Hello Everybody!
OUR FIRST COLLECTIVE ARTWORK IS
FINISHED!I'm super proud to present to you
»Bitcollector«, 2024, Acrylics and Golden Leafs on Canvas, 40x30cm 15,7˝x11,8˝ 
This painting is our tribute to everything about BTC Collectibles and Collectors and among other familiar details you can find:Casascius coins
Coldcard wallet
Icarus cards
1Dq original paintings
The Times article
Satoshi statue
Bitcoin ticker
Bitcoin node
Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins
...and a couple of Easter eggs
This is all thanks Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto, the igniter of it all. That's why he is also part of the painting and I believe our member
elianite told it best:
I think this idea of Satoshi analyzing date / writing code on one of the monitors makes sense, and adds a dimension to the coin collector being a sort of archeologist, looking at the "physical artefacts" brought about by Satoshi's actions, and thus in a way reconnecting with/recalling the history of 'the creation of bitcoin' by looking at the coins that commemorate it.
As the light shines to reveal the coins, they allow the collector's mind to reveal the past. But in a roundabout way, maybe if Satoshi were peeking over his shoulder from the monitor, at the collector, satoshi would similarly be imagining a future where people are making coins to commemorate him, giving the work a sort of psycho-historical infinity loop. I would consider using the light in this way, firstly between collector and coins, and secondly between satoshi and monitor, creating a deep interplay also with physical and digital.
This artwork is also the first to have a unique CODE, that anchors it in time and space. The CODE consists of (from top to bottom):
Serial number
First three letters of project collaborators
BTCblock it was finished in with date of execution
Bottom left has an icon of my previous artwork (Pie contest) and on right is this artwork in Icon form.
So this art piece is the first "block" in out own art blockchain!
The more successful we are, and the more collectible artworks we sell, the more valuable this and following pieces will be.
Here are some more photos of details:
And the canvas in two different outdoor settings
All in all I'm super happy with the result and I hope you are too 
Now for the next step:
SELLING OF BITCOLLECTOR AND PRINTSThere are several ways we can do this as was discussed in posts above.
In any case I will start a new thread, presenting the artwork to new guests and potential buyers.
I didn't imagine framing the canvas for auction/selling, but it might be a interesting bit. As it's relatively small, the shipping costs won't be that much higher (For most of the world I expect it to be under 50€/$).
What do you think,
should I frame or no?
I also plan on preparing a
printable reproduction, probably via a professional scan, as the photos, although great, still aren't best suited for such a job.
For artist's fee, I propose that my work be calculated in hours spent working on the actual drawing and painting. All project management, post making, photographing and other stuff is free as a token of my pleasure of doing this with the community!
Therefore I'll make a calculation of the minimum I'd like to earn for my effort at this point. In case this project gets successful and I earn more, I'll be extra satisfied and it'll help me moving forward doing this!
I'll put my hourly price at a symbolic
10€/hour. I had around 20 hours of work on digital concepts and further 40 hours on the canvas. So in total I'd estimate my work on this artwork so far to be worth a minimum of
600€.
Transparent project, transparent finances!
As for the actual selling moment, we could either make an
auction or a
raffle for both the original painting and the prints.
We need to see what the interest is for both so I can create an auction with properly-defined prices.
Maybe as a raffle for a set number of prints (21?) with
entrance ticket sum set somewhere around 50€.
Then maybe one participant picked
randomly gets also the
original artwork? Discount for participants of the project!
That could be fun, what do you think?
Is anyone interested in working on a
NFT version? I can provide the reproduction and that could also be part of this project.
I'm not that interested in NFT's in general so I'd prefer if somebody else took care of that.
MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECTOf course, first we need to see how well Bitcollector is received.
Then I'd probably be interested in repeating and upgrading the project, either digitally for future prints or a new canvas if there is demand.
We could of course try to go a step further and develop the content.
And then there's other concepts I'm interesting in exploring with you!One I was recently thinking about is redoing the 10th anniversary artwork I did
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/10-years-of-constructing-the-future-presented-in-detail-by-1dq-5205089What if I made an upgraded canvas (or digital) version of it and make it available as a print?
There were A LOT of inquiries about prints for this one in the past, but I didn't have proper printing opportunities then.
I can imagine someone might take on the challenge of distributing them (especially in the US) for us?
This could be very interesting for members of the entire forum.
Which is something I was hoping to address as well – how to get the entire BTCtalk a chance in contributing?
Maybe Theymos and other admins can help out with a news bulletin or I open some other thread some place to invite people here?
But first things first – let's wrap this up by getting it on your wall!
Please let me know what you think on above questions.Cheers!
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