digital art – NFTs – metaverse – marketplaces – inspection – #1

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creation: digital art / NFTs / metaverse / marketplaces
content: YUGA LABS TwelveFold Project / PLAY!POP!GO! metaverse / Fvckrenders LVCIDIA x ARTIFEX metaverse / ZORA marketplace for creatives / ESCHER fine art marketplace
date: 02.04.2023 / update: 03.04.2023 / 06.04.2023

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Cover pictures: AI image generator used – DALL-E 2 via Nightcafé: a cyberpunk girl looking through pink glasses, hair silver bob, she wears a triangle bikini, and metal gear, view from side

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. . . INSPECTION . . . a subjective look back and forward at projects that particularly caught my eye. Why also back? Because I also catch myself every now and then with FOMO (fear of missing out) thoughts. The fear of missing something – I absolutely have to have the NFT, otherwise I (just me again ) won’t be part of the project . . .

The „Bitcoin NFTs“ by YUGA LABS (creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).
The TwelveFold Ordinals Project.

288 of 300 copies of a series consisting of photographic-looking 3D representations of spheres – sometimes even circles – of different sizes, shapes and colors were auctioned. To the highest bidders. On place 1, the bid with 7,1159 BTC – on place 288 the smallest bid that led to the ownership of a TwelveFold Artwork, with 2,2501 BTC.
Between 1 and 288 there was a total of 735.7 BTC. This means that it was worth 16.5 million USD to the collectors / speculators to own a TwelveFold. The bids were placed on a „placeholder“ whose special visual was revealed the following day, i.e. the final artwork.


The Floor Prize of #287 (rather circles in the red – brown color spectrum) was on 31.03.2023 at 2.4 BTC in ETH currently about 38.25 ETH (as of 06.04 has also not yet found a buyer).

So the price is only slightly above the smallest bid for No. 288. Well, was not my entry level anyway, but for a YUGA project also not exactly a must have NFT, I think. With these Reveal projects it is then also still a question of chance, which artwork one must then find beautiful . . .

In any case, it was worth it for YUGA.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)


The tweet quoted below shows a kind of „making of“ the TwelveFold artwork.

Link to project
https://twelvefold.io/


Here on GENERATIVE.xyz the works can be seen and of course bought.

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LINK
https://generative.xyz/generative/1002270

Technical Background
The „Ordinal Theory protocol“ is a method that allows creators to associate data with a single satoshi (the smallest unit of a bitcoin) and host metadata on the bitcoin blockchain. It assigns an ID to each satoshi based on when it was mined and in what order it was transferred. This allows satoshis to act as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the bitcoin blockchain. The protocol was introduced in January 2023 by Casey Rodarmor.
Other Bitcoin Ordinals Projects: ORDINALS PUNKS, TARROOT WIZARDS by Udi Wertheimer, ONCHAINMONKEY, DEGODS.

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And then there’s PLAY!POP!GO! a metaverse project by Amber Park, a Korean-American artist and filmmaker living in Los Angeles.

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The project aims to use NFT technology in new and exciting ways, focusing on the fashion brand PLAY!POP!GO!
I was – as they say – a bit „bullish“ and not only me . . .

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So, everything played along nicely. Enter on whitelist. Entry at FREENFT successful for one of the 3333 PLAY3 DREAMBOXes #freemint. Thought I and some others, as the discussion on DISCORD showed. But the whitelist was just an option on an NFT.
So wallet connected and – then not allowed after all. So no DREAMBOX caught.
On 1.4.2023 Floorprice 0.018 ETH – there is already some confidence in the community.
First action of PLAY!POP!GO! a cooperation with MONAVERSE – which, as far as I have seen, was more of a virtual store.
Increases have been announced. But I also read:
„To collect a DreamCastle, you must burn/swap 3 Dreamboxes. DreamCastle has the ability to boost your rewards when combined with other collections or alone in the PLAY3 ecosystem.“
So the one DREAMBOX I didn’t get- wouldn’t even have been enough to be something better in the PLAY!POP!GO! Space – so buy, buy, buy. Same old story – do the promotion part.


My motivation to be part of this project is gone for now. Have fun dear community.


Link to project
https://playpopgo.com/pages/play3

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LVCIDIA by Fvckrender.

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A project, where after initial enthusiasm, I had also lost the excitement at first. But . . .

FVCKRENDER is a digital artist of the early hours and has reached many NFT collectors with his 3D creations. The APES below the FVCKRENDER creations are the CRYSTALS. Of course, I was too late for that. I bought my first NFT – the FVCK_AVATAR// #165.

FVCKRENDER had announced a metaverse with artistic ambitions.

FVCKRENDER at NFTnow
„LVCIDIA is a virtual art experience with a high level of game design and tokenomics – it’s an exploratory artwork.“

LINK
https://nftnow.com/art/fvckrender-qa-undoxxed-founders-and-the-future-of-lvcidia-nfts/

Then came the first activity on LVCIDIA for me (I wasn’t there before 09.06.): Starting July 22nd on ROUGE// for FVCK_CRYSTAL and FVCK_AVATAR holders only. I was in with #165.

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Unfortunately the challenge was more „of game design“ than „virtual art experience“. It was about solving a puzzle – to this day I don’t know what should have been turned where and many did it right. So it was just me who failed, but the community celebrated and I was stuck in „prison on ROUGE//“ first stage – no solution, no „virtual art experience“. I expected that to be different. Funnily enough, I managed to explore the planet before the actual deadline – probably a bug – but just as I had imagined. It was really an inspiring flight to a virtual planet with hidden artwork. On July 22, however, it was just frustrating. OK, story.

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Images planet ROUGE// – LVCIDIA metaverse July 2022

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Next Step.
„Main phases of the project:
LVCIDIA marketplace launch with Manifold Studio (primary sales supported)
Direct integration of smart contracts; launch of artist-utilized mechanics
LVCIDIA Unreal Engine Experiences 3D immersive platform
Marketplace supporting primary & secondary sales and enforced royalties
“It’s always about the artist.”

LINK
https://artifex.art/news/lvcidia-x-artifex

About ARTIFEX:

„The Artifex Project is a historical time capsule of the digital art NFT space.

The Artifex Project features 100 epic NFT artists: 1/1 artworks, 3D sculptures & immersive art experiences. Our mission is to find, retain, and preserve the substance of fine digital art. We aim to honor the NFT space through consideration of all groups that meet at its intersection: artists, collectors, builders, fans – the entire community.“

The ARTIFEX Project is a collection of 3D NFTs that are optimized for display utility, are AR & VR-friendly, and ready to travel throughout the metaverse. The ARTIFEX NFTs are enabled for virtual galleries including OnCyber and RareRooms.

LINK
https://artifex.art/about

TWITTER
@artifex_project

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Immerse yourself in Artifex Unreal
Explore immersive worlds created by the world’s leading digital artists, built in Unreal Engine 5 and pixel streamed to your browser.

LINK
https://artifex.art/unreal-experiences

And at LVCIDIA there is to read:
„We are pleased to announce that LVCIDIA has partnered with The Artifex Project in the creation of a new marketplace for digital fine art. While the current NFT space has no shortage of platforms, few have been truly art-oriented. Our artist-led platform, founded by Fvckrender, will create a space that allows digital artists to unleash their full potential.“

LINK
https://medium.com/@LVCIDIA/lvcidia-and-artifex-join-forces-to-build-a-marketplace-for-digital-fine-art-2dc93efdf79c

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Quotes from the LVCIDIA video:

„We want to lead the digital art renaissance“.

„LVCIDIA will become the most creative space for digital artists“.

Well then! I’m excited. That’s what I had hoped for.

Link to project

https://dream.lvcidia.xyz/

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New in focus ZORA marketplace

Zora is a blockchain-powered NFT marketplace protocol for creators. It is more than just an NFT marketplace as it is a media registry protocol that allows creators to put out their work and earn money from it1. The platform allows people to trade NFTs using some of the best features of blockchain1. The protocol of Zora NFT marketplace embodies many of the principles of Web3.

„ZORA is the most enjoyable way to experience and express creativity and imagination onchain. Discover, create, and collect with ease all in one place.“

LINK

https://zora.co/

„Zora is a decentralized protocol where anyone can permissionlessly buy, sell, and create. We’ve created a series of tools that makes it easy to get started building.

Our Stack

Nouns Builder: Deploy a custom DAO in minutes

Create: Easy to deploy contracts for an NFT project

API: Retrieve NFT metadata and market data on any ERC-721

Zora V3: ZORA’s on-chain market functionality

ZDK: A development kit for interacting with ZORA’s API

NFT Hooks: The simplest way to interact with ZORA’s API

NFT Rendering: Tools for easily displaying NFT data“

LINK

https://docs.zora.co/docs/intro

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New in ESCHER marketplace

Minted 144.969 NFTs via ZORA. After being “bullish”, the question remains: What is the NFT good for in the future? Minted 0.0008 ETH Floorprice 06.04.2023 0.0004 ETH.

Link

https://zora.co/personalize/collections/0x1bbec3ef715cce96b715bc0aa8fef8989f7ad3b2

https://opensea.io/collection/the-escher-edition-1

Escher is a digital fine art platform that brings together the most daring and distinguished contemporary artists to curate and aggregate all of their editions in one place, regardless of marketplace, contract, or token standard.

Escher Exclusives showcase a curated series of editions dropped on Escher, developed in collaboration with some of the most imaginative and inspiring artists in the space.

Hmm, I did not get the unique specifics . . . What is the USP?

https://escher.xyz/

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Tip

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Knowledge and Basic about NFTs by VAN HAM at YOUTUBE in German language

NFT Workshop in cooperation with Fraunhofer Blockchain-Labor

by VAN HAM art auctions

LINK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-HBGayYd3s

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NFA – NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE – buying and selling of crypto currencies and NFTs can effect financial losses.

Hinweis zum Haftungsausschluss: Der Inhalt des Beitrages ist keine Finanzberatung.
Der Autor berichtet aus der kreativen digitalen Welt aus Sicht eines interessierten Creators.

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