Happy New Moon in Aries! Here are the first 3 NFTs as part of my Elrond Eyes collection on Frameit.gg. I have been wanting to release a collection of 1/1 NFTs for a little while now but hesitated on choosing which blockchain, and tbh just terrified of putting my work out there. When I left my job in 2020 due to COVID, I told myself to start taking art more seriously because I always had so much to express and share. I was not creating art or content as much as I wanted and the imposter syndrome was kicking my ass. Energy needs to be directed, and I was keeping it trapped inside most of the time out of fear.
Eyes are probably the easiest to draw and I always felt drawn to them lol. I always doodled eyes on the side of my papers at school, work, anything, and always have been since I was a kid. I also drew eyes as the design of the back of my business card for my Etsy shop Cloudymoonangel to connect with my younger self. They say so much no matter how little you are speaking, and it doesn't matter how good a person can hide or lie, because the truth is always in the eyes. I guess I just really admire how expressive they are since expression has been my struggle for almost my whole life.
Mars in Aries (first image) is my latest design, and I felt pushed to design it not just because we're in Aries season, but also because my natal Mars is in Aries which is very masculine energy, and the eyes are feminine. What does it mean to be a woman in a man's world? Aries is the Leader and the Emperor. He's passionate, swift, sharp, and selective of his battles. How do I embody this energy as a woman and also balance my divine feminine and masculine? These are questions I have been reflecting on for some time now, and I realize that the only way to get them answered is by putting in the action. I can't be afraid to make mistakes, and I have to start somewhere (kind of reminds the Fool card... this is the beginning of my story).
M.O.M. (Mother of Madness) by Emilia Clarke
Halftone (2nd image) is inspired by 90's Anime shows of course, Mangas, Junji Ito, comic books (especially my latest comic read Mother of Madness by Emilia Clarke), Initial D, and the Drifters NFT collection. I love subtle muted colors as much as I love vivid colors, glitch effects, as well as retro and vintage aesthetics. The color palette used for the Drifters collection is my favorite and highly similar to what I normally use in my work, which is why I love the project so much. This definitely won't be the only design where I include concepts of popular NFT projects on Elrond.
(My drifters! #1720 and #741)
Elrond Eyes (3rd image) is my first design that I created, and I just had to represent EGLD in some way because it is my first blockchain that I felt super bullish on. There are many successful projects with dedicated communities on Elrond, but one thing that I truly believe that makes it stand out from the rest is Accessibility. Compared to using Metamask and other wallets, it is so easy to purchase EGLD and transfer between wallets, mint an NFT, and view all of your transactions and NFTs in the same app/wallet. You also don't need to use your long wallet address and can create a Herotag instead (an @ username). It sounds like the bare minimum and how it should be already, but with how early Crypto and DeFi are in general, there are many trial and errors (which is understandable), and Elrond is already having major success. In my opinion, which I don't think should even be an opinion lmao, it is the best beginner friendly blockchain.
I will be sharing an extended post to talk more about Elrond soon, so that I can better explain to beginners and to those who don't know about much about it yet. I also understand that there are many who are hesitant about investing in Crypto, NFTs, and joining Web3 in general and can hopefully provide insight.
I also wanna note that I used my eyes as a reference lmao.
I can't end this post without talking about the amazing Pink Cat Navy community that I'm in, because they're a huge inspiration behind my push to minting my first collection, especially Rina, Luna, Youtopia and Egor. Everyone is incredibly kind, insightful, helpful, and supportive, it's literally a dream. I did not grow up around many artists, and although it is an online community, the love and passion is most definitely felt. Their words have helped me many times through my tower moments these past few months, and I'm so grateful to be a part of a creative and intelligent community that all share the same mission.
Although I have spent most of my life on the internet and have shared many parts of myself before, the fear of being judged never really went away on it's own. I also felt extremely uncomfortable with not knowing who's looking, but fuck it, all eyes on me lmao. This is when it clicked for me (finally) to just do the damn thing anyway.
I hope this pushes you to finally start the project of your dreams and bringing your visions to life. It's Spring, it's the new year, and it's Aries season baby.
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