"AKPAFFIONG" A PIECE FROM MY AFROFUTURISM SERIES JUST DROPPED IN NFTSHOWROOM

in OnChainArt4 years ago

HI GUYS

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"AKPAFFIONG" just dropped on @NFTshowroom, selling at 200Swap.Hive for 5/5 each Editions. My personal whale collector @bullauge has picked one already. What are you waiting for?

GO CHECK IT OUT HERE

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Get ready, There's going to be a bull run. Gather your coins, engrave them on your clothings. Be grateful to those that support you, scribble their names on your lip. Hive people, I say it again, be ready because we're going to the moon(space), so engraved it(HIVE) on your heart.


PROCESS

This piece is one of my thought out artwork. It has been sitting in my brain for some time now. I don't even know what triggered it. I guess it was over the weekend when Hive climbed to $0.28, and some articles I read on @leofinance about a possibility of a bull run. Maybe, it the accumulation of all those stuffs I research on that lead to this piece. So, yesterday, I couldn't hold it anymore, that's when I started scribbling it down.

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Initially, I wanted him to wear a VR. I already sketched it. But I changed it later. Also, the problem I had here was the colors to use. I was experimenting with a lot of them, but still, It wasn't giving me what I want, I won't lie to you, I almost gave up.

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So, I decided to tone down the colors and start with a single color; purple, since it was my base color, and from there I can work things up. Also, I ripped his clothing to expose his bare chest, because I have something to put up there soon.

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This is where the horn came in. I needed something to represent the bull run, and what a beauty it was, when I placed them there. Also, I added the Hive people necklace. You'll see it clearly in the close-up.

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I added some details and lighting to the Horn. It turns out to become a WAKANDA VR, and I love the texture on it. I used the texture brush from Aaron Griffin brush set for 2020. Also, did you see that thing that pops out from his nose? I wanted to paint a nose ring, but it's turned out to look like someone's hand. It was cool, so l allowed it, even though it was creepy to me.

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Here, I painted in a Hive mark on his chest. That's what I told you guys earlier about. Now, that he has Hive engraved in his heart, he's with us.

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THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS. I had a difficult time choosing which of them to mint. Also, do you see those cryptocurrencies on his clothing, and finally we arrived on the moon?

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CLOSE UPS

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TOOLS USED

PHOTOSHOP
TEXTURE BRUSHES
HUION TABLET



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And another masterpiece! Congrats man, your art belong in an exposition somewhere!

 4 years ago  

Thanks so much @julesquirin for your kind words.