Get BLNK'D!!
WHAT ARE BLANKS?
They’re your next new PFP (for a minute at least). They’re the imaginary wooden friend you never knew you needed and can’t see anyway (much like a “real” imaginary friend). They have all those traits you grew to love in your solid wood friends, Planks, but they are so much more. They’re Jack-o-Lanterns, Victims or Heinous Acts, Spirits, Soldiers for the CFM, Music Afficianados, etc., etc.. They’re what you make of them (after what we have made of them of course), a story of your own devising. Web3 is interactive, it’s community; Matty didn’t want to create a narrative, so I decided that this would be the first Plank derivative story I would tell. Yeah, I said first, there’s more to come (from me).
Where are they going? You’re wallet and maybe your Ledger? Maybe these end up in 3D, but having floating traits walking around the metaverse might not be conducive to socializing. No message, no promises, no roadmap, no , just hand-drawn derivative art with an edge. Built from traits created by @MattyLaboosh and then a heavy dose of my own hand-drawn traits. Almost all of the original Guises required an additional layer, the things you weren’t seeing behind the wood. The compositions are pseudo-randomized (I maintain control over the weighting and the ability to swap traits and override the randomization process).
WHAT CAN I EXPECT IN THE COLLECTION?
25-35 Handpicked Combos (hard to tell anymore which fall into this category) – While each ID has been tweaked & fine-tuned to get just the right traits, a handful (or maybe it’s multiple handfuls) was intentionally selected just for you (or someone else if you don’t get it).
21 Atmospheres (+ 9 from Planks)
35 Countenances (+7 from Planks)
45 Expressions (+7 from Planks)
63 Guises (+12 from Planks) this is where the effort went evidently
12 Species (+0 from Planks) c’mon, they are “invisible”, why would I spend time creating new species just to obscure them – the new species wave is coming
5 Wildcards – ALL NEW!!!!
Some "Easter Egg" surprises scattered through the collection
For a total of 181 traits, 137 of which the credit goes to Matty Laboosh. A handful of those 137 traits were edited to allow for proper display with the backs showing, to fix a duplicate and to just make sense in the Blanks Universe.
This is less a rip-off and more of a true derivative. Having the layers provided was a godsend, but putting the effort into creating something that expanded on Matty’s work is what all derivatives should be. They're meant to be humorous, irreverent, snarky, and silly. Stop taking everything seriously and look at the ridiculous from time to time and laugh. Artists, like me (and far better – like Matty) are still here, bringing the best they can to the NFT space.
HOW MANY? HOW MUCH? HOW? WEN? WHERE?
- How much does it cost?: FREE!! (you pay gas, but nothing else) for at least a week but..... you must hold either an RXnegade Token or a Planks by @Mattylaboosh.
(a snapshot of the two qualifying IDs will occur 24 hours before mint opens - see below)
(after 7 days, we will decide whether to go to a public mint for the remainder of the IDs - Public mint will be announced publicly in multiple sites 24 hours before it goes live)
- What happens after 7 days (or more)?: Blanks may/will proceed to a public mint and cost 0.01ETH + gas!
- How many can I get?: THREE per wallet max!
- How do I get one or more than one?: Blanks will be minted on the Fair.xyz platform here.
- Wen can I get my Blanks?: October 20, 2022 @ 8:00PM Eastern Time (EST) - that's 0:00 GMT
- Wen is the reveal?: Immediately!
- Is there a community?: Sort of? There is a pre-existing community that supports the Planks and all of its derivatives. It's the RXnegades community , started by brothers Paul (Renshaw) and @MattyLaboosh. They are bringing innovation to NFTs and killer art to go with it. Check them out.
- Wen Moon? Wen Lambo?: Depends, whenever the one with the moon is minted? There is no NFT with a Lambo in this collection, sorry. Oh, you want to know when you will own a digital image file (Portable Network Graphic - PNG) that will make you so much money that you can afford a supercar? Read those words and then ask a different question.
A MESSAGE FROM & ABOUT THE ARTIST
Then came RXnegades and the RX Apes, and the Planks that followed. @Mattylaboosh laid the groundwork for me to spread my wings and hit the ground running (always love a mixed metaphor). Over the past month+ I have enjoyed creating new traits, getting comfortable with a stylus rather than pencil, marker or brush and exploring how I could layer my ideas on such a great canvas, provided by the Planks. That brings me to now, releasing my first (of hopefully many) small-collection art NFTs.
I am educated & trained as an architect (buildings not IT), graphic designer, photographer, writer and aquatics designer. I have worked professionally in the field of architecture for over two decades and have always dabbled in my art on the side. I first became interested in crypto in 2014, working as a beta-tester on the STORJ project and later buying (then selling WAY too early) both BTC & ETH. After a hiatus due to real life priorities, I came back to crypto in 2020 and later found the NFT space. It was only a matter of time before I became a creator in the space and not just an investor. Born & raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, I bring a Midwest sensibility to how profit and revenue should be treated in my work. While I want to get paid and be acknowledged for my art, I am not looking to get rich quick. I am looking to build a legacy which far outlasts my mortal soul. Blanks is the first step of the first project to come out of CA Works (just taking that name for a spin) - my contribution to Web3 and the NFT community.
DISCLAIMERS
Producing this art takes time and creative energy. There are no refunds, edits or modifications permitted. All sales (mints) are final upon signing the transaction.
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