🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
@aebrer.xyz
Entropist, scientist, generative artist. He/They. Future ghost.
Portfolio: entropist.ca
Name pronounced as "A-Brer" -> ae as in fae
Portfolio: entropist.ca
Name pronounced as "A-Brer" -> ae as in fae
Pinned
CORAL HUNTING
Entropy-locked ASCII screensaver where each seed generates its own character vocabulary through a random walk. Hunt for coral-like moiré patterns by resizing your viewport.
entropist.ca
My latest #genart piece: CORAL HUNTING
entropist.ca/works/coral-...
it's on @objkt.com this time, live version hosted there and on my personal website (data hosted on IPFS naturally)
#CC0, open source etc.
Heavily inspired by but eventually evolved away from "Device 1" by @ertdfgcvb.xyz
entropist.ca/works/coral-...
it's on @objkt.com this time, live version hosted there and on my personal website (data hosted on IPFS naturally)
#CC0, open source etc.
Heavily inspired by but eventually evolved away from "Device 1" by @ertdfgcvb.xyz
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias
August 12, 2023 at 6:04 PM
just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias
My latest #genart piece: CORAL HUNTING
entropist.ca/works/coral-...
it's on @objkt.com this time, live version hosted there and on my personal website (data hosted on IPFS naturally)
#CC0, open source etc.
Heavily inspired by but eventually evolved away from "Device 1" by @ertdfgcvb.xyz
entropist.ca/works/coral-...
it's on @objkt.com this time, live version hosted there and on my personal website (data hosted on IPFS naturally)
#CC0, open source etc.
Heavily inspired by but eventually evolved away from "Device 1" by @ertdfgcvb.xyz
CORAL HUNTING
Entropy-locked ASCII screensaver where each seed generates its own character vocabulary through a random walk. Hunt for coral-like moiré patterns by resizing your viewport.
entropist.ca
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My latest #genart piece: CORAL HUNTING
entropist.ca/works/coral-...
it's on @objkt.com this time, live version hosted there and on my personal website (data hosted on IPFS naturally)
#CC0, open source etc.
Heavily inspired by but eventually evolved away from "Device 1" by @ertdfgcvb.xyz
entropist.ca/works/coral-...
it's on @objkt.com this time, live version hosted there and on my personal website (data hosted on IPFS naturally)
#CC0, open source etc.
Heavily inspired by but eventually evolved away from "Device 1" by @ertdfgcvb.xyz
@ertdfgcvb.xyz hey :)
I am working on a new piece and I used Device 1 as inspo for some webgl rendering code and some of the ASCII symbol palette. I'm curious if you like it and also if I can have your permission to publish it: entropist.ca/WIP.html
I am working on a new piece and I used Device 1 as inspo for some webgl rendering code and some of the ASCII symbol palette. I'm curious if you like it and also if I can have your permission to publish it: entropist.ca/WIP.html
THE FALL (ASCII) - Work in Progress - Drew Brereton
entropist.ca
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@ertdfgcvb.xyz hey :)
I am working on a new piece and I used Device 1 as inspo for some webgl rendering code and some of the ASCII symbol palette. I'm curious if you like it and also if I can have your permission to publish it: entropist.ca/WIP.html
I am working on a new piece and I used Device 1 as inspo for some webgl rendering code and some of the ASCII symbol palette. I'm curious if you like it and also if I can have your permission to publish it: entropist.ca/WIP.html
The website/gallery is getting super polished!
entropist.ca/works/petite...
I now have per-page social media previews working :)))
#genart #generative #creativecoding #entropylocking
entropist.ca/works/petite...
I now have per-page social media previews working :)))
#genart #generative #creativecoding #entropylocking
petite chute
A piece about color exploration and palettes. Just something soothing to stare at that makes you feel good. A 16x16 grid of pixels with background color cycling.
entropist.ca
October 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The website/gallery is getting super polished!
entropist.ca/works/petite...
I now have per-page social media previews working :)))
#genart #generative #creativecoding #entropylocking
entropist.ca/works/petite...
I now have per-page social media previews working :)))
#genart #generative #creativecoding #entropylocking
aebrer.xyz/works/beginn...
Finally working on my homepage. Going to make it a detailed gallery of my art. Context and commentary provided.
Claude is helping me in the role of archivist, and its behaviour may or may not be getting a little weird the more it understands from the codebase as we go
Finally working on my homepage. Going to make it a detailed gallery of my art. Context and commentary provided.
Claude is helping me in the role of archivist, and its behaviour may or may not be getting a little weird the more it understands from the codebase as we go
October 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
aebrer.xyz/works/beginn...
Finally working on my homepage. Going to make it a detailed gallery of my art. Context and commentary provided.
Claude is helping me in the role of archivist, and its behaviour may or may not be getting a little weird the more it understands from the codebase as we go
Finally working on my homepage. Going to make it a detailed gallery of my art. Context and commentary provided.
Claude is helping me in the role of archivist, and its behaviour may or may not be getting a little weird the more it understands from the codebase as we go
AHhhhh I missed RBGMTL this year FMLLLLLLLLLL 😭😭😭
Opening today ⚡️ RGBMTL ⚡️
🗓️ Aug 22 & 23, 6pm to midnight EST
💥 24 artists curating 180 artists
📽️ Ft. multichannel installations: projections & CRT screens
🗓️ Aug 22 & 23, 6pm to midnight EST
💥 24 artists curating 180 artists
📽️ Ft. multichannel installations: projections & CRT screens
September 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
AHhhhh I missed RBGMTL this year FMLLLLLLLLLL 😭😭😭
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
September 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
v:\>dir
₮ЩIƧƬΣЯ₱ɄⱠⱠ.gif
v:\> ~ gm ?
₮ЩIƧƬΣЯ₱ɄⱠⱠ.gif
v:\> ~ gm ?
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
v:\>dir
₮ЩIƧƬΣЯ₱ɄⱠⱠ.gif
v:\> ~ gm ?
₮ЩIƧƬΣЯ₱ɄⱠⱠ.gif
v:\> ~ gm ?
#VSS365
I will admit to being a bit nervous. The administrator had warned me that it would be "quite #pungent"... but it was a reward for good behavior, how bad could it be? Deliberately not thinking about past rewards, my shaking hands twisted the cap off the bottle, and I immediately blacked out.
I will admit to being a bit nervous. The administrator had warned me that it would be "quite #pungent"... but it was a reward for good behavior, how bad could it be? Deliberately not thinking about past rewards, my shaking hands twisted the cap off the bottle, and I immediately blacked out.
August 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#VSS365
Finally, the data was laid out in front of me, and patterns swam in front of my eyes. The longer I looked the more I felt I could sense something #malignant behind the pattern of "random" disappearances. Firstly, each happened next to an HVAC vent. Secondly, they seem to be coming closer.
Finally, the data was laid out in front of me, and patterns swam in front of my eyes. The longer I looked the more I felt I could sense something #malignant behind the pattern of "random" disappearances. Firstly, each happened next to an HVAC vent. Secondly, they seem to be coming closer.
August 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#VSS365
Finally, the data was laid out in front of me, and patterns swam in front of my eyes. The longer I looked the more I felt I could sense something #malignant behind the pattern of "random" disappearances. Firstly, each happened next to an HVAC vent. Secondly, they seem to be coming closer.
Finally, the data was laid out in front of me, and patterns swam in front of my eyes. The longer I looked the more I felt I could sense something #malignant behind the pattern of "random" disappearances. Firstly, each happened next to an HVAC vent. Secondly, they seem to be coming closer.
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
Nut ran jovial.exe. The Sphinx lay melted across her keys like warm butter. Each keystroke birthed silver scarabs that burrowed nightly through sand, balling up binary sadnesses. The desert swallows code whole. Don’t worry, she once told me, it's all recursive.
#vss365 #𓏌𓏏𓇯 #jovial
#vss365 #𓏌𓏏𓇯 #jovial
August 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
He was first in every morning and last out every night. Monday he'd email everyone his weekly quiz and Friday he'd be first on the karaoke. He made work fun and his #jovial outlook was infectious.
It was only HR that realised he never took time off. Only the B&B that knew he never went home
#vss365
It was only HR that realised he never took time off. Only the B&B that knew he never went home
#vss365
August 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#VSS365 #jovial
Running between pillars, frantic. Dodge falling debris, avoid tripping. My mantra pounds in my head like a heartbeat. I see a narrow service corridor, and I sprint through on my last breath. I glance back, and see it for the first time: a jovial mask obscuring an inhuman face.
Running between pillars, frantic. Dodge falling debris, avoid tripping. My mantra pounds in my head like a heartbeat. I see a narrow service corridor, and I sprint through on my last breath. I glance back, and see it for the first time: a jovial mask obscuring an inhuman face.
August 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#VSS365
A field of flowers, scents flowing. It almost feels like I'm back on the surface, outside. Close my eyes and imagine a wind not associated with a clanking semi-sentient HVAC system with more attitude than my maternal grandmother.
As if summoned, I feel a cold breeze like a premonition.
A field of flowers, scents flowing. It almost feels like I'm back on the surface, outside. Close my eyes and imagine a wind not associated with a clanking semi-sentient HVAC system with more attitude than my maternal grandmother.
As if summoned, I feel a cold breeze like a premonition.
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#VSS365
A field of flowers, scents flowing. It almost feels like I'm back on the surface, outside. Close my eyes and imagine a wind not associated with a clanking semi-sentient HVAC system with more attitude than my maternal grandmother.
As if summoned, I feel a cold breeze like a premonition.
A field of flowers, scents flowing. It almost feels like I'm back on the surface, outside. Close my eyes and imagine a wind not associated with a clanking semi-sentient HVAC system with more attitude than my maternal grandmother.
As if summoned, I feel a cold breeze like a premonition.
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
“Gran was #audacious,” I said in the eulogy, sharing her wildest quips. The room shifted uncomfortably. I smiled. She was still making them squirm.
Then came a familiar laugh. I don’t think anyone else heard it, but it was enough to make me continue her good work… #vss365
Then came a familiar laugh. I don’t think anyone else heard it, but it was enough to make me continue her good work… #vss365
a woman wearing glasses and a wig is making a face .
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a wig is making a face .
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“Gran was #audacious,” I said in the eulogy, sharing her wildest quips. The room shifted uncomfortably. I smiled. She was still making them squirm.
Then came a familiar laugh. I don’t think anyone else heard it, but it was enough to make me continue her good work… #vss365
Then came a familiar laugh. I don’t think anyone else heard it, but it was enough to make me continue her good work… #vss365
#VSS365
"BE #AUDACIOUS" the door said. No handle, no knob. Just a slight recess in the tile wall with a steel shutter pulled down. I can't even see if there's a camera or something.
I'm standing in front of the door, dressed like this, and all I can think is: "I hope I don't have to do a dance."
"BE #AUDACIOUS" the door said. No handle, no knob. Just a slight recess in the tile wall with a steel shutter pulled down. I can't even see if there's a camera or something.
I'm standing in front of the door, dressed like this, and all I can think is: "I hope I don't have to do a dance."
August 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#VSS365
"BE #AUDACIOUS" the door said. No handle, no knob. Just a slight recess in the tile wall with a steel shutter pulled down. I can't even see if there's a camera or something.
I'm standing in front of the door, dressed like this, and all I can think is: "I hope I don't have to do a dance."
"BE #AUDACIOUS" the door said. No handle, no knob. Just a slight recess in the tile wall with a steel shutter pulled down. I can't even see if there's a camera or something.
I'm standing in front of the door, dressed like this, and all I can think is: "I hope I don't have to do a dance."
@countlessnights.bsky.social bug: (when using a controller) roll the dice (on the map) only lets you press A to confirm, doing so triggers another roll immediately
August 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
@countlessnights.bsky.social bug: (when using a controller) roll the dice (on the map) only lets you press A to confirm, doing so triggers another roll immediately
#VSS365 #bass
I stood in the cozy sunroom, feeling a sneeze build from the pollen, and hearing only the buzzing cicidas and the murmurs of somber mourners shuffling around the house. In front of me, my nemesis. Big Mouth Billy Bass. My finger hovers over the red button, but I know he's already dead
I stood in the cozy sunroom, feeling a sneeze build from the pollen, and hearing only the buzzing cicidas and the murmurs of somber mourners shuffling around the house. In front of me, my nemesis. Big Mouth Billy Bass. My finger hovers over the red button, but I know he's already dead
August 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@countlessnights.bsky.social hello! Been crushing it lately, but noticed a possible bug. When you make an ivory dice eternal it still gets discarded even though it says it can't be discarded.
August 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@countlessnights.bsky.social hello! Been crushing it lately, but noticed a possible bug. When you make an ivory dice eternal it still gets discarded even though it says it can't be discarded.
#VSS365 #malformed
I dipped my brush once more into the dirty pot of ink. It's barely ink to be honest, more like a thick crusty paint. Blackened and malformed, the blood in it hasn't mixed well. My heart races as I paint the final lines of the pattern across my arm. This time I know it will work.
I dipped my brush once more into the dirty pot of ink. It's barely ink to be honest, more like a thick crusty paint. Blackened and malformed, the blood in it hasn't mixed well. My heart races as I paint the final lines of the pattern across my arm. This time I know it will work.
August 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#VSS365 #malformed
I dipped my brush once more into the dirty pot of ink. It's barely ink to be honest, more like a thick crusty paint. Blackened and malformed, the blood in it hasn't mixed well. My heart races as I paint the final lines of the pattern across my arm. This time I know it will work.
I dipped my brush once more into the dirty pot of ink. It's barely ink to be honest, more like a thick crusty paint. Blackened and malformed, the blood in it hasn't mixed well. My heart races as I paint the final lines of the pattern across my arm. This time I know it will work.
Reposted by 🔺aebrer - (Drew Brereton)
v:\>dir
PⱠΛПΣƬΛⱤY_74.gen
₴Ɇ₵Ø₦Đ₳ⱤɎ_₴₳ⱠɆ.mkt
𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥_𝘣𝘺.✦bre
v:\> ~ gn ?
PⱠΛПΣƬΛⱤY_74.gen
₴Ɇ₵Ø₦Đ₳ⱤɎ_₴₳ⱠɆ.mkt
𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥_𝘣𝘺.✦bre
v:\> ~ gn ?
August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
v:\>dir
PⱠΛПΣƬΛⱤY_74.gen
₴Ɇ₵Ø₦Đ₳ⱤɎ_₴₳ⱠɆ.mkt
𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥_𝘣𝘺.✦bre
v:\> ~ gn ?
PⱠΛПΣƬΛⱤY_74.gen
₴Ɇ₵Ø₦Đ₳ⱤɎ_₴₳ⱠɆ.mkt
𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥_𝘣𝘺.✦bre
v:\> ~ gn ?
Straight up feeling like online discourse is so decroded at this point there's like no point to even engage
Watching people argue about something I'm an expert in and both sides are wrong has been illuminating (AI)
Watching people argue about something I'm an expert in and both sides are wrong has been illuminating (AI)
August 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Straight up feeling like online discourse is so decroded at this point there's like no point to even engage
Watching people argue about something I'm an expert in and both sides are wrong has been illuminating (AI)
Watching people argue about something I'm an expert in and both sides are wrong has been illuminating (AI)