Hey, Hive! I’m struggling to keep my eyes open at one of the more delirious nights I’ve had lately. The 4:00a.m. mornings are catching up with me, I think. I also had a relentless day of errands and a friend visiting from out of town. I wanted to be a good host, but from the moment I walked in around 10:30p.m., it’s been a losing battle to stay awake. I just want to get this post on the blockchain tonight because I’ve been on quite a blogging streak lately. All it takes is missing one night and that can skew the routine. I’m here. I’m doing it!
A few nights ago, I posted about the candlelights from Dark Pinup Act One on the WAX blockchain. I talked about the collaborative experience of working with Schwartzbacca, seeing his incredible skills bring static photos to life with world class VFX. Tonight, I wanted to share a few standouts of another tier from the collection. The prismatallics. In the industry, most professional print services offer metallic prints and that was the idea behind this rarity. A challenge to represent metallic prints as digital NFT’s, for sure.
These were the first examples that Bacca sent me while developing the effect for Dark Pinup Act One. At first, they weren’t what I had in mind. They were far more stylized than I imagined. I asked him to try a few more effects, but as the days and weeks went on, I sat with them and decided I really did like the effect. It personified what makes NFT’s so special. Eventually, these became my favorite cards in the collection. A few in particular, really stand out from the set of 22 prismatallics.
Prismatallics are always some of the most sought after cards in the collection. For Act Two, which released on http://darkpinup.com in November, we went with a slightly purplish hue to the same effect. This fit the overall design language for all of Act Two. Again, all look great, but there are a select few that really stand out. One of the best parts of my time with 