Retreat + Art Fair = $ucce$

Art Fair

The definition of success proved nuanced. While foot traffic remained sparse and only one print sold, the author found genuine value in the experience itself. After years away from tabling events, this confirmed a path worth pursuing. "Talking to people about how the prints were made and seeing which ones they gravitated towards was really nice"

Retreat

Substantial coding work was completed during this period:

Accomplishments included:

• Refreshed the home page to emphasize experiments and social channels
• Standardized configuration information for each graphic
• Standardized the experiment UI across applications like Aubs and Palette
• Created Palette, a color palette selection tool
• Launched Twitter Bot producing graphics hourly
• Developed Easel, an internal graphics creation tool

Beyond coding, the platform migrated from Patreon to Substack, established additional social channels, and began research posts.

In Conclusion

Currently operating as a side experiment, Good Graphics shows potential to eventually become a studio or venture. The author describes finding value in this ambiguity while "slowly building out a thesis for my work."