Hey everyone,
in today’s newsletter, it’s all about art on Solana - and mainly about Shroomheads, which may surprise some of you. Most importantly: We’re going to have an auction today! Three Shroomheads will be auctioned, starting on 8 PM CET.
A quick look back: When we started the Shroomheads project almost 2 years ago, we were a team of four and the market was crazy. We had a great first couple drops, and I think looking back we had one of the most elaborate mix of storytelling and art projects around. However, we were not really able to keep the momentum going with both the community and even inside the team. I was also annoyed be the constant pressure of adding utility and new mechanics to a project that initially was about making art and telling stories.
Ric Galbraith and I had way too much fun and created - sorry for blowing our own trumpet - too much high quality stuff to just let the project slowly die.
So we decided to perform a restart. It’s only us two now, so we needed a new contract. And we not only went for that, but also for a whole new chain! Solana offers a more relaxed, less gas-intensive, art-focused environment, and we eventually agreed on taking the step over. From now on, Shroomheads will go back to our roots: Making art projects about art first.
Of course, previous collectors won’t be left behind. Updates about this and more will be posted on the project’s Discord.
Oh, and last but not least: We made a brand new website as well!
Azahi’s Workshop
While we’re at it: another Solana project of mine, Azahi’s Workshop, is making some serious progress. There will be drops of two new artworks after I’m back from visiting NFC Lisbon, mid June.
You can see Episode 3: The Sanctuary here on Exchange already. This one will be a 1/1 auction, while Episode 4 will be an edition. Here’s some alpha: holders of Episode 2: Floppy Desk will get a free edition airdropped!
Electric Bazaar Stickers
There’s still some stickers left in my shop, and only for a limited time. So if you’d like to have these, now is your very last chance for ordering some! I will probably take these off by end of the week.
Keep an eye on…
And as I’m having such a strong focus on Solana in this newsletter, I’d also like to recommend an artist dropping their work there soon:
Calder Moore’s ISO:Substance
I’m a fan of Calder’s unique 3D art that he surrounds by a strong worldbuilding. Being a cyberpunk fan, I know that the genre can be quite stagnant - you just see lots of stuff that’s over and over inspired by Akira, Blade Runner and so on. Even more so, I appreciate artists who bring their own fresh vibe to the game. Calder does this big time, with his unique 3D art, surrounded by a strong worldbuilding
As a collector of a ISO: Substance cover art, I’m very much looking forward his PFP project that will be dropped on June 7th. Definitely keep an eye on that!
That’s it for today, thanks for reading friends! 💜🙏
Stefan