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Due to the massive success of the latest @braindrops_art drop of @rainisto I figured it was time for a thread about the drop.
In this thread we talk a bit about BD, the artist and obviously a lot about the art!
The art on this drop is INSANE 🔥🔥
Due to the massive success of the latest @braindrops_art drop of @rainisto I figured it was time for a thread about the drop.
In this thread we talk a bit about BD, the artist and obviously a lot about the art!
The art on this drop is INSANE 🔥🔥
2/20
The collection is called Life In West America and is created by @rainisto
Life In West America is a post-photography project investigating America: the land as a concept, as an ideal, and the stories of the people inhabiting the space.
The collection is called Life In West America and is created by @rainisto
Life In West America is a post-photography project investigating America: the land as a concept, as an ideal, and the stories of the people inhabiting the space.
3/20
The collection combines the visual language of traditional photography with the limitless artifice of AI, capturing a moment in time and in generative technology. Each of the pieces is generated using custom-trained models specific to this project.
The collection combines the visual language of traditional photography with the limitless artifice of AI, capturing a moment in time and in generative technology. Each of the pieces is generated using custom-trained models specific to this project.
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You can find more information over here: lifeinwestamerica.com/
And you can find the full collection over here:
opensea.io/collection/life-in-west-america-by-roope-rainisto
You can find more information over here: lifeinwestamerica.com/
And you can find the full collection over here:
opensea.io/collection/life-in-west-america-by-roope-rainisto
5/20
Let's talk a bit about the creation of the collection:
Each of the pieces is generated using custom-trained models specific to the collection, all created using Dreambooth training. These models have been trained by the artist, and not available publically.
Let's talk a bit about the creation of the collection:
Each of the pieces is generated using custom-trained models specific to the collection, all created using Dreambooth training. These models have been trained by the artist, and not available publically.
6/20
For the creation of the 500 images in the collection, roughly 35000 images were initially generated, after which approximately 15000 inpainting images were generated to enhance certain elements.
For the creation of the 500 images in the collection, roughly 35000 images were initially generated, after which approximately 15000 inpainting images were generated to enhance certain elements.
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Each of the images were generated in high resolution, and then upscaled further with AI, and edited by hand. Multiple various models are applied to express different themes, and to focus on individual elements (such as faces).
Each of the images were generated in high resolution, and then upscaled further with AI, and edited by hand. Multiple various models are applied to express different themes, and to focus on individual elements (such as faces).
8/20
Next let's talk about the artist himself:
Roope Rainisto is a Finnish artist, designer, and photographer with a passion for storytelling. His work explores the boundaries between the real and the virtual.
Next let's talk about the artist himself:
Roope Rainisto is a Finnish artist, designer, and photographer with a passion for storytelling. His work explores the boundaries between the real and the virtual.
9/20
He has worked for 25 years as a creative designer, now embracing the potential of AI-based generative tools for artistic expression.
Roope is the winner of the second AI art contest by @ClaireSilver12
He has worked for 25 years as a creative designer, now embracing the potential of AI-based generative tools for artistic expression.
Roope is the winner of the second AI art contest by @ClaireSilver12
10/20
Roope Rainisto funny enough has AI in his last name, must be faith.
So he launched a collection of 500 1/1s on @braindrops_art, which people could mint for 0.1 $ETH and today we have a floor of 2.3 $ETH and an ATH of 3.3 $ETH
Roope Rainisto funny enough has AI in his last name, must be faith.
So he launched a collection of 500 1/1s on @braindrops_art, which people could mint for 0.1 $ETH and today we have a floor of 2.3 $ETH and an ATH of 3.3 $ETH
11/20
Around 150-200 of the mints went to people that held a day 1 set of @braindrops_art, when you are the holder of a day 1 set you get a guaranteed pre-mint of 30 minutes and don't have to participate in gas-wars.
Here is more information about it:
Around 150-200 of the mints went to people that held a day 1 set of @braindrops_art, when you are the holder of a day 1 set you get a guaranteed pre-mint of 30 minutes and don't have to participate in gas-wars.
Here is more information about it:
12/20
The rest of the 300-350 were a public mint, open for everyone also at a 0.1 $ETH price per mint, sadly the majority of it got botted. The good thing about that was there has been a lot of secondary volume and a lot of people were able to get in.
So far 393 $ETH volume.
The rest of the 300-350 were a public mint, open for everyone also at a 0.1 $ETH price per mint, sadly the majority of it got botted. The good thing about that was there has been a lot of secondary volume and a lot of people were able to get in.
So far 393 $ETH volume.
13/20
So why did this collection go from a 0.1 $ETH mint to a 2.3 $ETH floor in less than 24 hours?
Simple, because of the art :). The collection has appealed to many people and it attracted a lot of new people to @braindrops_art
So why did this collection go from a 0.1 $ETH mint to a 2.3 $ETH floor in less than 24 hours?
Simple, because of the art :). The collection has appealed to many people and it attracted a lot of new people to @braindrops_art
14/20
It's not just this collection, but almost every collection has had a lot of buys since the release and also the day 1 sets have been sought after.
With a day 1 set being a guaranteed 'mint pass' and also being amazing art, it seems pretty logical people are going after it
It's not just this collection, but almost every collection has had a lot of buys since the release and also the day 1 sets have been sought after.
With a day 1 set being a guaranteed 'mint pass' and also being amazing art, it seems pretty logical people are going after it
15/20
For the rest of the thread I want to highlight some of the publics and my favorites, let's do the 2 highest sales first:
Atropine
Prime White
For the rest of the thread I want to highlight some of the publics and my favorites, let's do the 2 highest sales first:
Atropine
Prime White
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Second let's do the two that I have minted / own and are my favorites I own:
Troubled Mind
Foresight
Second let's do the two that I have minted / own and are my favorites I own:
Troubled Mind
Foresight
17/20
I always wanted to showcase two pieces that are really amazing and strange at the same time:
Freefall
Hot Rod by @LinusCaldwell5
I always wanted to showcase two pieces that are really amazing and strange at the same time:
Freefall
Hot Rod by @LinusCaldwell5
18/20
Even thought it's art and rarity matters less because aesthetics are more important, I wanted to highlight 2 rare portraits (only 10 of them)
Dark Matter
Cheerleader
Even thought it's art and rarity matters less because aesthetics are more important, I wanted to highlight 2 rare portraits (only 10 of them)
Dark Matter
Cheerleader
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So yeah these are just some examples of the amazing art that was created by @rainisto I would say let's explore the full collection for yourself over here:
opensea.io/collection/life-in-west-america-by-roope-rainisto
So yeah these are just some examples of the amazing art that was created by @rainisto I would say let's explore the full collection for yourself over here:
opensea.io/collection/life-in-west-america-by-roope-rainisto
20/20
Thank you for reading this thread and I hope you learned something about @braindrops_art latest drop by @rainisto called Life in West America.
If you want to share it with others, here you go:
Thank you for reading this thread and I hope you learned something about @braindrops_art latest drop by @rainisto called Life in West America.
If you want to share it with others, here you go:
