I ask myself what is a noticeable barrier to Alien Boys growth? What are the most common ‘problems’ I’ve heard since mint day??

The ‘aesthetic’. People say they don’t look good.

Much of this comes down to preference. But not all of it. So I ask myself what of the critique do I think is fair, and I come to the background colors and some of the more aggressive-looking traits.

So now I ask myself where can I add value in an effort to help solve some of this?? (For future creators: this is how you align incentives)

Can I work on the traits? No. Can I work on the backgrounds? Yes. So now we iterate.

We are looking to create a couple of pillars:

• are they dope (desirable)

• are they easy to swap in (frictionless)

• do they add value (aligned)

The past couple of days I started playing around with a derivative idea from Jack Butcher’s Fudenza - a derivative of Tyler Hobbs Fidenza.

Freedenza. Degenza. $FOCKDENZA. etc

It then made sense to get an iteration in with alien boys as I now know what I’m looking for.

From here it’s trial and error until we strike gold.