Bounks

Introduction

As you can see by visiting my site, I have been a professional graphic artist for a long time. I am also a developer and a Pixel Artist.

In addition to all that, I have been in the ecosystem and interested in blockchain technology for over 6 years, well before the recent democratization of these technologies and the growing interest since 2021.

My love for Pixel Art is not new, as I am from the generation that grew up in the world of early video games and experienced arcade machines in bars! So, I have also been specializing in Pixel Art creation, animations, and images for a few years now.

There is something nostalgic about the golden age of video games, and even if for the general public it remains a niche market, for enthusiasts, Pixel Art also has a timeless and enduring quality. I can personally see that it is a form of art that is very successful among young generations!

With the recent boom in NFTs, I became very interested in generative art early on, and during the summer of 2021, I was already following Hashlips when he had only 3000 subscribers. Hashlips is a very pedagogical developer and artist who managed to launch his YouTube channel at the right time, providing many free tools and code templates for all creators and graphic artists. His success is well-deserved, and I have learned a lot from him: I even became a contributor to open-source projects and continue to help other developers regularly, as you can see on my Github account.

At the same time, I also became interested in similar content on the French side by following the YouTube channel of Ben Bk, joining his Discord server, and helping many people on his server to the point where their team made me an instructor with them. I thank them because it allowed me to make excellent contacts!

Today, I invent my own creation techniques and also code my own scripts for the specialized software Aseprite using the Lua programming language to improve my animations.

Inspiration

I love creating small characters from layers, with the final render being random. I am even capable of creating a fully animated collection. Building a generative art project is something that truly excites me and has become an obvious passion over time.

Consequently, all the images, animations, and even the project website are the fruit of my work and imagination. I have the support and involvement of my own family, including some of my brothers and sisters who have been successful streamers or social media specialists, and also significant investors who believe in me and what I am capable of doing. Indeed, having talent is one thing, but to show it to the world, one must know how to surround oneself well!

• My profile picture collections are inspired by "degen culture" and, of course, the Cryptopunks collection launched in 2017 on the Ethereum blockchain, with an additional and very personal touch: whether it's my animations or images, I want people to be amused or burst out laughing when they see them!

• For my banner collection, I was greatly inspired by incredible Pixel Artists such as rgb0x00, who built a Discord community around his work and successfully launched several collections. I am particularly a fan of Sol Sunsets. For my own collection, the themes are time travel, interstellar voyages, and extrasolar planetary landscapes, all with the blue-violet color palette of the Atari 2600.

The general universe of my collections is somewhere between retro-futurism, pixel art, and science fiction (of which I have been an avid reader and fan for a long time). Regarding science fiction, we have already written several short stories on our blog that are completely wacky, fun, and crazy with a certain sense of humor.

I also have contacts - especially on Twitter or Discord - with other really talented or established Pixel Artists who surely inspired me in one way or another, even unconsciously...

Project

My goal for a long time has been to create my own brand and my own graphic design studio. I also want collectors to understand that I am someone very serious, who follows through on my ideas and projects, no matter how long it takes.

That's why I chose to launch these collections on the Bitcoin network because it is the world's first blockchain, and in addition to that, the collections are inscribed forever ("on chain"), and the data cannot be modified.

I also commit that buyers will be free to use the profile pictures and banners for their personal or commercial use.

You can join us on Discord and find all the other project details and social links on the website here: