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Notes on a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 2622478603One rectangle divided recursively. At each node the split usually runs across the longer side, at a ratio between 0.3 and 0.7. Division stops at depth eight, below 34 units, or on a 7% chance at any node. Every surviving cell is stroked with an inset, about one in five in an accent, and about one in ten also takes a translucent accent fill. This plate is seed 2622478603 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

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AC-1488

Notes on a Dry Cistern

It repeats without remembering that it is repeating. It does not know you are here.

No author. Drawn by the lattice system from seed 2622478603.

Medium
Generative plate, deterministic SVG rendered from a 32-bit seed
Dimensions
800 × 800 units, resolution-independent
System
lattice
Palette
Carob
Seed
2622478603
Added
23 September 2026
Rights
© 2026 artcyp.com

One rectangle divided recursively. At each node the split usually runs across the longer side, at a ratio between 0.3 and 0.7. Division stops at depth eight, below 34 units, or on a 7% chance at any node. Every surviving cell is stroked with an inset, about one in five in an accent, and about one in ten also takes a translucent accent fill. This plate is seed 2622478603 in the Carob palette.

Reactions are counts only. Nothing about who you are is recorded.

Same palette, same system

Late the Salt Crust, generative plate from seed 3316137492Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 3316137492 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late the Salt Crust

AC-1674 · bloom · Carob

No hand hesitated over where to leave it.

Survey of a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 2609938247One rectangle divided recursively. At each node the split usually runs across the longer side, at a ratio between 0.3 and 0.7. Division stops at depth eight, below 34 units, or on a 7% chance at any node. Every surviving cell is stroked with an inset, about one in five in an accent, and about one in ten also takes a translucent accent fill. This plate is seed 2609938247 in the Troodos Pine palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of a Dry Cistern

AC-1913 · lattice · Troodos Pine

A rule with no opinion produced something that appears to hold one.

Crossing at the Ledra Line, generative plate from seed 3974722533One rectangle divided recursively. At each node the split usually runs across the longer side, at a ratio between 0.3 and 0.7. Division stops at depth eight, below 34 units, or on a 7% chance at any node. Every surviving cell is stroked with an inset, about one in five in an accent, and about one in ten also takes a translucent accent fill. This plate is seed 3974722533 in the Levantine Light palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Crossing at the Ledra Line

AC-1273 · lattice · Levantine Light

A rule with no opinion produced something that appears to hold one.