio. Watching the clouds drift by has become a daily ritual, and I love capturing these moments. In this video, you can see something special—the background and foreground clouds moving in opposite directions, creating a mesmerizing effect.
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Related X post (Oct 14th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 14th, 2024).
New Stamp Study
This week, I started working again with stamps of different sizes. I am considering a small series using my custom logo/initial stamp, which I made a while ago but never used. As you can see in the bottom left corner, it will take some tweaking to place the logo stamp correctly, but the permanent ink is not forgiving, so better luck next time.
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Related X post (Oct 11th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 11th, 2024).
The Opening of Art of Punk
The tool, the fool, and his artwork. I stamped this phrase 45,360 times on suspended notebooks to create the 6-meter (20 ft.) wide mosaic POW-3: A Brief Crypto Punks History in 45,360 Marks. This piece weaves together four key concepts, which you can explore here: POW-3: A Brief CryptoPunks History in 45,360 Marks.
Also included are photos from the vernissage of the Art of Punk group exhibition at the Museum Francisco Carolinum in Linz, Austria, curated by Julia Staudacher.
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Related X post (Oct 9th, 2024) / Instagram post (Oct 9th, 2024).
New from my Sketchbook
I’ve filled dozens of notebook pages with ink while working on my recent installation POW-3 A Brief Crypto Punks History in 45,360 Marks. Now, I’m excited to see how I can put them to good use.
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Related X post (Oct 7th, 2024) and Instagram post (Oct 7th, 2024)
Transit in Toronto (YYZ)
Today, I’m back from Texas, and Toronto is welcoming me with a rainy fall vibe. Now, I’m heading off to Montreal, hoping to catch some beautiful rain clouds along the way.
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Posted as an Instagram story (Oct 4th, 2024).