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This is it — the final issue on December 2021. The biggest month in fx(hash) history called for the largest number of issues. I'm looking forward to scaling this back to a more reasonable size soon, and I hope you'll stay along for the ride.

This week is all about boxes and swirls, recursive shapes and tiled patterns. It's an abstract medley of work by emerging artists everyone should keep an eye on. You should be hearing many of these name for a long time to come ;)

This week is all about the building blocks, because — with classes and functions, objects and arrays — code-based art is often all about breaking the work into pieces and assembling it one block at a time until the whole comes into view.

Even though generative art has been around for decades, it's just beginning to plumb the depths of everything that's possible with code. Below are some projects from its current renaissance to inspire you for where it could go.

Lots of early projects have been lost to the recesses of the fx(hash) archive — forgotten — sandwiched between one great hit after another. So it's time we give these hidden gems their moment in the spotlight.

One thing that can get lost in the generative art movement's current push for serious platforms and gallery exhibition is a sense of lighthearted fun. So here is another batch of playful honorable mentions to tickle and delight :)

Filled with eccentric, odd ducks, this mix of still lifes, landscapes, PFPs, poetry, and even one game is an offbeat, delightful, funny, and surreal batch of representational art ripe for rediscovery.

Our journey through the best abstract art from December 2021 comes to a close this week. I hope you found some unexpected pairings that helped you see familiar work anew, and discovered some hidden gems to fall in love with.

This week is all about curves and textures — subtle gradations that can make or break a piece; there's also some lovely synchronicity between the color palettes. Come for the abstract art. Stay for the hidden gems.

Continuing our historical deep dive: In a surprising twist, over two-thirds of these pieces are animated, and yet almost all of them minted out. Maybe the old adage about animated art not selling as well as static art doesn't hold water?

The biggest month in fx(hash) history calls for the biggest list this curation project will likely ever see. Over 3600 projects distilled down to the 121 best abstract projects from December 2021 in four parts.

The biggest month in fx(hash) history deserves its own two-parter to cover all of the amazing representational art that came out then, some of which you probably missed, because over 3600 other projects also dropped that month.

How do you sort through more than 3600 projects? With a lot of patience and determination. Here are the best projects from the biggest month in fx(hash) history.

Thirty-five more artists who absolutely crushed it in the first three weeks of open minting on fx(hash). Piles and piles of work created at a breakneck pace. Let it inspire you as you're making your New Year's resolutions this week!

The artists with the mostest. Highlights from some of the most productive artists from the first three weeks of open minting on fx(hash). And the connection between being prolific and genius.

The final list looking back at the first three weeks of fx(hash) with thirty-two pieces well worth your time. What a history-making first month! And what an incredible community that grew up around this nascent platform ❤️

There were so many good projects in the first three weeks following the launch of fx(hash) that the Honorable Mentions for abstract work need to be broken into two parts, so here is Part I with twenty-eight interesting pieces not to overlook!

Only a handful of projects are able to make the fxGems Best of List, but that shouldn't mean we overlook all of the other incredible work dropping on fx(hash) each month. So here are some additional projects worth your attention.

Happy birthday to fx(hash)! On the one year anniversary of this amazing space, fxGems is launching a historical retrospective excavating the best projects buried deep in the feed from the earliest days of the platform.

On the one year anniversary of fx(hash), fxGems is launching a historical retrospective, a look back at the best artwork from the first year of fx(hash), and publishing on chain for the first time here on fx(text).