fuji - pfp nft collection

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hi there,

i present to you a pfp-nft project created in collaboration with guys from all over the world! I was called there as part of the team, I was the main illustrator. the visual part depended on me, and specifically the traits of the project, unique nft avatars and banners,

scroll down, I will tell you in more detail about how the project was created

it all started with this nft-character, which I created half a year ago for my personal use, Mike wrote to me, my already good friend from Canada, who invited me to the project

this illustration was inspired by pan-asian culture. I wanted to combine common european and common asian, and to be more precise, christian and confucian symbols in culture, i'm not talking about religion, i'm talking about symbols, culture, tradition, political currents, fashion and art

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fuji village is a collaborative nft collection of 667 unique warriors on the ethereum blockchain that aims to become a symbolic collection initiating an exclusive network of brilliant minds who aspire to become the web3 leaders of tomorrow.

initially created by Michael Jean with the help of Ediz Ozen, fuji successfully has generated more than 50 000$ of sales and traded close to 15 000$ of secondary volume since its official mint in july 2022.

in collaboration with ukrainian artist / lead illustrator Serj Marco and blockchain developer Jory Bennett, a collective brand was born. the goal was to programmatically create, through layering and coding, 3000+ unique images

those generated images were uploaded on a decentralized IPFS protocol (InterPlanetary File System) and stored as an nft on the blockchain forever with the support of an ERC-721A solidity smart contract

using organic and specific social media marketing strategies, an active community of over 15k twitter followers and 7K active discord members was born

this illustration is an introduction to the history of Fuji as I saw it, we see the first goddess entering the village on the way. do you recognize

Xī Wáng Mŭ from the proto-project?;)

let's look at more details of this illustration

the next warrior sits on a hill near the village and in the process of meditation he receives his flower magical wand

let's take a closer look at it. took more shots so you can see how I work out the details

the following story is about a goddess who prepared for battle

and here you also have more details, by the way, all hieroglyphs are a fictional language of this universe

next, let's look at the 1in1 nfts from this collection, worked out with special love for them. in my work I often put certain symbols associated with the universal culture, which I either like, or they are just interesting symbols that I borrow and put my own meaning into them

introducing the first in the goddess series. this is the Mother of Dragons. let's take a closer look at it.

what would happen if the gods of the past were embodied in the younger generation? would be modern teenagers retaining their abilities

this is the goddess of nature, the Goddess of the Peoples of the world. ethnic embodiment of primeval land

some background details of the goddesses

it is the embodiment of fire. God of the Fire Element. in many cultures of the world there is a god who directs fire or demons. and his name is Legion...(nomen illis legio)

in mythology, we often meet characters who are associated with technology. since we are already living in a new time, in the digital age, where without the Goddess of Digital Technologies?;)

this God embodies primal strength, orc hatred and malice. i love pixel games, old platform games, beat`m`up games like Street Rage or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. therefore, he is a bit of a punk from the 80s, but in 2022;)

the first versions of unique characters without unique traits, but already looking more interesting than simple nft`s from traits

some fan-arts from discord community

more fan-art

and now let's look at some already generated nft

these are two prototype works, we worked on the face and some ideas that were not used in the collection ↓

now let's take a closer look at the traits of the characters

clothing, the latest fashion in the fuji universe

i specifically make clothes on a transparent background in this project so that the background does not distract attention

now let's take on the hair with different elements in it

tattoos and neck accessories

head accessories

eyes, facial accessories and color palette

body base

an example of how an illustration and a vector image are obtained from a sketch. i love pencil and paper. doing freehand sketches on paper is bliss. the graphic design of this example was provided by the excellent Allienne