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Virtual Architect, DFW VCA x Draup Resident of 7th Cohort

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C2W RUNWAY TEASER - 75 UP FOR GRABS, FREE FOR A WEEK, ONLY FOR FOLLOWERS! Hey everyone 🫵🏼🫠 After a rollercoaster of a journey with the 7th Cohort at @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens here I am presenting you: the #C2W VRM collection! Over 6+1 weeks, every day was a new adventure - playing around with garments, bodies, textures, and lots of new tricks and treats. All to dig deeper into the concept of what an Avatar can really be. The result? I don’t know, to be honest, it is such a new area to explore for us.🧸 So, what's C2W? "Click-2-Wear", is an experimental take on fashion in the virtual world, consisting of 16 unique avatars ready to mint for 0.08 eth, only if you attend the event. 🥻🩸 On the 30th, during our Final Exhibition in London, 100 tickets for metaverse fashion runway will be on sale, only for a day. The artwork used in the ticket hints at the concept, but it’s more than that, believe me. That might be your best metaverse experience ever, in 10 minutes in total. Each ticket comes with a free C2W Avatar! So when you grab your ticket, you get a cool avatar to go with it. “The Viewer”. When the ticket sale is complete, all the ticket owners will be able to get into the token-gated zone where the magic happens. And it’s all happening on 7th October at Hyperfy and Mona. Take a sneak peek attached to this post - it’s a little taste of what’s to come, with Polaroid shots of some selected fits for the drop. It's a small thank you for following along. What do you think? Excited as I am? Thanks for being part of this journey! It's easy trade, get your ticket on the 30th, wear your free avatar, join the event, and click to the future💖 Be in touch with me! DM to ask any questions or mail at main@d.lens--f--w.com
Excited to share a behind-the-scenes WIP of my final project for the VERTICAL x DRAUP Digital Fashion Showcase! I used MidJourney as a starting point for my project, generating images based on conceptual visuals I imagined for visual reference in my design process. Here is just one 🪲 Thank you @pronounceddrop.lens and @verticalcrypto.lens for all the effort put into this showcase and residency as a whole🩸It has been an incredible past six weeks and I am beyond grateful to have had this opportunity. And thank you to my fellow residents for the kindness, laughs and support throughout these last few weeks. If you plan to be in London October 30-31st, you can check out our exhibition IRL at the New Codes Digital Fashion Summit. Will continue sharing process from this project every day leading up to the Digital Fashion Residency exhibition. Looking forward to the final reveal! 🪲
Ready to bloom. This is a work in progress shot of my final piece for the @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency. It is inspired by the beauty in contrasts. The elaborate silhouettes that make up Nigerian fashion and classic and timeless elements from Western fashion come together to create this look. Each detail tells a tale of the cultures it is inspired by. A dance, a story, youth, love. Like a flower patiently waiting, ready to bloom…
Hiii everyone very excited to show you the final stages of my work for the *@pronounceddrop 🖤 @verticalcrypto* residency! Take Steps, Go Further, Reach for the Stars - is a women’s shoe collection, specially thought out to attend to the needs of a modern artist and help her take steps towards success. This post is collectable - 1 matic / 100 edition *#process #wip*
Hi everyone, Following up on my last post, I’d like to share this second work in progress with you. A glimpse of my upcoming work for the final Verticalcrypto Art X Draup Residency. Thanks to one of my great mentors @bassil.lens_taleb Free Follow to collect
Explorations of the harmony between digital clothes and nature through storytelling for the final project of the @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency. Can we utilize digital clothes as a grounding force, instead of a disconnecting one in this digital era? We will find out soon. 🌱
Where Gen Art and Digital Fashion collide… Bringing the puzzle pieces together from our two months together has been challenging but exciting. Using my new found love for GenArt that is still very much like a two-year-olds finger painting as a light source, I added an underwater like feel to my 3D digital fashion piece. The final animation will be on display at the New Codes Digital Fashion Summit in Mayfair London 30-31 October 2023 As part of the @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens Digital Fashion Residency Exhibition🫧 A WIP 2Matic
GM! Sharing more of my process fro my final piece for the @verticalcrypto.lens x @draup.lens digital fashion residency! This is one of the textures from my final piece, created using .GLIC Processing which is a special codec created for the specific purpose of glitching images.
C2W RUNWAY TEASER - 75 UP FOR GRABS, FREE FOR A WEEK, ONLY FOR FOLLOWERS! Hey everyone 🫵🏼🫠 After a rollercoaster of a journey with the 7th Cohort at @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens here I am presenting you: the #C2W VRM collection! Over 6+1 weeks, every day was a new adventure - playing around with garments, bodies, textures, and lots of new tricks and treats. All to dig deeper into the concept of what an Avatar can really be. The result? I don’t know, to be honest, it is such a new area to explore for us.🧸 So, what's C2W? "Click-2-Wear", is an experimental take on fashion in the virtual world, consisting of 16 unique avatars ready to mint for 0.08 eth, only if you attend the event. 🥻🩸 On the 30th, during our Final Exhibition in London, 100 tickets for metaverse fashion runway will be on sale, only for a day. The artwork used in the ticket hints at the concept, but it’s more than that, believe me. That might be your best metaverse experience ever, in 10 minutes in total. Each ticket comes with a free C2W Avatar! So when you grab your ticket, you get a cool avatar to go with it. “The Viewer”. When the ticket sale is complete, all the ticket owners will be able to get into the token-gated zone where the magic happens. And it’s all happening on 7th October at Hyperfy and Mona. Take a sneak peek attached to this post - it’s a little taste of what’s to come, with Polaroid shots of some selected fits for the drop. It's a small thank you for following along. What do you think? Excited as I am? Thanks for being part of this journey! It's easy trade, get your ticket on the 30th, wear your free avatar, join the event, and click to the future💖 Be in touch with me! DM to ask any questions or mail at main@d.lens--f--w.com
We are finalising our pieces for the @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens Digital Fashion Residency Exhibition which will be held at the New Codes Digital Fashion Summit in Mayfair London 30-31 October 2023🫧 Collect my WIP and come on the journey with me to find out how my animated 3D piece came to life↓↓↓
WIP for the upcoming exhibition in London, Digital Fashion Residency Program hosted by @verticalcrypto.lens with @pronounceddrop.lens A dance of an infinite cycle between compulsions and repetitions that causes imediate reflief and are triggered by intrusive toughts even in beautiful things like ballet. Choreo an self discover in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Counting together, with you.
Confronting Habitat - All about the contrast Snippet from my work in progress for the Digital Fashion Residency upcoming showcase this october 30-31 by @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens 💫
***The VERTICAL RESIDENCY x*** @pronounceddrop.lens ***Digital Fashion Showcase takeover is now live!*** *Our residents are sharing their WIPs and sneak peaks of their final projects which will be presented next week as part of our final exhibition.* **Immerse yourself in what the beauty of their final projects by collecting sneak peaks and previews! You can find them all in our** @orbapp.lens **community:** hey.xyz/g/digital-fashion-residency
GM! A week from now we will be presenting **The Digital Fashion Showcase** during New Codes Digital Fashion Summit in London The Digital Fashion Showcase will feature the works of our resident artists from the VERTICAL RESIDENCY x @pronounceddrop.lens Digital Fashion Program For the first time, we will be exhibiting the work of the residents IRL *on the 30-31 October 2023 at the Royal Institution in London’s Mayfair district.* Alongside the showcase, this two days event has a full line up of talks and panels with some great speakers across fashion, art and tech. We have a referral code for 2 day tickets which grants you 50% off the original price! Link to the referral ticket: https://codes.fashion/ @lensprotocol
SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT!!: 🩸🩸🩸 The DRAUP X @verticalcrypto.lens RESIDENCY FINAL SHOWCASE, in partnership with @lensprotocol will be held at the New Codes Digital Fashion Summit on October 30th – 31st at London's Royal Institution The showcase will exhibit works from our cohort of creators including @alexakusulas @adori @celineshen @decentralize-dfw @gremiana @jessicajamesstudio @isadoska @jessicaluz @genartstudio @cocozavala @houseofautonomy @addai_davis @kayakiko @randomprocess @castellimaa @micah_alhadeff @mikilin @wagedu @selene @janeomukoro @vrodv and @alana_conlon... To ensure you can come and see our residents' pieces – inspired by 8 weeks of mentorship and classes from digital fashion's leaders – we are offering 50% OFF TICKETS for the 2 day event. Click this link to book: lnkd.in/gnM74Wk9 We can't wait to see you there!
FIT22-2-7THSEAL 360 ° .mp4 Collectible, 40 supply, free, for followers, 5 days 🔗👘🥻🔗 gm everyone tgif ,🤠 Today, we, the residents of @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens from 7th cohort take the feed over... I invite you into a narrative, subtly etched within the pixels - the #digisapiens vrm/ar collection. It's less about the appearance, more about the essence in the digital abyss. In the virtual realm, #digisapiens whispers a lexicon of self, manifesting as abstract digital silhouettes. With around 70 of these 3D beings, expanding by the day, and wearables to selfie through AR filters, we're sketching/meditating what is swag in virtual identity. Treading between design and meme, we explore a realm that's sleek, provocative, crafting a digital ambiance that mirrors our evolving selves. As we edge into the digital epoch, #digisapiens reflects on the ephemeral essence of our gadgets, fostering a dialogue between the real and the virtual. It's about peeling back layers, exploring form and essence. tabula rasa. Amidst this abstract narrative, emerges the 7th Seal design, a whisper of the broader #digisapiens vision, encapsulating the art, the contemplation, and the exploration in every pixel. Venture into a half-hour runway show on Hyperfy, a retail space in Mona, transcending virtual boundaries, making the assets universally wearable across any platform. Unfurl the digital enigma: https://www.digitalforgerywork.shop/fashion Stay tethered as we delve deeper into the essence of #digisapiens. Together, let’s gently forge the digital future🫡.
Hi everyone! Excited to be here, and to share my first collectible post with you. This is a work in Progress, that was inspired by one of our awesome first classes with @JamesMack.lens. Done in Clo3D, Midjourney and Runway… will evolve and more to come… Thanks to @verticalcrypto.lens X @pronounceddrop.lens #process and my fellow residents! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Free Follow to collect
Work-In-Progress Collectible Up until around 2006, Goyard hand painted their patterns on the Goyardine canvas. Although this pattern is equally as good, or better, now with machine printing - we find value in hand made things. Does this apply to code as well? In this work-in-progress, I am exploring the value of hand-coded digital fashion. This could be made in AI, and this could be coded with AI. But it isn't. It's hand-coded. 1 MATIC Follow to collect Limited edition: 20 Part of my explorations during @verticalcrypto.lens @pronounceddrop.lens residency
Some behind the scenes of my most recent work, incorporating the new skills ive been learning in @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency to highlight digital fashion storytelling with a focus on the duality of light and shadow aspects of human experiences. Music by yours truly! 11 editions - 1 MATIC - follow to collect
Hi there! I had some fun with what I learned these past weeks at @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens Digital Fashion Residency and decided to create a full piece to honor it <3 "Mourn-ing 6am" is inspired by that feeling that hits you in the morning after a long night hanging around. As usual, my work is based on my identity and experiences, always aiming to provide comfort and expressiveness within my surreal imaginary. Some of the software I relied on to create it were Clo3d, Zbrush, C4D, and 3D scanning. Limited edition for free (only followers) you can collect via https://hey.xyz/u/gremiana
I just minted https://lenster.xyz/u/addai_davis.lens #lens #genesispost The Chronicles of A Bola (Waste) Girl Since 2015, I have refrained from purchasing new clothing, instead focusing on crafting, upcycling, and mending my garments to address concerns about clothing waste. My commitment to sustainability was reinforced during a research trip to landfills in Ghana. While at the Royal College of Art doing a masters in footwear, I developed an innovative concept centred on waste dictating design. My goal is to create purposeful fashion items with minimal reliance on new materials or, in some cases, using digital counterparts instead. Presently, I am deeply engaged in exploring the demodulation of footwear and accessories, employing data analysis to understand consumer behaviour. I also harness immersive technologies and AI for digital designs and prototyping. My artistic inspiration stems from the heroic narrative of Yaa Asantewaa, an 18th-century Ghanaian warrior who resisted colonialism. I channel her spirit into combating waste colonialism. My core philosophy revolves around beautifying waste, transforming it into coveted commodities. My proficiency in immersive technologies, AI, and world-building empowers me to push the boundaries for a more sustainable fashion future.
We have just completed week 5 of the 6 week @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency🌸 I have been inspired and pushed so much over the past few weeks and I can't wait share what I will be creating for the final piece. Today I have a work in progress that I did a few weeks into the cohort, it is a piece dear to me as it has helped me realize how far I have come and is heavily inspiring my style and way of creating moving forward. I would love for you to collect it! 2 MATIC 10 Editions Follow to collect ✨
Hi everyone! Excited to share my first post here! This is a work in progress of a piece in my collection inspired by finding beauty in contrasts: in this case, the extravagance of traditional Nigerian silhouettes and the classic elements of Western fashion. I created and rendered it using Clo3D. I plan to create an animated campaign once it is completed, so look forward to that! I've been so inspired by the @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens sessions as much as I’ve been by my fellow residents! Really excited to share more here! Free Unlimited time to collect Followers only
Hey friends, it’s already October and I’m getting ready to be digitally spooked 👻 I love watching horror movies as a way to experience adrenaline and immediate relief through the soundtracking, textured elements and colorgrading (specially red and black). I have always experience arts in a different way because of sensory sensitivities and compulsions/repetitions that are triggered because of my OCD, so I decided to merge cinema and fashion inside of a very personal project that shows vulnerability but at the same time it’s relatable. It’s week 5 of @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens and I’m so inspired by the classes, new techniques and my fellow classmates that are doing wonders to shape my vision sharp like a knife 🔪 Here you can see on of the avatars and digital look that I created for this project that it’s a delicious fashionable nightmare 🩸 so you can collect while following my journey. Hope you enjoy and feel free to drop in the comments feedbacks and “what’s you favorite scary movie”
Celestia- the origin story Exploring the origin story of "celestia" a digital identity Celestia was born in the year 3070 on a distant planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, far from the planet of her ancestors - Earth. Her parents were part of a group of humans who had been abducted from Earth by an advanced extraterrestrial race several centuries earlier. A continued work in progress into my project, that I would be presenting for @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency. @lensprotocol.lens @bradorbradley.lens
I am commemorating my first post to Lens with a project that I am super passionate about; The Alginator: Revolutionizing Digital Fashion Sustainability 🌱💻 Step into a world where innovation meets sustainability with the groundbreaking Alginator. Our cyber-physical system takes a bold leap forward in addressing the carbon impact of digital fashion in the era of Industry 5.0. With the Alginator, we've harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to create a transformative solution. By seamlessly integrating carbon capture technology, digital rendering, and augmented reality, we pave the way for a climate-positive future. Imagine visualizing the carbon emissions of digital fashion like never before. With the Alginator, we empower you to witness the environmental impact of your digital creations in real-time. Through the mesmerizing interplay of carbon calculations and dynamic visualizations, we provide a tangible way to reduce your digital fashion's carbon footprint. At the heart of the Alginator lies the incredible potential of algae—the superhero of carbon consumption. With its unmatched ability to devour carbon at lightning speed, algae becomes our ally in offsetting the environmental footprint of digital fashion. By harnessing the power of this extraordinary organism, we unlock a pathway to sustainability, fostering creativity, and driving democratization within the industry. Join us on this remarkable journey towards a future where digital fashion thrives hand in hand with the planet. The Alginator is here to inspire change, unleash innovation, and propel the fashion industry into a sustainable and regenerative era. Embrace the Alginator and be a part of the revolution that empowers you to shape a brighter, greener future for digital fashion. 🌿💻 Digital fashion and sustainability are two topics I am so passionate about and I can't wait to share more about them with you! @verticalcrypto.lens @pronounceddrop.lens
Hello Lens community! 🔮 My name is Victoria, and I am a multidisciplinary fashion designer creating work at the intersection of science, technology, art and design. This piece is from my collection ‘Children of CRISPR’, which was inspired by CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology that has the ability to precisely edit in and out segments of DNA 🧬 Perceived before as a feat only feasible within an unrealistic sci-fi narrative, it has now become a viable reality. And although this revolutionary tool has the potential to save many lives through treatments such as gene therapeutics, many have raised ethical concerns over its possible misuse and are fearful of bringing about a world where opportunities are dictated by the quality of your ‘genes’. Thank you to the @pronounceddrop.lens x @verticalcrypto.lens residency for the incredible opportunity to take part in this cohort of talented and inspiring individuals 🩸Looking forward to posting more as the month progresses! 🧬Free to Collect🧬 🧬Followers Only🧬
Using code to create art can sound -and be- a bit too rigid, so I mix some very esotherical processes as an antidote. For instance, I add or remove some families/attributes based on numerology or coin flips. Meaning some interesting outputs never get a chance to be minted. Until now ;)
Our AMA for the Digital Fashion Residency w/ @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens is now live. Feel free to ping us anytime if you have further questions. @shibboleth.lens
Hi everyone, this is a study for the new work i’m developing during the Digital Fashion residency, its free to collect via hey.xyz 💫 available for the first 50 people who follow me Take Steps, Go Further, Reach for the Stars - is a women’s shoe collection, specially thought out to attend to the needs of a modern artist and help her take steps towards success. @pronounceddrop.lens 🖤 @verticalcrypto.lens #process
FIT22-2-7THSEAL 360 ° .mp4 Collectible, 40 supply, free, for followers, 5 days 🔗👘🥻🔗 gm everyone tgif ,🤠 Today, we, the residents of @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens from 7th cohort take the feed over... I invite you into a narrative, subtly etched within the pixels - the #digisapiens vrm/ar collection. It's less about the appearance, more about the essence in the digital abyss. In the virtual realm, #digisapiens whispers a lexicon of self, manifesting as abstract digital silhouettes. With around 70 of these 3D beings, expanding by the day, and wearables to selfie through AR filters, we're sketching/meditating what is swag in virtual identity. Treading between design and meme, we explore a realm that's sleek, provocative, crafting a digital ambiance that mirrors our evolving selves. As we edge into the digital epoch, #digisapiens reflects on the ephemeral essence of our gadgets, fostering a dialogue between the real and the virtual. It's about peeling back layers, exploring form and essence. tabula rasa. Amidst this abstract narrative, emerges the 7th Seal design, a whisper of the broader #digisapiens vision, encapsulating the art, the contemplation, and the exploration in every pixel. Venture into a half-hour runway show on Hyperfy, a retail space in Mona, transcending virtual boundaries, making the assets universally wearable across any platform. Unfurl the digital enigma: https://www.digitalforgerywork.shop/fashion Stay tethered as we delve deeper into the essence of #digisapiens. Together, let’s gently forge the digital future🫡.
Halfway through week 5 of @verticalcrypto.lens and @pronounceddrop.lens ‘s Digital Fashion Residency, which seems like the perfect time to drop some merch… Introducing the DFR handbag 🦠🩸 - Free - Unlimited time to collect - Collect on https://hey.xyz
So excited to see the residents posting their work on the DFR community, it brings the impact and talent of the residency to life In the spirit of sharing work, here is DRAUP’s Digital Fashion wearable in the wild 🧊🧊🧊
hello frens, fellow residents, virtual fashion ppl and all, happy tuesday 🧸 #digisapiens collection that I'm cooking now is progressing quite well, designed more than 60 avatars by now, since the kickstart of the @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency, in the last 4 weeks, had the chance to listen and engage with so inspiring minds via classes, and the body of the avatars is shaped in that direction, I'm sharing one of the VRM avatars visual as a collectible for my followers for free, for 5 days🫵🏼 it's 22th fit, designed in CLO, thanks to all the lectures but especially @janeomukoro.lens to help in her spare time, I'm downloaded the software 4 weeks ago, trial is almost ended lol hope you enjoy that, and any notes you want to drop as a comment is quite appreciated as feedback all the other 3D beings that we designed at DFW in last two years could be seen at www.d--f--w.com/fashion #vrm #avatar #digitalforgeryworkshop cheers🫠💖
gm and happy wednesday everyone! My first post here, bit excited🧑‍🔬 i plan to exhibit a collection called Digisapiens for my final project of Residency, which consists of .vrm avatars that I make after a class ends each time. could call them "residency every day's" but no, they're Digisapiens for a reason. they are deconstructed body sketches that you can wear on any metaverse, and the body + garments are merged into one being and exploded/decentralized many times until tabula rasa. It's still in cooking process, been designing a (clockwork) runway show in hyperfy and a retail for it in mona, all of you of course invited, will share more on that when I progress bit more, hopefully! So far, all the classes poured gallons of gasoline to my fire, so couldn’t get started if it wasn’t for this energy🩸🖤 you can collect the post below too, no need to follow, got 84 followers already 🥵
hello everyone gm, have a great week! 🤖 while we are in a VCA session with @bradorbradley.lens I'm sharing this this free cam hyperfy footage of **Deconstructed Vertical Corridors**, that you can collect in the following 24 hours! (if you follow me 😽) *it's a virtual single-axis corridor design that is exploded into 16 parts and connected with stairs*
Let's try this again. Hello hello. 👋🏼
another friday, we'll kick off **Neon Buidl** weekly meeting in an hour, where we talk about anything metaverse related, 🏗️ we've been building DAOTown for a time, prob. we keep chatting about that too hop on if you are interested! 1pm ET at https://hyperfy.io/daotown
**a man in a white coat has flowers on either side of his face, in the style of pop inspo, asian-inspired, dark yellow and light pink, double exposure, gongbi, photographic source, hyperrealistic --ar 91:93**
GM — what fashion looks from NYFW would you'd want made digital?
2nd week is already gone soo fast, and it's filled with lots of experience already! couldn't expect this much and to be this thankful! 🩸
was an epic session🥶
BITE ME💋 — exclusive preview of our new collection featuring at Digital Fashion Week 2023 Sink your teeth into this limited collectible with a supply of only 10❤️‍🔥
Hello there! 🙋‍♀️ I'm Selene, a multi-disciplinary artist & designer that is working towards mystical storytelling through editorial fashion, concept characters and multidimensional realms. 💫 Thanks to @vertical.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens digital fashion residency i'm excited to have the opportunity to be here and connect with fellow passionate individuals. Special thanks to @bradorbradley.lens for an amazing class & onboarding. Here is an early taste of my upcoming animation, which you can collect if you follow me. Cheers! 🥂
gm and welcome, 🤍 your genesis post, instant collect and follow of course :-) 👏
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Welcome digital fashion residents to Lens!!
hello👨‍🔬 with @verticalcrypto.lens x @pronounceddrop.lens residency, we just finished an amazing lecture about the future of social media on chain by @bradorbradley.lens so pumped to be here🩵 i am decentralize*, and i design virtual spaces, objects and beings for DFW 🔗 follow me to collect this video below, which is a draft version of my following work🫡🍸