The crypto art market has been dead for me. Most of my collectors are broke, burnt, or dead. Inspiration comes from a lot of places, but when it hits, it's like a burning itch – like a bad case of the crabs.

I've been back in the matrix for the past seven months, after more than two years as a full-time artist supporting my family on skulls and death (mainly my inner demons). Recently, I came up with an idea to crowdsource ideas from my community and create something. The plan is to whitelist their wallets for a free base mint.

The first prompt worried me because I didn't know what would come through. I asked the community to comment on a person, place, or thing, and I'd include it in the piece. Six days later, after finally finding some quiet time, I completed "Fear Index." It was cool, I think – not sure what to make of it.

https://x.com/manicdistopia/status/1791863445974925392

https://opensea.io/assets/0x9F0454901F9956571D47C531DE8fED9f0eb99D9A/2

Now, I have another prompt running where the community drops their favorite 90s movie in the comments. No idea how this will turn out, but I think it should be weird as fuck. Being stuck in the matrix makes it hard to conceptualize, especially because I'm burnt out when I get home.

https://x.com/manicdistopia/status/1794525255559725247

This project is cool because there's accountability from me to the community to create. If I don't, then I'm the asshole or someone out of integrity. What the fuck is this anyway? A journal?

june 8 2024

orange_bang - a follow up crowd creation from above post - took long to create and been busy as hell trying to make a dollar out of 15 cent - allot of weird elements in this one from home alone, to figth club- happy with the overall dysfuction of this one

https://opensea.io/assets/0x9F0454901F9956571D47C531DE8fED9f0eb99D9A/3