Artwork

Al Sweigart, 2026. A steadily escalating catalog of hostile product and interface decisions is typed one character at a time.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Liquid seeps downward through porous rock.

Al Sweigart, 2026. An infinite perfect maze is carved one row at a time.

Al Sweigart, 2026. A classified report scrolls past with random words hidden beneath solid bars.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Large and small particles jitter through space, reminiscent of Brownian motion, and leave fleeting tracks behind them.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Sand drains through a narrow hourglass and accumulates in the chamber below. The series of hourglasses themselves create a larger pattern.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Oscillating strands cross over and under one another to form an endlessly scrolling rope. Similar to the Proton Stream piece.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Overlapping spirograph curves form an intricate scrolling guilloche engraving.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Layered terrain shudders through sudden earthquakes and gradually fading aftershocks. This piece experiments with irregular line production timings to create the sudden-quake effect.

Al Sweigart, 2026. A tightening field of symbols compresses towards the center to build tension before bursting outward in a rapid release.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Rolling ASCII waves advance and recede across a beach under a slower tidal rhythm.

Al Sweigart, 2026. Windblown grains of ASCII sand sweep across the terminal in overlapping, shifting gusts.