Her work brings human warmth to what could be a sterile nature of computer-generated art. This idea of bringing together a lot of different patterns and putting them into one piece and seeing how that can create something so cohesive - that’s really interesting to me,” Xie states. “I would say that my personal style is very influenced by textiles, patterns, collage and wallpaper. Xie’s aesthetically pleasing style takes inspiration from traditional East Asian art, and she has a knack for creating pieces that can be studied with the naked eye at length.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art) Personal style of generative art I draw a lot of real-world inspiration from them.” “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai, 1831. “In general, the genre influences for me are collage and textiles. I’d also say Zach Lieberman has been a huge inspiration,” says Xie. “There’s a lot of generative artists that have inspired me over the years. Read more: Tyler Hobbs wrote software that generates art worth millions “For me, I love abstract expressionists and early modern collage artists, but a few names that come to mind are Hokusai and Picasso,” she says, also referencing the “Fidenza” NFT artist Tyler Hobbs.

Xie takes influence from many artists and styles but specifically singles out Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, best known for the famous big wave woodblock print, and Spanish painter Picasso who revolutionized abstract art with cubism. Just recently, the New York resident engaged in a collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and she also has worked with SuperRare and Objkt (Tezos). In July 2022, Xie teamed up with Bright Moments for her 100-piece collection “Off Script,” which is an algorithmic representation of a 20th-century modern art collage. Inspired by East Asian art, Xie’s collection “Memories of Qilin” was launched via Art Blocks a year ago and has now seen over 4,400 ETH ($7.4 million at the current ETH price) in secondary sales. When NFTs did come along, it was the first time where I actually saw a pathway for myself to be making a living as an artist.” “Prior to NFTs, there was not very much opportunity to actually make a living out of it. The world around me would just disappear, and I would spend hours just programming and seeing what the algorithm might do.” Whenever I made it, I got really sucked into it. “Assemblage #6” on Tezos Blockchain by Emily Xie. Xie attributes her love for making generative art to the freedom it gives her to let her creativity loose, and she gets lost in the process. You’re engaging with technology in a way that’s creative because it exercises both sides of the brain, and that’s a rare thing to encounter.” You don’t get any more of a direct and elegant combination than that of those two fields.” It made a lot of sense making art with code. “I found that desire in generative art in around 2015–2016. “Generative Patchwork and Bullseye” by Emily Xie. As a software engineer, I was always hoping to combine my love for programming as well as my love for art and creativity,” says Xie. I made all sorts of art growing up, but it was more in a traditional media way. “I studied art history, took studio art courses, but also studied computational science and engineering. In a little under two years, since she minted her first NFT in March 2021, she has caught the attention of prolific collectors, such as Punk6529, DC Investor and Bob Loukas, and recently left her software engineering job to pursue life as a full-time artist. New York’s Emily Xie is exploring the new frontier of digital art by combining her skills and passion for computer science and generative art.

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