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#<strong>SHILL</strong><br />
SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER ECOSYSTEM<br />
NFThrilling<br />
interview with<br />
JamesJohnson<br />
CYBER GEISHA<br />
Justjulia explains<br />
why, what & when<br />
degods & deadgods<br />
should you? this is the q!<br />
growth trends<br />
venticapital spills the beans<br />
dexterlab tools<br />
dexterlab tools<br />
are these tools what you<br />
have been looking for?<br />
ISSUE #<strong>50</strong><br />
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So much to write. So little<br />
space.<br />
NFThrilling Interview<br />
He’s back with another quality<br />
interview, definite #alpha<br />
CYBER GEISHA<br />
JustJulia talks about her<br />
genesis project #alpha<br />
Probably Nothing<br />
CredibleCrypto sounds the<br />
alarm. Are you listening? #alpha<br />
SolsWatch<br />
Is there anything this tool can’t<br />
do? #alpha<br />
Barndog & Metaverse<br />
At it again with the latest news<br />
and insights #alpha<br />
DeGods and DeadGods<br />
Got DeGod? Should you<br />
DeaadGod? #alpha<br />
Growth Trends<br />
VentiCapital with some ever so<br />
subtle #alpha<br />
Dexterlab Tools<br />
Yet another tool offering- is<br />
this different? #alpha<br />
lowbrownative
the<br />
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EDITOR<br />
A milestone.<br />
<strong>50</strong> issues.<br />
Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue.<br />
That’s what issue <strong>50</strong> is all about. Looking back, looking forward, and reflecting on ‘now’. If you<br />
have been along on this roadtrip with #Shill then you have been privy to the NFT works of at<br />
least 25 people per issue. That’s over 12<strong>50</strong> NFT artists since we first started back in Oct 2021.<br />
6 months ago almost to the day!<br />
I would like to thank those that have been tried and true readers of the zine over the months. I<br />
really appreciate your support, readership and retweets. I am hoping that the zines are worth<br />
your time and that artists that have been featured have managed to garner new supporters and<br />
followers as a result.<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>50</strong> breaks the boundaries yet again. 98 pages! Show me another blockchain zine that gives<br />
you this much value, weekly. Get out there and share it with your friends! #Shill is aiming for 10,<br />
000 views weekly by the end of 2022- 8<strong>50</strong>0 views at the moment. Let’s apply the 6 degrees of<br />
separation and retweet it to your network of friends.<br />
This is the week that DeGods launched DeadGods- a huge success and a worthy upgrade worth<br />
the 1000 Dust conversion. I’m looking forward to DeadGods reaching a 400 floor. You heard it<br />
here first.<br />
Newcomer JustJulia shares her project Cyber Geisha’s and her foray into NFT. Send her your<br />
support and welcome her to the Solana ecosystem as you do every other newcomer!<br />
NFThrilling is back. This man is a workhorse. Holding down an IRL demanding job, family life<br />
and children while finding the time to chase down NFT artists and run an interview qith them.<br />
To top it off, he translates the English article into Italian for our Italian Solana family. The man is<br />
a legend! Follow him TWICE!<br />
News on the MonkeDAO token in this issue. Something to look forward to?<br />
The PFP I’m sporting? StonedMutantz as featured in the last issue. I liked it so much, put an<br />
offer in and there it is. Unique!<br />
Almost every article in this issue is true ALPHA. If you can’t be bothered to read an article or two<br />
during your daily commute then you truly NGMI. Come on #frens show the love. Hit the artists<br />
up on Twitter. Tell the writer’s you read their articles. Give back a little!<br />
As always, show your love on the Twittersphere with a simple retweet.<br />
Enough said. You know the drill. Let’s f go!<br />
Pixeltoy<br />
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Keep your eye on...<br />
chonkee_monkee<br />
GRAPE EVENTS<br />
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Ciao James (James Johnson Official - @Official_JamesJ) .. quando ho visto<br />
questo tuo lavoro ho avuto un'emozione .. quello che chiamo<br />
@NFThrilling vibe,<br />
potresti descrivermi<br />
questo bellissimo lavoro,<br />
prima di iniziare<br />
A causa della crescente<br />
ansia nella discordia<br />
pubblica causata dalle<br />
continue segnalazioni di<br />
paura e perdita riportate 24<br />
ore su 24, 7 giorni su 7 da<br />
parte dei media e dei<br />
governi durante il covid, ho<br />
voluto creare una serie per<br />
spazzare via la narrativa di<br />
cotrollo di ciò che ci stava<br />
controllando. La paura della<br />
morte. E se la morte<br />
decidesse di non essere più<br />
morte? Come sarebbe<br />
vedere la morte solo come<br />
un altro essere umano, che si<br />
fa strada attraverso la vita?<br />
E se potessi dare una svolta<br />
umoristica alla serie per<br />
togliere ancora più ansia<br />
dall'argomento, più forte<br />
sarebbe il contrappeso nel messaggio per non temere ciò che è intorno a noi.<br />
Cominciamo davvero.. Se dovessi descriverti, in poche ma essenziali<br />
parole, cosa diresti?<br />
Artista, inventore, umorista, curioso, romantico, consapevole del tempo che mi<br />
resta, pensatore che vede il bicchiere mezzo pieno.<br />
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Cominciamo.. nell'universo crypto e NFT (come nell'arte tradizionale,<br />
Banksy docet) l'anonimato è diffuso, cosa ne pensi e come ti avvicini al<br />
pubblico (raccontaci del tuo nome o nome d'arte)?<br />
Capisco perché possa esserci bisogno che la maggior parte delle persone non<br />
rivelino se stessi. Potrebbe essere per una miriade di motivi, alcuni buoni, altri<br />
meno. Essendo stato sotto gli occhi del pubblico ormai da alcuni decenni, non<br />
credo che potrei diventare anonimo ora, lol.<br />
Io stesso, scherzo sul fatto che ho il nome più comune al mondo, quindi in realtà<br />
usare il mio vero nome invece di un soprannome ha più o meno lo stesso effetto.<br />
Nell'arte NFT, quali sono le tecniche che ami, quelle che ti caratterizzano<br />
e quelle in cui vorresti cimentarti?<br />
Apprezzo qualsiasi arte realizzata tradizionalmente (nessun pulsante “annulla”<br />
lol). Per quanto riguarda la tecnica, attualmente sto creando il mio stile artistico<br />
inconfondibile con una penna a immersione molto vecchia e un pennino con<br />
inchiostro. Tratteggio incrociato per<br />
dare un bellissimo tocco vintage a<br />
ogni pezzo. Mi piace il digitale.<br />
Dipingo, scolpisco, animazioni sia<br />
tradizionali che digitali. Non c’è<br />
davvero niente che non abbia provato,<br />
e anzi ho persino inventato tecniche e<br />
processi artistici, per esempio… sto<br />
preparandomi a depositare il brevetto<br />
per un'invenzione che permette ai non<br />
vedenti di “vedere” un'immagine su<br />
una superficie piana non ruvida.<br />
Quanto tempo dedichi all'arte. Quando hai iniziato a percepirti come<br />
Artista?<br />
La famiglia ha avuto l'idea che sarei diventato un artista a 2 anni. A 4 anni in età<br />
prescolare, un insegnante ha accidentalmente messo la mia arte con la classe dei<br />
6 anni per il concorso artistico della scuola elementare. Ho vinto. Questo ha<br />
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praticamente detto a tutti in che direzione stavo andando, lol. La prima vendita<br />
professionale è stata a 13 anni e lo faccio per quasi 45 anni.<br />
Cerco di usare più tempo<br />
possibile per creare arte,<br />
starò sveglio fino alle 7 del<br />
mattino ultimamente per<br />
portare a termine il lavoro.<br />
Fortunatamente non è mai<br />
stato un lavoro per me,<br />
vado in questo tipo di<br />
trance quando lavoro,<br />
quindi è quasi come<br />
guardare qualcun altro<br />
creare cose davanti a me.<br />
Strano, ma per me è sempre<br />
stato così.<br />
Vorresti raccontare brevemente da dove viene il tuo lavoro artistico.<br />
Com'è il tuo ambiente di lavoro. Se lo cambieresti e come?<br />
Di solito lavoro nella mia stanza sul retro trasformata in studio. Ho un grande<br />
tavolo da disegno, un computer con una Wacom cintiq da 24 pollici e 2 grandi<br />
iMac e il mio mobile<br />
preferito... un vero banco di<br />
animazione Disney su cui<br />
non vedo l'ora di tornare<br />
per creare alcuni progetti<br />
che ho pianificato. Oh, e più<br />
libri di quanti ne abbia<br />
praticamente una<br />
biblioteca (oltre 17.000<br />
libri, riviste, fumetti e<br />
graphic novel, e in<br />
continua crescita!). Ecco la<br />
foto della scrivania<br />
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dell'animazione Disney. Non posso fotografare i libri perché al momento sono in<br />
un'enorme quantità di scatole nel mio seminterrato finché non posso costruire<br />
nuove scaffalature.<br />
Come crei le tue opere. Qual è l'ispirazione per te. Cosa provi mentre crei.<br />
Qual è (se presente) il messaggio implicito nelle tue opere/collezioni.<br />
Vorresti descrivere, in poche parole, una delle tue opere a tua scelta?<br />
La domanda più difficile e tuttavia più facile a cui rispondere per me. Tutto mi<br />
ispira. Per quanto riguarda i messaggi, sono ovunque, ma non è che voglio che<br />
qualcuno conosca il mio messaggio o le mie emozioni nel mio lavoro, sono le<br />
emozioni degli spettatori che voglio che il mio lavoro tragga da loro. A causa del<br />
mio amore per tutto ciò che è vintage,<br />
qualche tempo fa stavo guardando un libro<br />
di storia della fotografia e ho visto questo<br />
bellissimo ritratto in tonalità seppia di una<br />
donna elegante. Volendo non copiarlo<br />
direttamente, ho provato a disegnarla in<br />
Procreate usando una tavolozza di colori<br />
molto limitata e una punta di pennello<br />
digitale che non viene utilizzata per i<br />
dettagli, sia per sfidarmi che per<br />
costringermi a pensare fuori dagli schemi<br />
durante la creazione di questo disegno.<br />
Come vedi gli NFT in 3/5/10 anni. E tu?<br />
Totalmente in evoluzione e diversi da<br />
quello che attualmente sono là fuori. Sto<br />
lavorando a un progetto pfp che è<br />
radicalmente diverso da qualsiasi altra<br />
cosa là fuori, sia nello stile artistico che<br />
nella funzionalità. Dubito che nessun altro abbia creato prima un 1 1/2 pfp, lol.<br />
Spero che tra 10 anni le persone apprezzeranno il lavoro che ho creato, le<br />
innovazioni che voglio introdurre nello spazio e, cosa più importante per me, di<br />
apprezzare le amicizie che costruisco con gli altri.<br />
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C'è qualcosa che desideri davvero e che speri di poter realizzare nei<br />
prossimi anni anche grazie alla tua arte? Qual è il tuo sogno o aspirazione<br />
più grande. E nel presente, cosa ti eccita. C'è qualcosa che vorresti e che<br />
ancora non hai (a parte una lambo ovviamente)?<br />
Finché posso guadagnarmi da vivere facendo la mia arte, tutto è d'oro! In futuro,<br />
spero che gli artisti NFT in giro ispirino le future generazioni a prendere lo spazio<br />
NFT e renderlo molto di più di ciò che è ora.<br />
Cosa ne pensi delle varie blockchain e dei relativi NFT. Cosa determina la<br />
tua preferenza tra una chain o l'altra? Cosa consiglieresti a un artista che<br />
desidera coniare il suo primo NFT?<br />
Questa domanda è interessante per me e posso rispondere personalmente. Ho<br />
iniziato su Solana l'ultimo giorno di settembre 2021 e negli ultimi mesi ho avuto<br />
questo grande richiamo da artisti e sostenitori su Ethereum per farmi andare lì.<br />
Seguendo l'osservazione personale, ho visto molti tratti simili e alcuni tratti<br />
completamente opposti tra Sol ed Eth. Entrambi hanno comunità solide e unite,<br />
artisti straordinari e incredibili, ed entrambi hanno così tanto da offrire e<br />
contenuti saggi per rendere ogni ecosistema di successo.<br />
Qui è dove vedo alcuni problemi però. C'è un modo di pensare della squadra<br />
sportiva che dice "la mia squadra è migliore della tua squadra"... che può<br />
diventare qualcosa di molto tossico se le cose non iniziano a cambiare.<br />
Io stesso, sono sia su Sol che su Eth e consiglierei di andare multichain a qualsiasi<br />
artista, vecchio o nuovo nello spazio. Non aspettare che i tuoi collezionisti<br />
vengano da te, vai tu da loro..<br />
Quali artisti NFT (se ci sono) hanno influenzato il tuo stile. Chi è il più<br />
talentuoso. Il più intelligente. Il più creativo... Mi consiglieresti il<br />
prossimo artista 1:1 da intervistare. Hai una domanda che vorresti fargli?<br />
Il mio stile è stato impostato molto tempo fa, molto prima che nascessero gli NFT,<br />
quindi la domanda non è applicabili a me, sono vecchio, lol. E per quanto riguarda<br />
chi è più talentuoso, intelligente o creativo nello spazio in questo momento, lo è<br />
chiunque abbia mosso i passi necessari per creare i suoi primi NFT. Questo è un<br />
nuovo orizzonte nel mondo dell'arte che solo chi ha fiducia nella propria visione<br />
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artistica ha colto. Quelli che cambieranno idea e saliranno a bordo più tardi sono<br />
quelli che diranno sempre a se stessi "Vorrei averlo fatto prima". Mi piacerebbe<br />
intervistare mia figlia Kailey (@kaileyajohnson), che è una fotografa<br />
professionista e fotografa emergente nello spazio NFT. La domanda che vorrei<br />
porre è "quale fotografia hai scattato che pensi rappresenti al meglio il tuo stile<br />
distintivo?". Lo farò senz’altro <br />
Che consiglio daresti a qualcuno che vuole andare per la tua strada. E ai<br />
collezionisti che vogliono avvicinarsi al mondo NFT?<br />
Abbiate fiducia in voi stessi e in quello che fate, con tutto, compreso l'arte.<br />
Per i collezionisti, ho insegnato alla gente che c'è una differenza tra essere un<br />
collezionista d'arte e un sostenitore d'arte. Il collezionismo va benissimo, ma<br />
posso dare a tutti un esempio del perché essere un sostenitore dell'arte è molto<br />
più prezioso per lo spazio NFT per farlo sopravvivere. Quando un artista mette<br />
all'asta un pezzo, il collezionista entrerà all'ultimo minuto per fare l'offerta<br />
vincente SE ricorda che l'asta è ancora in corso. Non posso iniziare a dire a tutti<br />
quante volte ho sentito "mi sono dimenticato che l'asta stava finendo o avrei fatto<br />
un'offerta" o "un malfunzionamento del computer o del sistema di rete non ha<br />
consentito un'offerta dell'ultimo minuto". In tutti questi casi, l'artista ha perso<br />
una potenziale vendita e reddito.<br />
Un sostenitore d'arte è la persona che inizia l'offerta all'inizio di un'asta, sapendo<br />
che potrebbe essere superata alla fine se non risponde all'offerta, ma fa la sua<br />
offerta per assicurarsi che l'artista abbia una sorta di sostegno finanziario e<br />
incoraggiamento a continuare a creare la sua arte. La maggior parte non lo sa,<br />
ma ci sono state alcune dozzine di artisti che hanno già abbandonato la creazione<br />
di NFT a causa della percepita mancanza di interesse per il loro lavoro. E se solo<br />
un'offerta fosse fatta all'inizio di un'asta per mostrare interesse per il loro lavoro<br />
invece di perdere l'occasione di fare un'offerta alla fine con l'artista che non<br />
guadagna nulla, alcuni artisti MOLTO talentuosi sarebbero ancora qui cercando<br />
di guadagnarsi da vivere con la loro opera d'arte. Una vera perdita per tutti noi.<br />
Ok, un ultimo giro! Il tuo miglior valore. Il tuo peggior difetto Il miglior libro<br />
o quello che ti ha cambiato la vita. Il miglior film di tutti i tempi. La "pittura"<br />
IRL che ti piace di più. L'ultima volta che ti sei ubriacato. Se potessi<br />
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trascorrere una giornata con un artista (anche del passato), chi<br />
sceglieresti. E dove lo porteresti?<br />
Miglior valore: la mia libertà di esprimere amore verso gli altri. Peggiore difetto:<br />
sempre preoccupato per gli altri, anche a mio danno. I migliori libri: Bibbia e<br />
Canto di Natale. Miglior film - Giù le mani Charlie Chaplins City Lights... Sfido<br />
CHIUNQUE a non piangere alla fine di quel film... è impossibile! Miglior dipinto<br />
IRL: The Nut Gatherers, o qualcosa di Bougereau, o Norman Rockwell, o JC<br />
Leyendecker, o Rembrandt, o Richard Estes, o Chuck Close, o... L'ultima volta che<br />
sono stato ubriaco: non bevo, non fumo, non mi drogo... Sono l'eterno guidatore<br />
designato per gli altri. Trascorri una giornata con un artista: Da Vinci, mi<br />
piacerebbe fare una sessione artistica all'italiana con lui. E visitare la Cappella<br />
Sistina per sentirlo lamentarsi di Michelangelo, lol.<br />
L'intervista è finita Mi hai<br />
emozionato tantissimo James<br />
Johnson (@Official_JamesJ)<br />
grazie ! Un'ultima cosa. Lo<br />
faresti un NFT ispirato da<br />
questa intervista? Se sì, farà<br />
parte della prima collezione<br />
intitolata "#openheARTist -<br />
self portrait" o chissà.. siete<br />
voi gli artisti .. perché l'arte è<br />
nel cuore dell'artista, e a noi<br />
piace che sia aperta.<br />
To Be Continued<br />
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Hi James (James Johnson Official - @Official_JamesJ) .. when I saw this piece<br />
of work of yours I got an emotion .. what I call @NFThrilling vibe .. could you<br />
describe this<br />
beautiful work to<br />
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Let's begin .. in the crypto and NFT universe (as in traditional art, Banksy<br />
docet) anonymity is widespread, what do you think abt it and how do you<br />
approach the public (your stage name is very cool indeed)?<br />
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on’t think I could be undoxxed, <br />
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Let's truly begin .. If you had to describe yourself, in a few but essential<br />
words, what would you say?<br />
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In NFT art, what are the<br />
techniques you love, the ones that<br />
characterize you, and the ones<br />
you would like to try your hand<br />
at?<br />
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haven’t tried, and have actually invented art techniq <br />
example… <br />
“see” a image on a non textured <br />
How much time do you dedicate to art. When did you begin to perceive<br />
yourself as an Artist?<br />
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Luckily it’s never been work for me, I go into this kind<br />
of trance when I work so it’s<br />
me. Weird, but it’s<br />
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Would you like to briefly<br />
tell where your artistic<br />
work comes from. What is<br />
your work environment<br />
like. Would u change it and<br />
how?<br />
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a 24” Wacommy favorite piece of furniture… a<br />
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can’t take photos <br />
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How you create your<br />
works. What is<br />
inspiration for you. What<br />
do you feel while you<br />
create. What is (if any)<br />
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the implicit message in your works / collections. Would you like to describe,<br />
in a few words, one of your works of your choice?<br />
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As for messages, it’s all over the place, but it’s no<br />
message or emotions in my work, it’s the viewers <br />
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and a digital brush tip that’s not used for<br />
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How you see the NFTs in 3/5/10 years.<br />
And yourself? <br />
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Is there something that you really want and that you hope to be able to<br />
achieve in the next years also thanks to your art? What is your biggest<br />
dream or aspiration. And in the present, what excites you. Is there<br />
something you would like and still don't have (apart from lambo of course)?<br />
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What do you think of the various blockchains and related NFTs. What<br />
determines your preference between one chain or the other? What would<br />
you recommend to an artist wishing to mint their first NFT?<br />
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I’ve had this huge pull from artists and supporters on Ethereum to have me<br />
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<br />
<br />
problems though. There is a sports team way of thinking going on of “my team<br />
is better than your team”… that can become something very toxic if things don’t<br />
<br />
o that to any artist, old or new to the space. Don’t wait for your<br />
<br />
Which NFT artists (if any) have influenced your style. Who is the most<br />
talented. The most intelligent. The most creative.. Would you recommend<br />
the next 1: 1 artist to interview. Do you have a question you would like to<br />
ask him/her?<br />
My style has been set sooooo long ago, way before NFT’s came to be, so that<br />
parts not applicable to me, I’m old, lol. And as for who’s <br />
<br />
steps necessary to create their first NFT’s. This is a new horizon in the art world<br />
<br />
<br />
to themselves “I wish I would of done this sooner”.<br />
<br />
<br />
“what photograph have you taken that you think represents your signature<br />
style the best?”I would love too <br />
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What advice would you give to someone who wants to go your own way. And<br />
to collectors who want to approach the NFT world?<br />
<br />
For the collectors, I’ve been teaching people there is a <br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
auction is still going. I can’t begin to tell everyone how many times I’ve heard “I<br />
was going or I would have bid” or “a computer<br />
system didn’t allow for a last minute bid”. In all those<br />
<br />
<br />
the end if they don’t counter bid back,<br />
<br />
their art. Most don’t know,<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />
Ok, one last lap! Your best value. Your worst flaw. The best book or the one<br />
that changed your life. The best movie of all time. The IRL “painting” you<br />
like best. The last time you got drunk. If you could spend a day with an artist<br />
(even from the past), who would you choose. And where would you take it?<br />
<br />
<br />
City Lights… I dare<br />
o cry at the end of that movie…it’s impossible!<br />
<br />
Rembrandt, or Richard Estes, or Chuck Close, or…<br />
don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t do drugs… I’m th <br />
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The interview is over U thrilled me so much James Johnson<br />
(@Official_JamesJ) thank you! One last thing. Would you make it an NFT<br />
inspired by this interview? If yes, it will be part of the first collection entitled<br />
"#openheARTist - self portrait" or whatelse .. because art is in the heart of<br />
the artist, and we love it open.<br />
To Be Continued <br />
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CYBER GEISHA<br />
JustJulialo<br />
I am Julia, an architect and interior designer. I decided to enter the Solana space to give me an opportunity to learn<br />
from the world of NFTS. I have only been in the space for a few months, but the community fascinates me. I thought<br />
why not try my own collection since I can express myself with my art! And give something in exchange to the community<br />
for the support.<br />
I’m expressing my passion and personal ideas through unique designs and drawings. This project is not<br />
exclusive to art collectors, but it must be stated that it is purely based on Geisha art.<br />
I want to get my art out there in the NFT marketplace with a long-term commitment to the project. The<br />
main idea is to develop a series of stories that follow the rise and fall of the geishas in a cyber-like reality<br />
and publish it as value added for the NFT holders. Tokens/staking is a possibility though nothing is set in<br />
stone. I think the NFT world is lacking a strong feminine presence and the Geishas are an incredible representation<br />
of the gracefulness and resilience of women. I hope to reach people’s minds and hearts by showing<br />
them a piece of myself represented in the art.<br />
It is an art-centred project with a great story behind. Essentially, as this is an elaborate art project, I suggest<br />
that you only join if you really like the lore and the art. Please don’t mint if this is not for you. I understand<br />
this is not for everyone.<br />
I decided to create geisha as part of my collection, I did a little research,<br />
and I did not see many projects or collections of these beautiful women!<br />
What better way to express femininity than a geisha. I also love Japanese<br />
culture, and hope to visit Japan someday and learn from it.<br />
It gets loud out there…<br />
Ecosystems are an intricate thing, and Solana isn’t free of imperfections<br />
and noise. At the early stages, an ecosystem undergoes incremental change.<br />
Change in its norms, change in its nexus, change in its environment. If it<br />
overcomes external shocks and internal competition for resources, it has<br />
the potential to stabilise and grow resilient. At the current stage of the<br />
Solana ecosystem, projects are still adhering to all sorts of standards and<br />
paradigms, intending to bring novelties onto the table. This is good, for<br />
it is imperative that a healthy ecosystem contains a heterogeneous pool of<br />
actors seeking to provide value in different manners. In fact, it is an evolutionary<br />
process that occurs both in nature and in artificially manufactured<br />
environments. Many of those projects sitting at the top of the food chain<br />
advise other projects to “do something unique and new’’, and in the search<br />
for that novel idea, many have recurred to intricate premises and complex<br />
(sometimes magical and debunked) economic strategies to provide value<br />
to holders and investors. And it gets really loud out there…<br />
Is this getting too complicated?<br />
Solana is a powerful platform to be selling NFTs. It has the quality of a well-functioning ecosystem; it has<br />
traits that promise self-sufficiency and enough potential to be worth investing in. Their communities have<br />
a long trajectory, but let’s not deny the fact that with so many new actors at play, so many interconnections<br />
and complex relations, the visions of such new projects become fuzzy and hard to grasp. Yes, projects<br />
should offer value besides the art. Yes, projects can and should be ambitious. But there is a point, right then<br />
in a regular morning when you are re-reading whitepapers after whitepapers, doing the maths in your head<br />
of future tokens meant to be deflationary, when you put your coffee mug down on the coaster you got as<br />
a gift from a friend that went once to Barcelona, and you sigh as you lean back on your gaming chair and<br />
think to yourself: “this is getting too complicated”.<br />
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It’s all about simplicity…<br />
Before you say anything, let me clarify that I’m not picking on projects that<br />
either I don’t understand or are trying to be innovative. What I’m saying<br />
is that when I pick up my coffee again, take a sip and think about my NFT<br />
portfolio, I think of the pictures in there. Beautiful miniature pictures on<br />
my computer with a concept that somehow drew my attention and almost<br />
hypnotised me into buying them. You see, I used to play MTG, and more<br />
often than not I would trade cards based on the picture and not on the<br />
rarity. Yes, rare cards used to have more intricate and detailed art, especially<br />
legendary ones, but you could see the immense amount of work put into less<br />
rarer cards (if you have the time, google Boneshard Slasher to see what I mean).<br />
Or, sometimes, the art just spoke to me (search for Kev Walker), and the<br />
short texts that appeared at the bottom. That small square was enough to<br />
drag me into another reality, a reality where strange, unfathomable creatures<br />
existed. Where heroes fought for honour and I was the architect of their<br />
fate (sometimes even siding with the obviously bad guys). That small frame<br />
would take me into floating Islands, fiery mountains, and deadly swamps,<br />
and I was the one to blame if I died.<br />
Finding silence in the noise.<br />
Sometimes we forget why we do the things we do. I know I do. I get all caught up in a video game, get tilted<br />
and forget why I was playing it in the first place: to have fun. Same with NFTs. Sometimes I go around the<br />
internet looking through business propositions and value offerings, but after careful research I understand<br />
that even if their strategies are viable, the implementation and long-term commitment is fully out of the<br />
communities’ control. So, I resort to what drew me into the NFT world in the first place. Miniature pictures.<br />
Art. Collectibles. Stories. Enthusiastic communities with amazing ideas. Fan fictions and inspiring pictures<br />
of fantastical sceneries. An escape. But an escape where you don’t run, you engage. Where there is communal<br />
value, mutual respect, support, and friendships. Where we hold value in our hands and are just ecstatic to<br />
show it off in space. Where we trade ideas and visions of the future and bet on the art that speaks to us the<br />
most. The Cyber Geisha NFT Project<br />
embodies those principles. Honest art.<br />
Honest lore. Overall, an honest project<br />
that needs to be no more than what it<br />
is: an artistic expression meant to be held<br />
and looked at. Meant to intrigue you, to<br />
amaze you, to bring you closer to the<br />
idea that true value is subjective and<br />
sometimes you must remember why<br />
you are here in the first place. The Cyber<br />
Geisha NFT project is a love-letter<br />
to everyone out there doing what they<br />
love and staying true to their visions.<br />
A little reminder that sometimes simplicity<br />
is precious.<br />
-Loremaster Bode and JLD<br />
Disintegrated Auction coming soon<br />
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PROBABLY<br />
NOTHING<br />
@CredibleCrypto - 320k followers<br />
$ZIL up nearly 6x in two weeks and $LTC<br />
seems to be setting up similarly from<br />
a technical perspective...this next leg<br />
up across the board is gonna be fun<br />
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the ASTRONAUT<br />
The Astronaut @thexastronaut
the ASTRONAUT<br />
thexastronaut
PURPLEanalysis<br />
Purpleanalysis
abdik_o
art_by_micro
grapeprotocol<br />
BARNDOG<br />
STEP N - AMA<br />
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/695125362<br />
METAVERSE<br />
OPENSEA & Solana<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzk-5ArVLE<br />
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By Mark Jurgens<br />
One of the most hyped NFT projects is expanding its culture among the dead.<br />
Intro: A Cultural Web3 Symbol<br />
DeGods, built on Solana, is a deflationary NFT collection of degenerates, punks, and misfits who call<br />
themselves the gods of the metaverse and masters of their own universe.<br />
The collection of 10,000 NFTs was minted in October 2021 at 3 $SOL. Now the collection is trading<br />
across multiple DEXs, like Alpha.art and Magic Eden, sitting at a 90 $SOL floor with 5% of the total<br />
supply already burnt.<br />
Something made this project stand out from the rest, involving maybe the visually pleasing artwork,<br />
the story behind the eccentric characters, a strong community sense, and interesting cash flow opportunities<br />
for holders. Adding to this, DeadGods is launching on March 31, giving DeGods holders a<br />
dead version of their metapunks.<br />
DeGods x DeadGods<br />
Existing DeGods NFTs will be updated with new art: the NFTs will hold the same original DeGod plus<br />
a DeadGod version, making this an update with zero inflation. Each of the 153 original attributes<br />
was recreated in the 1:1 fine art DeadGods version.<br />
The @DeGodsCommunity praised artist Delilah in February via Twitter for her work in the project:<br />
“One thing has emerged as an absolute certainty. @delilahdegods is a fucking superstar & the DeadGods art has<br />
breathed new life & excitement into the DeGods community.”<br />
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DeGods will be able to drink StarDust to create a DeadGod.<br />
The DeadGod mint is on March 31 and will cost 1000 $DUST per DeGod. The team also clarifies<br />
that there won’t be enough $DUST for everyone to upgrade their DeGod for a while. The mint will<br />
take place on the DeGod staking site, and holders won’t need to unstake their NFTs to get the<br />
mutated form. Once they have both versions, holders can switch between DeadGod and DeGod<br />
anytime for an undetermined amount of $DUST per switch.<br />
Some of the newly converted attributes:<br />
The boring plank is a flamboyant knife, and the mushroom hat is a mushroom cloud.<br />
Staking and the $DUST Protocol<br />
DeGods main use cases are for $DUST staking and providing a DeDAO membership.<br />
The team launched on January 2022 $DUST, an SPL token on Solana with a starting supply of zero.<br />
The token will power the DeGods universe: it will be used to mint exclusive NFTs and in TBA play-toearn<br />
games and betting platforms.<br />
The team explained some of the upcoming $DUST utility in a January tweet:<br />
“We’re going to be launching unique, game-theory based NFTs all year and will be accepting $DUST for the mints. Because<br />
these games will be so cheap in $ terms, the game dynamics will be degenerate and brutal. There will be some<br />
insane rewards for winners though.”<br />
Every staked DeGod mines 10 $DUST per day, while every staked DeadGod mines 30 $DUST per<br />
day. Holders can also burn their DeGods to claim $DUST in relation to their rarity. There is no other<br />
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The supply of $DUST will be capped at 33.3M tokens with halvening events stipulated at supply<br />
milestones. The token is trading currently on Raydium and Jupiter at around 2.85 $USDC.<br />
DeDAO: A Decentralized Monarchy<br />
DeDao, a decentralized autonomous organization, is the home to the community of verified DeGods<br />
misfits.<br />
“We are building on-chain elections for a group of elite DeMonarchs. They will have shared power<br />
over the DAO funds & get compensated by a % of the DeDAO royalties. But they will have to actually<br />
do shit... because the community will be able to vote them out at any time,” describes the website.<br />
Funded by marketplace fees, the DAO is responsible for all the decisions regarding the DeGods<br />
project.<br />
According to a March 19 tweet, the DeDAO treasury has already over <strong>50</strong>00 $SOL:<br />
“We’re going to get our biggest giga-brains together to figure out what to do with it. Should be nuts. We could do defi,<br />
acquire some small companies, subsidize merch for $DUST, all kinds of shit.”<br />
Community Above All<br />
DeGods has built a strong community since the very beginning. Even though the project never offered<br />
ground-breaking utility until now, it has been one of Solana’s most robust NFT projects since it<br />
launched.<br />
The team knows how to leverage cultural references and innovative marketing strategies to create a<br />
stylish and unconcerned vibe around this small yet very ambitious corner in the metaverse.<br />
“With vulgar language and a nonchalant attitude towards everything, paired with art that matches<br />
this sentiment with its eye-catching swagger, the holders feel they can identify with something special<br />
that stands out from the crowd,” shared MaskMafiaNFT in a Medium blog.<br />
Adding to a well-defined culture and vibrant community, the new utility brought by $DUST through<br />
staking and the expansion with DeadGods justifies that the project is entering the blue-chip stage.<br />
Nevertheless, the collection’s value is assigned by the holders and the market at large. To keep<br />
investors happy, the DeGods will need to keep innovating and adapting to the ever-changing Web3<br />
ecosystem.<br />
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arteovni
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@VentiCapital<br />
A quick thread on the recent and historical growth trends of<br />
@CetsOnCreck @DeGodsNFT & @StonedApeCrew ... These projects have been going absolutely parabolic<br />
recently... first SAC... then DeGods... now CoC... What is history telling us and what can we expect?<br />
Why compare these 3 projects? Well, obviously they<br />
have all taken the Solana ecosystem by storm, but<br />
their similarities don’t end there... Without going<br />
too deep, each has a healthy mix of art, utility, brand<br />
ambitions, a relatively large supply, & cult-like communities...<br />
For the above reasons I’ve always thought of these 3<br />
projects as similar, but I wanted to look at how their<br />
growth trends compared to one another... The results<br />
were interesting... see below<br />
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By normalizing DeGods (green) & CoC (blue) at the point each broke above 4.5◎ I realized an eerie<br />
correlation... CoC has pretty much followed DeGods historical growth in lockstep from 4.5◎ to ~25◎<br />
today... pretty spooky<br />
Now let’s add SAC (red) into the mix... When normalized to the point at which both CoC and DeGods<br />
reached the 25◎ milestone (as far back as the SAC data went) ... You notice that DeGods & SAC have<br />
followed similar growth trends from 25◎ (where CoC is today) until now...<br />
Let me know what you think! Will CoC be able to maintain the trend set forth by its predecessors? If so,<br />
you can expect the cets to be sitting between 70-100◎ in ~1 months’ time... I look forward to seeing how<br />
this plays out.<br />
ON<br />
RARE<br />
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Solana Monkey Business Floor<br />
Swept as BAYC $APE Price Surges<br />
By Soumen Datta<br />
Solana Monkley Business NFT reclaims the #1<br />
collection on Solana with MokeDAO’s $MONKE<br />
token launch nearing.<br />
SMB NFT Sales Going Bananas<br />
The Solana Monkey Business or SMB NFTs<br />
recently saw a surge in sales after the $ApeCoin<br />
airdrop.<br />
Amidst all this, MonkeDao founder, Jemmy Jemm,<br />
re-announced with a tweet that Monke DAO’s<br />
native token, $MONKE, is not far from launch.<br />
The recent advent of ApeCoin ($APE), sparked<br />
interest in MonkeDAO’s<br />
$MONKE token for SMB<br />
NFTs holders.<br />
When writing this<br />
article, SMBs ranks #1<br />
on Solana according<br />
to the Hyperspace<br />
leaderboard, with<br />
a market cap of<br />
$105,124,282, with a<br />
floor price of 172 SOL<br />
and an average price of<br />
235.16 SOL. Additionally,<br />
the last 24 hours saw<br />
massive growth in<br />
volume by 58.94%.<br />
“On ETH, we have seen the rise of the Apes<br />
alongside its introduction of $APE. Major success &<br />
congratulations to all who are part of it. On SOL, in the<br />
not-so-distant future, bullish on the rise of our native<br />
equivalent. $MONKE for the rise of the Monkes,” says<br />
Jemmy Jemm in a tweet opening about the launch<br />
of the $MONKE token in the near future.<br />
Notably, on February 10, the Monke DAO<br />
published a Medium article highlighting their<br />
forward vision as Part 1. As part of this article,<br />
they also talked about launching a token that<br />
would serve as the foundation of MonkeDAO’s<br />
SMB #4071 Sold for 3555 SOL on March 13<br />
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ecosystem. The DAO also plans to use it as a<br />
primary source of incentivization for our members.<br />
More details about the token to be unlocked in<br />
MonkeDAO Vision Part 2.<br />
The sales bot has been firing with multiple rare<br />
SMB NFTs being bought alongside the floor rising<br />
~<strong>50</strong>+ SOL.<br />
What is MonkeDao?<br />
MONKEDAO is a Decentralized Autonomous<br />
Organization that provides unparalleled value to<br />
its members and the Solana ecosystem through<br />
community-led projects, connections, and<br />
innovation. They formed a community around the<br />
Solana Monkey Business NFTs and represent<br />
the community holders. According to the Gitbook<br />
documentation, MonkeDao’s vision is to be the<br />
premier decentralized community of Web3 that<br />
expands beyond Solana. MonkeDao seeks to<br />
provide unparalleled value to its members and<br />
the Solana ecosystem through community-led<br />
projects, connections, and innovations.<br />
The Strength of MonkeDAO for SMB Holders<br />
In addition, MonkeDAO memberships and<br />
DAOPool deposits both surged recently with the<br />
sales of SMB NFTs. At the time of writing this<br />
article, more than 73800 SOL are staked in the<br />
DAO pool, worth about $6.69 million.<br />
There is no doubt that people are starting to<br />
realize the potential of communities, and with the<br />
Solana chain and MonkeDAO going forward, more<br />
people might be inspired to join.<br />
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