Zero Utility

WE'RE ALL GONNA MAKE IT

Discovered in an attic along with [Crypto Trading Cards](https://opensea.io/collection/crypto-trading-cards-1880-1979).

_Created by HiFo Labs with Artificial Intelligence._ [Official Site](https://nakamigos.io/#cards)

Hal Froggy Bobblehead

Hal Froggy Bobblehead #1475

Hal Froggy Bobblehead #202

THE GENERATIVE PORTRAIT COLLECTION OF ROBERT MALLARY

The Generative Portraits of Robert Mallary is a collaborative effort that spans decades. It features 350 artworks and 13 portraits of American artist and generative art pioneer Robert Mallary. The collection is a unique homage that blends generative art with portraiture using a novel take on the PFP generation algorithm.

Credits: Original artwork and source code: Robert Mallary
Physical collection and commission: Schmrypto
Portrait collection concept and art: mendezmendez
Generation algorithm: OmbraRD

Generative Portrait of Robert Mallary #1468

On-chain monsters from the minds of Schmrypto and DALLE.

Schmokemon

Aggressive predators who derive what little moisture they require from the flesh of their prey, Sandmarauders are the bane of travelers who pass near the nested ancient necropolis deep in the Teracoma Sandlands. How they function without blood or many of the other seemingly universal features of complex living things is a mystery to scientists.

#85-Sandmarauder

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GNUS #55

LIFE 3/7 : UNCOMMON

Some mfers are unwilling to be mediocre, study and work hard, just to change their destiny.

LIFE 3/7 : UNCOMMON 50/320

LIFE 4/7 : RARE

Now we break through, we are successful people: lawyers, doctors, business executives... big shots!

LIFE 4/7 : RARE 96/160

Exhibitions of NFT artworks by leading artists. Presented by leading curators.

Featured Zancan, Jamie Reid, Jason Gringler, Jonathan Chomko, Katherine Frazer.

Verse Works

I can't explain why the sight of a clump of grass growing bravely through the crack of a concrete wall gives me such joy. Or why watching my lawn explode in the spring into a chaotic throng of wild plant species demonstrating their determination to live fascinates me so much. There is something of the order of the unconscious, or of the collective consciousness, which attaches man to nature to the point of affecting his senses in a primal way, whereas I am like many an urban product of modernity and technology.

In my works, nature is not the main subject, but it is a means of depicting, among other things, the vital force, the resilience of the living. There is in its multiplicity and its autonomous, chaotic and organized aspect something that traditional painting did not allow me to capture, other than thanks to infinite labor and a gesture that was far too controlled. Algorithmic art opened up this possibility for me to render nature, in its movement, its density, its wild abundance.

The mesh is a familiar and basic object for the programmer, the framework of any 3D model, it represents the digital.

I used the yellow color for two reasons. First, the color chosen is a pure yellow (#ffff00) in the RGB spectrum, which immediately places it in the digital realm.  On the other hand the colors used for the representation of nature are muted, in order to attach it to the physical world. The background color also corresponds to that of a paper that I often use for my physical drawings.

Then, the yellow functions here as a representation of the sacred, like the illuminations on ancient religious texts. I am very admiring of certain contemporary painters or illustrators who use gold leaf over their drawings, allowing them to bring a surnatural light into their works, to access a higher stratum of symbolic representation looking towards spirituality. I never took the chance to try out this technique, and working digitally gave me that chance. 

The holes in the net that can be observed symbolize the impossibility of capturing the true nature, the real feeling that one experiences in its presence. The flowers, twisted to the extreme under netting, are there to evoke the sense of hypocrisy in using technology to create art that evokes nature, as a reminder of the impossible environmental challenges that we are facing while galloping toward the chimeras of technological progress. - zancan

This artwork was nominated on Verse by [Tyler Hobbs](https://verse.works/persons/tyler-hobbs), and 30% of the initial sale will be donated to the charity [Girls Who Code](https://girlswhocode.com/).

Rapture Captured #131

Opepen Edition

Opepen 5583

Fallen Angel | 

Tokyo's night conceals,
Fallen angel's graceful flight,
Lost in city's heart.

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- By: Ilan Derech
- Collaboration with: Punk 6529 x Artpoint x NFT Factory Paris
- Exhibited at: NFT Factory, 137 rue Saint-Martin - Paris
- Shooting Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Shot on: Leica Q2
- Year: 2023

This space has been my home for over two years now. I arrived here as a nobody, and little by little, I met the most amazing people who believe in me and my art. "Midnight Muse | " is my way of saying thank you for being a part of this journey. It is a piece inspired by my biggest muse, Japan, and also a tribute to my father who is hopefully watching all this journey from up above.

Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for being in this journey with me, and for believing in my art. 

Haiku | :
Midnight's embrace falls, Tokyo's neon dreams ignite, City whispers breathe.

By: Ilan Derech
Burn Redeem: 4 x Fallen Angel | 
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Shot on: Leica Q2
Year: 2023

Midnight Muse | 

Haiku | :  
Midnight"s embrace falls, 
Tokyo"s neon dreams ignite, 
City whispers breathe.

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By: Ilan Derech  
Burn Redeem: 4 x Fallen Angel |   
Location: Tokyo, Japan  
Shot on: Leica Q2  
Year: 2023 