WELCOME TO THE BITCOIN FORUM “METAVERSE” ARTWORK THREAD!________________________________Hello.
I'm 1Dq, this forum’s dedicated Bitcoin artist that made these:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-original-artworks-by-1dq-5216743Besides creating quality Bitcoin-related art I also like working with different kinds of people.
In 2019 I started the first BTCtalk’s collective project in which we put our minds and efforts together and
(continuing in 2024) created Bitcollector.
It was all about gathering Bitcoin physical artifacts and artworks and about the person collecting them.
The project culminated in a canvas painting and 21 prints.
They were all well accepted and successfully auctioned.
Our first project Bitcollector showed us that we can cooperate and have fun discussions that produce a quality product.
Today, we begin our second and bigger project to go a step or two further.
________________________________I INVITE YOU TO JOINBitcoin forum’s 2nd collective artwork (work)titledBITCOIN FORUM METAVERSE22nd November 2024 is Bitcoin forum’s 15th Anniversary.
This board has not gotten enough credit for all it has contributed, developed, researched, educated and otherwise done for everybody it connects.
I propose to make a visual representation of everything it means to us in the form of a big, detailed painting.
It will serve as a monument in this time and can help people identify, glorify, connect and celebrate this place we are all co-creating every day.
This artwork can be used for any of BTCtalk’s 15th anniversary events!For basis, we can use my digital artwork, I created for BTCtalk’s 10th anniversary artwork competition:
10 Years of Constructing the Future, 2019, Photoshop, max res 3000x4000pix
I painted the Bitcoin forum as a futuristic world that is under permanent construction.
In the background is the huge tower that stretches towards the skies and has a big
BTC on its side.
Below it are the (robot) inhabitants, doing their forumy things, from trading, discussing, educating, collecting… In the bottom right is Theymos, overlooking things.
It was a fun and successful image (second in the contest if I remember correctly), but would need to be redone and updated.
As far as materials go, I’d paint our motif with acrylics on a comfortable-sized canvas (maybe around 60x80cm, 22,6″x31,4″).
Besides the canvas and ideally more important would be the prints, that would be affordable to everyone.
Bitcollector gave a good example of how to do them, so I’d go with that only on a larger scale!
Conceptually, above artwork is just a starting point.
With everybody’s ideas and knowledge it can be completely redone and that’s where the fun begins!
________________________________WHAT IS OUR TASK?We need to rebuild my 5 year old artwork from ground up into an updated, more relevant, bigger and better painting.Ideas should be freely discussed, combined and incorporated into our soon to be living concept.
My job will be to first curate the discussion and then visualize what we have brainstormed.
Can’t wait to do it too.
To begin, I suggest everybody ask themselves questions such as:
What got me on this board and why I stayed here?
What do I love most about it?
What have I learned here?
How do I visualize my existence here?
What does this forum remind me of?
What are the most meaningful facts about BTCtalk?
Is there anything I don’t like here and what is it?
What question do I want to ask everybody here?
Most importantly, fire away and comment, share and ask whatever you want!________________________________HOW AND WHEN ARE WE DOING THIS?I propose to track the project (again) in 5 phases:
PHASE 1 (July, August): Brainstorming all kinds of different ideas, from conceptual, to details, promotion, title, style...
NOW>> PHASE 2 (late July, August): I start visualizing our rough concept through one or more digital sketches.
We evaluate these together until we come to a consensus for how we'd like the finished artwork to appear.
We also determine in what way my work and the effort of all included will be rewarded and how the artwork and prints will be sold. PHASE 3 (September, October): I work on the actual artwork, updating you regularly. We promote the project to all interested, especially on Btctalk.
Changes might still be made to final artwork.
PHASE 4 (October, November): The finished artwork and prints are put on sale/auctions/raffles and/or other means of distribution for compensation.
PHASE 5 (November, December): Final act of the project when we evaluate it and debate developing future projects.
The moment this thread was posted, we have started PHASE 1!
________________________________HOW DOES ONE JOIN THE PROJECT AND WHAT DOES JOINING MEAN? You join simply by
contributing something useful in this thread (or if you wish privately via DM).
It can be through ideas, technical tips or some other help about the concept, the execution, this thread or anything you feel like commenting.
Anyone that will contribute a
useful post will be granted some
merit (usually 1-3)
and might get some sort of a bonus in the end like
free shipping for a print they buy.
Top contributors will get their nicknames incorporated into the artwork’s unique visual code,
that you can check on Bitcollectors bottom left corner (more about the code later).
________________________________PROMOTIONTo make this project big and artwork truly epic, I think we should
invite everybody from all parts of this forum to come join,
or at least take a peek at what we are developing.
I wouldn’t limit this to members of this forum, this can be a good opportunity to draft new people here,
especially since this artwork will embody this forum’s greatness!
And I’d also
ask our admins for help.
It would be awesome if we could get a shoutout on the news bracket!
If anyone can help with that, please let us know.
________________________________TLDR;I'm painting a new artwork and you are invited to join in its brainstorming.
We will redo my 5 year old digital artwork (scroll above) into a new acrylics on canvas.
We are visualizing this forum as a futuristic world with a lot of flavorful detail.
You participate by sharing ideas on what exactly to visualize from the overall atmosphere to details.
By 22th November, the canvas and prints will be sold and we will celebrate BTCtalk's 15th anniversary.
Cheers! 
