Shawnuff

What is Bitmap City Vol. 2? TLDR: My love letter to this space: A pioneering DMT Fine Art collection built on photography and blends imagery, bitmap blocks, Pantone color sets, and web3 slang into each piece of art. Fine Art Viewer: ord.io/77127899 Mint on @mscribeio: mscribe.io/nats/dmt-bitmap%2… The post's imagery shows the Fine Art progression from RAW photo to all three layers: 1⃣RAW Photography 2⃣Layer 1 (photography + bitmap) 3⃣Layer 1 + Layer 2 (Pantone Color) 4⃣Layer 1 + Layer 2 + Layer 3 (Web3 slang) Longer Version: Bitmap City Vol. 2 is an exploration of spaces: digital + physical, seeking to combine the highest form of human art—Fine Art—with the most advanced technology—Digital Matter Theory. A few groundbreaking highlights ✅1st DMT collection built on photography ✅1st 10K DMT Fine Art collection ✅1st DMT w/Base art & Deployer on Block 9 450x rare sats 🟧History🟧 The idea for the DMT collection was conceived when I watched @TheBlockRunner’s Nov. 20, 2023 episode on DMT. Having successfully launched Bitmap City Vol. 1, I knew Vol. 2 needed to push things a step further and utilize DMT. 🟧Building🟧 ✈️Low-altitude flights were booked on a prop plane to capture different topography—mainly looking for rural farmland, suburbs, and small cities. 🏙️Tickets to skyscrapers in NYC and London were secured to capture big cities from within their hearts. 🌆Thousands of Bitmaps were scoured and tested to see which would pair the best with the imagery. 🎨Countless hours were dedicated to painting and compiling the base imagery in photoshop. 📃A system for stacking complimentary layers was thought through and created. 🟧Art structure🟧 Each work of art is comprised of anywhere from one to three layers: bottom, middle, and top. With the help of the Merkle root as a randomizer, the layers are stacked on top of one another. ✅Layer 1 – Bottom Layer – Photography & Bitmap ✅Layer 2 – Middle Layer – Pantone Colors (Solids and Gradients) ✅Layer 3 – Top Layer – Web3 slang 🟧Artistic Vision🟧 Bitmap City Vol. 2 seeks to merge physical and digital worlds into a shard in-between space. 🟧Why DMT🟧 I needed to achieve the pristine quality of non-arbitrary data to represent the Digital space perfectly—something only available with Digital Matter Theory. 🟧Coding🟧 I joined with the @scarcedotcity team to help create the custom code from scratch—and we eventually chose the Merkle root to introduce maximum randomness into the collection. 🧡A thousand thanks to all those involved in this collection—from builders, to marketplace techs, to space's hosts, to community, to collectors—I appreciate you!!🧡