Introducing Under the Influence 10,000 onchain generative GIFs from 100 algorithms, all built on an artwork you might recognize.

The protocol for gifs. A shop where every GIF is generated fully onchain on Ethereum and stocked on the shelf, each in its own case, with a small crew running the belts, the claw, the lamps and the repairs around it. Every GIF has its own page and is ready to download and share anywhere, as a GIF or a vertical MP4.

Under the Influence is the Genesis Collection. Each token’s hash picks one of 100 generators and the Squiggle it starts from. A slot machine with Squiggle reels, an artist graffitis one on a wall before the rain washes it away, a Squiggle that wiggles, a CRT generating one on screen. Every generator is its own visual system, with its own traits and its own rarity, from Classic to Unicorn.

All 100 algorithms live on Ethereum inside @thevesseldotfun #9898. Every token’s animation is drawn from that code when it’s viewed. The artwork isn’t only the GIF. It’s the code, the system and the infrastructure that lets it exist.

Mint opens Tuesday, November 10, 3pm ET on · Opens immediately (FCFS) · ~$35 per mint · Up to 40 per transaction Every mint is revealed with its traits and their odds.

's Chromie Squiggle changed how I understand art. With his permission, I’ve treated it as a primitive: it is both the subject of the work and the material it’s made from. It’s also a look at making art in a post-AI world. Coding agents wrote and refined the code. I directed, curated and shaped the collection. I’m under the influence of both.

Under the Influence is built with ABX, the new toolkit from @artblocks_io, where the Squiggle began as Project #0 in 2020. Art Blocks invited me to beta test ABX, and the project was stealth launched in Marfa. It felt right to build the tribute with their tools.

1 primitive, 100 generators, 10,000 GIFs. Thank you to Snowfro for the Squiggle, to Art Blocks for the invite to present at the ABX booth in Marfa, and to everyone who mints one. Join the Minters Lounge, the group chat for everything @GifsDotShop:

I’m giving away 20 GIFs at launch. To enter: · Follow @gifsdotshop · Draw your favorite GIF at and download it · Quote tweet the first post of this thread with it: Up to 3 entries per account.

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@GifsDotShop Dude. This is so rad!!!! I love experiments like this - so stoked for you! 👏

@GifsDotShop Diving into this but it looks so rad! And nostalgic too! Amazing work my friend!

@GifsDotShop So awesome! Keep crushing it Stephen 💜

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@GifsDotShop Insane work Stephen!

@GifsDotShop Awesome work as always Stephen 🩶

@GifsDotShop I didn't choose the squig life, the squig life chose me

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@GifsDotShop great work Stephen. had so much fun looking for the traits

@GifsDotShop Can I have a WL please. I really love the art and the concept.

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@GifsDotShop Sounds interesting, especially the 10,000 GIFs aspect!

@halecar2 @GifsDotShop Feeling influenced big time! Those squiggles look squiggly and cute, need 🤲

@GifsDotShop This is too much fun!

@GifsDotShop Congrats Stephen! This is fun