Le Bazaar de Leo first NFT collection: "Matières Grises 2030"
Illustrated collecting cards with Articifial Intelligence used as a brush
About the "Matières Grises 2030" collection:
TL;DR
- A human/machine project represented by collectibles featuring art by Vincent Astoul and a machine learning algorythm that uses a neural network to enrich the artworks where AI and code are used as a brush.
- The collectibles consist of 60 unique collecting cards that will unveil at the rate of 6 per year during 10 years.
- Each year from 2020 to 2030, one artwork will decline itselfs into 6 variations : PROTO, OG, HOLO, M1, M2, M3.
- PROTO, OG and HOLO are human made.
- M1, M2 and M3 are machine made*.
*Machine made means that the OG artwork is fed to a generative art neural network along with some keywords in order to create these new artworks that are coming from Le Bazaar De Leo's computer dreams.
DETAILS
Let's talk about AI, Art, NFT, plants and horology ... I mix them and shake it all up.
Here is how ... and why.
I experienced blockchain and crypto for the 1st time back in 2015 with this little miner I made out of wood, broken watch parts and a Raspberry Pi.
It generated like 3$/mth in BTC. I was so amazed by the technology and this little autonomous machine validating and earning.
I kept learning about smart contracts, blockchain & digital art (my first NFT was a CryptoKitties bought in 2018).
Then in 2020, with the pandemic & lockdown, I had motivation (& time) to learn how to draw. I bought an iPad and here I am: messing with illustrations and AI...
So I had this idea to make a collection to mix all of these interests into collectibles that could be both on a crypto wallet and IRL.
I set a slow release pace to be sure I can deliver and have fun making it without too much pressure.
So here it is:
Each year from 2020 to 2030, I do one artwork that will end up into a card.
Each artwork will decline itself into 6 variations : PROTO, OG, HOLO, M1, M2, and M3.
So it means 6 unique cards / year.
Here is the first illustration for the year 2020:
If someone manage to get 6/6 cards of a year set, there will be an airdrop with a GENESIS piece containing all the variations embedded into one video and a physical versions of the cards to redeem with optional glass frames.
Here is an example of the GENESIS for the artwork of the year 2021:
THE CARDS
Update (Sept 2024):
I finished the collection early and dropped the complete series of 66 cards on https://exa.market/collection/matieres-grises-2030 !
Also made a book that relates the entire process and some goodies for early collectors.
If you want a copy HMU on X!