If you read my first post, there are some changes ahead. Basically, Shiny Object Social Club announced some things a few days after I published it that really hit on the “let’s sort through this web3 information overload and incentivize people to find and curate it”. They’re the reason I got into this space, their community is great, and I’d encourage anyone who vibed with the goals of that first post to join that group. It’s gonna make it.Where does that leave Blergs?I’ve followed a quite a ...

If you read my first post, there are some changes ahead. Basically, Shiny Object Social Club announced some things a few days after I published it that really hit on the “let’s sort through this web3 information overload and incentivize people to find and curate it”. They’re the reason I got into this space, their community is great, and I’d encourage anyone who vibed with the goals of that first post to join that group. It’s gonna make it.Where does that leave Blergs?I’ve followed a quite a ...

Here’s what’s going on with the grainy images. Been trying to find a solution for this most of the day and was also trying to figure out what was going on yesterday. The issue isn’t with Opensea, the issue stems from an export that happened on my laptop when exporting the large images from Figma. We used 2 computers, because the export process was a real beast. All of the images that were exported from my laptop are grainy. All of the ones that were exported from my iMac are crisp. This was n...

Here’s what’s going on with the grainy images. Been trying to find a solution for this most of the day and was also trying to figure out what was going on yesterday. The issue isn’t with Opensea, the issue stems from an export that happened on my laptop when exporting the large images from Figma. We used 2 computers, because the export process was a real beast. All of the images that were exported from my laptop are grainy. All of the ones that were exported from my iMac are crisp. This was n...

I’ve been talking a lot with the contributors of Blergs and thinking about how best to structure the next phase of the project. TLDR, phase 2 is actually 2 projects that are tied together.TraitsBlerg traits aren’t actually Blerg traits. They’re not even part of Blergs at all, except for the fact that we’ll be making them and releasing them. Blergs will rather be the first consumer of the traits as a standard mechanism for changing the appearance of a PFP NFT project. The goal is to make them ...

I’ve been talking a lot with the contributors of Blergs and thinking about how best to structure the next phase of the project. TLDR, phase 2 is actually 2 projects that are tied together.TraitsBlerg traits aren’t actually Blerg traits. They’re not even part of Blergs at all, except for the fact that we’ll be making them and releasing them. Blergs will rather be the first consumer of the traits as a standard mechanism for changing the appearance of a PFP NFT project. The goal is to make them ...

While I've been drawing the Blergs, I've been thinking a lot about what else that I could potentially offer with them (other than the art, that is). The common theme across projects is community, community, community. No PFP project seems to succeed without it, though it's very hard to define just what that means. Is it an active Discord? Is that an artist who's regularly making updates? Is that a dedicated, full-time team who promises a roadmap? Is that a ton of sales, a ...

While I've been drawing the Blergs, I've been thinking a lot about what else that I could potentially offer with them (other than the art, that is). The common theme across projects is community, community, community. No PFP project seems to succeed without it, though it's very hard to define just what that means. Is it an active Discord? Is that an artist who's regularly making updates? Is that a dedicated, full-time team who promises a roadmap? Is that a ton of sales, a ...

gm Blergs. Blergs are about to mint. If you’re reading this after January 17th, 2022, then they have already minted, or are still minting. If you’re reading this much after Jan 2022 and they’re still minting… well… then, something went wrong—I’ll most likely have a post mortem up for that already. Here’s one👇 , if you’re wondering what the heck a Blerg is:This is a Blerg. Well, a potential Blerg.It’s a PFP (a profile picture, and no I don’t know why we’re giving the F in pro”f”ile it’s own l...

gm Blergs. Blergs are about to mint. If you’re reading this after January 17th, 2022, then they have already minted, or are still minting. If you’re reading this much after Jan 2022 and they’re still minting… well… then, something went wrong—I’ll most likely have a post mortem up for that already. Here’s one👇 , if you’re wondering what the heck a Blerg is:This is a Blerg. Well, a potential Blerg.It’s a PFP (a profile picture, and no I don’t know why we’re giving the F in pro”f”ile it’s own l...

I work with data. Well, I’m the designer at Basedash, which is a startup that works with databases & data structures. Most of the work I do is around making data, that otherwise wouldn’t be accessible or useful, well, accessible, useful, and editable to companies and their employees. With PFPs, traits are the data. They’re hats, colors, face shapes, eyes, and accessories, but they’re also the means for determining rarity, grouping mechanisms, value, and a sublayer of exclusivity. But it doesn...

I work with data. Well, I’m the designer at Basedash, which is a startup that works with databases & data structures. Most of the work I do is around making data, that otherwise wouldn’t be accessible or useful, well, accessible, useful, and editable to companies and their employees. With PFPs, traits are the data. They’re hats, colors, face shapes, eyes, and accessories, but they’re also the means for determining rarity, grouping mechanisms, value, and a sublayer of exclusivity. But it doesn...