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#<strong>SHILL</strong><br />

SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER COMMUNITY<br />

ISSUE #<strong>30</strong><br />

0.025 ◎<br />

CELEBRITY CYBORG<br />

Paleocrypto reveals 2022<br />

roadmap thinking<br />

Still rugging<br />

i mean, really?<br />

ed merlin murray<br />

interviewed by aoi<br />

Sol demon club<br />

exclusive interview with<br />

this manga based nft project


septadenata<br />

THIS<br />

In<br />

ISSUE<br />

<strong>30</strong>


4<br />

From the Editor<br />

Wise words or ramblings?<br />

8<br />

CELEBRITY CYBORG<br />

SOLANALYSIS<br />

Paleocrypto gives an update<br />

42<br />

7D Volume rankings<br />

on his NFT project and<br />

where it is headed in 2022.<br />

MOVERS<br />

SolsWatch analysis of<br />

STILL RUGGING<br />

14<br />

44 current NFTs on market.<br />

In case you didn’t see<br />

the latest. I mean,<br />

really?<br />

UP & COMING<br />

New section, where have these<br />

45<br />

18 $SHADOW coin or? artists been hiding?<br />

Rebecca.sol lays the cards<br />

on the table.<br />

ALPHA Mints<br />

Keep an eye out for this artist!<br />

50<br />

PROBABLY NOTHING<br />

23 Dropping, holding and<br />

URS ARTISTS ROYAL GANG<br />

hoping<br />

62<br />

The one-of-one mints you<br />

wish you had ALPHA about!<br />

24<br />

31<br />

AOI INTERVIEW GOAT<br />

Ed Merlin Murray<br />

interview as captured<br />

by AOI.<br />

<strong>SHILL</strong> the Mint<br />

Dropping, holding and<br />

hoping<br />

76<br />

82<br />

84<br />

NFT MINTER<br />

Just some of the NFTs<br />

floating around lately<br />

CHEST Finance<br />

CHEST is ramping up their<br />

offerings. Have you been<br />

listening?<br />

Sol DEMON CLUB<br />

Shill zine scores an interview<br />

with the new kid on the<br />

block- manga driver SDC.


@Pixeltoy<br />

the<br />

from<br />

EDITOR<br />

<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>30</strong> and we are mid way through January 2022.<br />

Only 2 winners came forward from issue 28’s<br />

giveaway. Shoutout to @Jonno_Lux and @JustJulialo<br />

- they have both received their respective NFT. Three<br />

others can still DM me to collect theirs.<br />

<strong>Issue</strong> 29 had the Chimpe giveaway for one lucky<br />

reTweeter. The chimpe.holaplex is going off with<br />

these monkeys selling from 0.4 to 2Sol!<br />

The winner of this monkey is...<br />

sol_langbein.Congratulations!<br />

Send me a DM via Twitter and this<br />

lucky Chimpe will sit happily in<br />

your wallet.<br />

#Shill zine is hitting milestone after<br />

milestone in January. The zine went from<br />

2000 views in Dec 2021 to <strong>30</strong>00 views<br />

in early Jan 2022 to 4000 views by mid<br />

Jan. My goal was to achieve 5000 views<br />

by June 2022 and maintain readership.<br />

There is just so much content out there.<br />

Having a little zine like this should be a handy reference for the<br />

ecosystem I would like to think.<br />

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<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>30</strong> GIVEAWAY! Yes #frens another giveaway and so easy to<br />

participate. Just RETWEET the pinned post to win this 1 of 1 NFT<br />

which was donated by none other than @optimysticra.<br />

A big shoutout to @optimysticra who consistently delivers quality<br />

NFTs in the Solana space and has been grinding away since...I can’t<br />

remember!<br />

Jam packed issue with 88 pages for you to peruse and consider.<br />

Some strong #alpha if you read carefully!<br />

Enjoy this issue. Retweet the PINNED TWEET for your chance to win.<br />

Now go read! There is no COMMNITY without U!<br />

Pixeltoy<br />

<strong>SHILL</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> #<strong>30</strong> 5


Pixeltoy


Celebrity<br />

@Paleocrypto<br />

Cyborg fam, happy new year!<br />

cyborgs<br />

Thank you again for your early support & also for your patience while<br />

I took a little extra unexpected time over the holidays to reorient my<br />

life for full-time Celebrity Cyborg Society in 2022. I’ve been thinking<br />

hard, I’ve been working hard, I’m all in. That said, I want to announce<br />

some early initiatives towards making this more of a communal,<br />

distributed project.<br />

Here’s what I’m thinking for immediate next steps:<br />

1). A few of you have mentioned that they’d never consider selling<br />

their Cyborg(s) prior to<br />

the whole collection being<br />

released (that’s when we’ll<br />

first launch on Magic Eden,<br />

for example) but that’s still<br />

a few months off, inevitably;<br />

so, in the meantime, I’ll be<br />

airdropping a new piece<br />

of Cyborg-related art for<br />

every time a wallet has<br />

participated, win or lose,<br />

in the first 100 Holaplex<br />

auctions; this new<br />

companion collection can<br />

be traded on secondary<br />

marketplaces (i.e.<br />

Exchange) right away as<br />

you wish. Here’s a preview<br />

of some of the pieces,<br />

which will be airdropped<br />

sometime before the end<br />

of January: https://www.<br />

travisrimebrooks.com/<br />

pseudo-memories<br />

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2). Additionally, as a reward for your early support, every auction winner<br />

of the first 100 Holaplex auctions has earned an opportunity to “cocreate”<br />

a future Cyborg, which means A). deciding what celebrity you<br />

want to drop, PLUS B). owning 22.60% “co-creator equity” in that NFT,<br />

in perpetuity (basically this means 22.60% of the initial sale, plus 3% of<br />

royalties, forever -- stay tuned for more specific details)<br />

3). Also, I’ll be making a more consistent effort to separate myself as an<br />

individual creator from the collective voice of the project on Twitter, etc.,<br />

so here’s my personal handle: https://twitter.com/PaleoCrypto<br />

Would love your feedback on this.<br />

In the meantime, the final 4 auctions of the first 100 of the collection will<br />

be going up, one at a time, in the Holaplex storefront, starting right now<br />

(Leslie Jones, Sandra Oh, Travis Barker, Amanda Gorman). These are the<br />

final chances to receive the additional perks as described above.<br />

https://ccs.holaplex.com/<br />

thanks again, cheers, lfg.<br />

<strong>SHILL</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> #<strong>30</strong> 9


Pixeltoy


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/665876868<br />

FLGArt


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/666411365<br />

eternalsnft


STILL<br />

rugging<br />

@The__Solstice<br />

Oof. Gecko devs spent all the mint money on hookers and blow. Now<br />

they want to give the project to the community and keep 90% of the<br />

royalties. Not a good look. I never liked them, but I feel bad for the<br />

holders who had faith in this team.<br />

WHAT!<br />

Dear Geckos,<br />

Over the past few days and since the release of the flightpath and<br />

the details of our goals with the rockets it has become abundantly<br />

clear that the community does not share the same vision as we<br />

do, as we have learned through seeing your discussions in the<br />

discord and through our very own discussions with many of you<br />

in the community; including from the great discontent expressed<br />

by prominent leaders in the space, such as Koz, and members<br />

from the Neon Citadel such as Pace and Trap with our vision.<br />

As much as we would have loved to carry out our own vision,<br />

we do not want to see the community, including prominent and<br />

critical supporters of the project in such extreme division and<br />

unrest. As such, we are keen on embarking upon a new chapter<br />

and allowing a decentralized community driven vision for the<br />

geckos whereby it is managed by a DAO moving forward. We will<br />

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continue to provide our support to the DAO in connection with<br />

the management as founders of this project and creators of the<br />

artwork we have thus far sold.<br />

The Gecko art, the lore and the potential for the Geckos is abundant<br />

and there are many talented individuals in this community who<br />

are passionate about helping this project reach its potential with<br />

a different vision than ours for things such as the rockets. While<br />

we wanted to create a product that we thought was innovative<br />

and would have been fun for the community to interact with in<br />

the customizable rockets, we understand the community has<br />

their own concerns with respect to this direction.<br />

Therefore, the GGSG team is making the difficult decision to<br />

hand over the further and future management of the project to<br />

a DAO led by prominent and active members of the community,<br />

as determined by the community through voting. Once the DAO<br />

is properly set up and truly decentralized it may begin to receive<br />

a portion of future royalties from such date in the future, which<br />

shall be later determined, from Gecko transactions thereafter.<br />

We as the founders will continue to run our discord and our twitter.<br />

We know many of you were also looking forward to the rockets.<br />

As such, we will showcase what we had been working on with<br />

sponsors, the rocket components, the staking mechanism and<br />

UI. However, we will not sell this artwork via a mint or give it out<br />

for free via an airdrop; this showcase will be solely for the sake of<br />

artistic appreciation.<br />

Thank you to everyone who has supported our management<br />

of the project thus far. Our intention from the start was always<br />

to create and sell beautiful art collections with entertaining and<br />

engaging lore – we hope that thus far you enjoyed our artwork<br />

and lore as much as we did. This is merely the beginning of a<br />

new chapter for a decentralized future for the management of<br />

the Geckos and we hope you all will stick around to see what a<br />

community managed project can develop into (Draper and I will<br />

personally be holding on to all our geckos and will continue to be<br />

a part of the community).<br />

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Pixeltoy


DrThoughtcrime


$SHADOW<br />

or<br />

GenesysGO NFT?<br />

@rebeccagund<br />

Want to get invested in @GenesysGo or $shdw but<br />

not sure how? Here are your options along with<br />

benefits/drawbacks.<br />

1. You can go to @JupiterExchange and buy<br />

$shdw. This is pretty straightforward. Atm, the<br />

coin price is $1.92. This suggests a fully diluted<br />

market cap of 392m.<br />

1a. After you buy your $shdw you can invest it into double<br />

dip liquidity pools on @orca_so or deposit for interest on @<br />

Francium_Defi @TulipProtocol. The liquidity pools are higher<br />

risk due to potential of impermanent loss so read up on that<br />

first.<br />

2. What about the SSC nft? Each nft will emit 10k shdw total,<br />

plus an extra 3k for the first person that keeps it staked for 365<br />

days. You can currently buy the NFTs on @MagicEden_NFT<br />

and other platforms. Floor is 145 sol. This means each nft is<br />

trading for $1.67 per shdw.<br />

2a. So what are the pros/cons of the nft vs coin? You pay<br />

less per $shdw with the nft. That said, you also receive those<br />

emissions over time so you need to balance your time horizon<br />

and what kind of interest you’d earn on shdw in the mean time.<br />

There’s currently a 15% diff.<br />

Is the 15% enough to justify the nft vs the token? I would say<br />

no, EXCEPT there’s value in the nft besides tokens. GG has<br />

expressed intent to create some kind of revenue sharing feature<br />

for nft holders. It also gives access to the SSCDAO which has<br />

quickly become v respected.<br />

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I think either route is a good<br />

choice at current prices<br />

without a clear winner on price.<br />

If you wanna trade actively,<br />

the coin might be ideal. If<br />

you wanna buy and hold, the<br />

nft could be best. Either way,<br />

you’re longing a huge upgrade<br />

to solanas infrastructure at a<br />


BigNPasty


HeresyCake


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/665866608<br />

CAVUS


PROBABLY<br />

@joemccann 42.9K Followers<br />

NOTHING<br />

Risk taking is the purest form of virtue.<br />

Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Margin Trader.<br />

NFT collector. @monkedao & @ftx_official<br />

from Day 1.<br />

I tried to tell you<br />

about<br />

@catalinawhales<br />

<strong>SHILL</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> #<strong>30</strong> 23


THE AOI<br />

illustration & NFTs<br />

Ed Merlin Murray gives his perspective on an area that has been<br />

growing in stature and hitting the headlines: Non-Fungible Tokens<br />

(NFTs). These are a new way to verify the scarcity of a digital asset,<br />

often a jpeg or mp4. They exist on a blockchain, which is like a kind of<br />

giant immutable ledger, and are purchased using a crypto currency.<br />

https://theaoi.com/2022/01/07/illustration-and-nfts/<br />

Hello Ed. Please give some background as to how illustration and<br />

NFTs have interacted<br />

Traditionally a lot of illustrators have needed several streams<br />

of revenue in order to stay afloat. For me this has consisted of<br />

commissioned illustration and animation work in a variety of<br />

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fields (music videos and album artwork, publications, fashion design)<br />

alongside things such as an online shop, Patreon subscribers, and art<br />

/ illustration / comic fairs. Throughout all of this, the majority of my<br />

personal work, which for me is where the joy is, was unpaid other than in<br />

the currency of likes, shares and comments on social media platforms.<br />

The new industry of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has made it possible<br />

for me and other illustrators like me to be paid properly for the personal<br />

work we are doing.<br />

I have now closed down my online shop and Patreon (which had both<br />

become much less profitable since Brexit due to spiralling worldwide<br />

postage costs) and now I can spend all of that time in getting to grips<br />

with this new world of NFTs. The world of illustration and NFTs have<br />

not yet intersected to a point where commissioned illustration work has<br />

been replaced by commissioned NFT work – brands and commissioners<br />

are just beginning to take advantage of this new technology and<br />

marketplace. I imagine that this will change over the next couple of<br />

years as we see more and more adoption of the NFT technology in<br />

these areas<br />

You have worked on the Satoshi Faces ‘profile picture’ NFT project –<br />

What were your initial thoughts when it was proposed?<br />

I was delighted. I have been hovering on the edge of the NFT space,<br />

filled with FOMO, and unable to work out how to launch myself into this<br />

new marketplace. The Satoshi Faces team made this incredibly easy<br />

for me and gave me a brilliant headstart into the industry and a full<br />

introduction to the technology and mechanics of NFTs.<br />

Satoshi Faces is what’s known as a ‘PFP project’. This stands for profile<br />

picture, and means that customers are literally buying these to use as<br />

their Twitter avatar. It can take a little time to get your head around this, if<br />

you’re coming from a traditional illustration background. The NFT space<br />

can be roughly divided into two at the moment, speaking very broadly.<br />

There are PFP projects, or collectibles, and there is NFT art (sometimes<br />

called crypto art) which is roughly analogous to the experience of selling<br />

art in the ‘real world’ – these can be 1/1s or editions of any size.<br />

Did it feel like a gamble to take the project on?<br />

The NFT space is much more of a gamble than traditional commissioned<br />

illustration work as payment is often given as royalties – I was offered<br />

a percentage of primary sales. However, with the help of the AOI, I<br />

negotiated a clause in the contract whereby I was able to receive a fairly<br />

substantial sum up front. This was in excess of any amount I have ever<br />

earned as an illustrator or animator.<br />

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Has it proved to be financially worthwhile?<br />

Yes, absolutely. Satoshi Faces project proved to be quite lucrative for the entire<br />

team which included me, and the exposure gained from there has allowed me<br />

to go on and release editions and 1/1s of my own personal work as well as to<br />

launch two collectible NFT projects of my own.<br />

Any advice for illustrators interested in the NFT area?<br />

The first thing to be aware of is that very little of your existing customer base<br />

will follow you into the NFT space. I have a sizable following on Instagram and<br />

have found that very few of those people have followed me into this new world.<br />

It is necessary to basically start afresh.<br />

Instagram, whilst a very useful tool for the modern freelance illustrator, is almost<br />

completely useless in the NFT space. All promotions are done on Twitter and<br />

in Discord, so for me it was a case of starting completely again. This can be<br />

daunting if you have spent years building up a following on social media, but<br />

actually is a very useful thing. I retain the traditional illustration following on<br />

Instagram but I have now added an entirely new market (into which I probably<br />

should have diversified anyway).<br />

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Secondly, it will be necessary to have at least a basic working<br />

knowledge of Blockchain technology and crypto currency markets.<br />

There are a number of different block chains on which NFT smart<br />

contracts can exist; these all have a variety of pros and cons and are<br />

suited to different types of projects.<br />

One of the very nice things about the NFT space is that there are no<br />

real experts or trained professionals. Everyone is new to this. It is a<br />

brand-new industry and as a result it is an extremely kind and helpful<br />

community. I personally have been helped massively by others more<br />

experienced in the space than I, and as a consequence I am happy<br />

to help anyone trying to get into the NFT world.<br />

What about the environmental impact of NFTs?<br />

For a lot of people, the most they may know about NFTs is regarding<br />

the environmental impact of cryptocurrency and NFT production.<br />

Headlines have focused on this aspect since the boom of the<br />

industry last summer, and it’s true that certain blockchains are very<br />

energy hungry.


One positive thing about this space is that it has already begun sourcing new<br />

ways of environmentally friendly production (and done so a lot quicker than<br />

most traditional industries which have taken years to begin any kind of climate<br />

friendly policies and often under the duress of government policy). Yes, the<br />

Ethereum chain uses masses of electricity but there are more environmentally<br />

friendly chains to use (Solana being the front runner). A lot of the headlines,<br />

however, forget to mention that actually the global banking industry uses twice<br />

as much electricity as Bitcoin, so every time we complete a transaction on our<br />

phone banking apps we’re all playing an albeit small part in that huge energy<br />

consumption. A single transaction on the Solana network reputedly uses as<br />

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much energy as it would take to complete 2 internet searches.<br />

For anyone in the creative industries, there are parts of our work which contribute<br />

negatively to the environment: flying overseas for work, having prints and t<br />

shirts made, ordering materials etc etc and we can make conscious sustainable<br />

choices when we do so. The same goes for this part of the industry; it is possible<br />

to choose a platform which promotes sustainability and is consciously working<br />

to counteract any damage to the environment (Kodadot, Viv3 and hic et nunc,<br />

to name a few).<br />

Can NFTs be sustainable?<br />

People obviously are right to be concerned about yet another industry popping<br />

up which will contribute to energy use and a negative impact on the environment,<br />

but the NFT space has risen to the challenge; in such an innovative industry there<br />

was bound to be an innovative response. For example, a company in Canada<br />

is using municipal waste to generate electricity for on chain transactions, and<br />

developers all over the world are rewriting systems so more information can be<br />

uploaded to the chains in one go therefore requiring less energy overall. On a<br />

micro scale, many NFT projects use profits to offset their carbon use and you<br />

will find numerous donations to environmental charities from projects that wish<br />

to create an environmentally friendly space.<br />

Where are you going with your own NFT projects?<br />

I have been lucky enough to be able to run two separate NFT collectible projects<br />

with my wife Sophia as project manager, as well as with two separate teams of<br />

developers, coders and social marketers. Our first solo project, Madame Sofia’s<br />

Oracle of Wisdom (based on the tarot) was released for free on the Ethereum<br />

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lockchain and helped us to create a big following of fans of the<br />

artwork as well as a truly lovely community of like-minded people.<br />

I’m currently working on a new project with some very skilled<br />

developers (and old school friends) to diversify into the Solana<br />

blockchain world of NFTs. Space Goats On Acid may sound somewhat<br />

flippantly titled, but the intention behind this project is to seriously<br />

look at the burgeoning world of research into the potential benefits<br />

of certain psychotropic medicines. We will donate a percentage of<br />

profits to MAPS (the Multi Disciplinary Association for Psychedelic<br />

Research) and other centres of research into psychedelic studies for<br />

mental health.<br />

As a bipolar man, I’ve always been interested in finding ways of<br />

coping with and managing my mental health. Primarily, I cope<br />

through my creative output but there is a growing world of research<br />

and discovery into the use of these long-prohibited molecules as<br />

treatment for debilitating conditions such as depression and PTSD.<br />

We’re also committed to using this new platform as a launchpad for<br />

artists wanting to make a debut in the NFT space. As I’ve already<br />

mentioned, there’s a certain amount of fear, uncertainty and doubt<br />

when first getting into the NFT world and it can be a daunting<br />

task to initiate the move yourself when you are trained in fine art<br />

or illustration. To remedy this, we’re hoping that the success of our<br />

initial project will create a platform and marketplace from which new<br />

artists can launch NFT collections and gain some momentum from<br />

the community we have already built.<br />

We envision this as a kind of stepping stone for artists to get work in<br />

front of the NFT collector community and make the transition from<br />

‘real world’ to NFT space a little less stressful and daunting. We<br />

already have on board some well known names from the worlds of<br />

illustration and graphic art, and will be providing all of the blockchain<br />

technology and support they need in order to start selling their work<br />

in this exciting new space.<br />

We’re in the early stages of our current project but people can find<br />

more information at our website or via the project’s Twitter account.<br />

Find out more about all of Ed Merlin Murray’s NFT projects here.<br />

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<strong>SHILL</strong> the<br />

the MINT<br />

a_meierart


art_by_micro<br />

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<strong>SHILL</strong> the MINT<br />

faceless_sol<br />

<strong>SHILL</strong> Is1ue #<strong>30</strong> 33


<strong>SHILL</strong> the MINT


Paleocrypto


Chimpe


<strong>SHILL</strong> the MINT<br />

InnominateNFT


forgebots


<strong>SHILL</strong> the MINT<br />

KriptoKrazed


YOUR NFT IRL<br />

NFTgfx<br />

@NFTgfx


SOLANALYSIS 7D volume<br />

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GAMING / IDO HIGHLIGHTS<br />

The Astronaut @thexastronaut<br />

<strong>SHILL</strong> Is1ue #<strong>30</strong> 43


MOVERS UNDER & OVER 2Sol<br />

SolsWatch<br />

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UP & COMING<br />

OMNIS0L


kaileyajohnson


UP & COMING<br />

pupeilustra


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/666241108<br />

cryptolizers


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/666241255<br />

optimysticra<br />

UP & COMING


ALPHA<br />

Some1fromspacer


paleocrypto


ALPHA<br />

Matthew Rock


tonguesociety


ALPHA<br />

MysteryManNFT


ALPHA


Keezerfeld


ALPHA


archmorley


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/665912581<br />

xtillgood


ALPHA<br />

TinyDrawings


33Calico


SDNT


errortheory404


dato_art


pHarrisDesigns


64Jooski


URS Crown - Observer x Calico


virkkk_


xxalfsyr


xkonwi


errortheory404


shadyladyNFT


dat_a_btract


Fallen Traveler


NFT MINTER<br />

BasedBirbs


Did you see it?<br />

AESTHETIC.A


https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/666178787<br />

SpacedTroopers


Did you see it?<br />

nicolllf


CHEST finance<br />

As mentioned in #Shill zine previously, Chest Finance has been<br />

working diligently in the background. With over 27000 SOL in TVL<br />

this project is only getting started.<br />

In <strong>Issue</strong> 29 #Shill published the #Alpha about Chest FInance’s new<br />

gaming feature.<br />

Following the footsteps of GenesysGo’s Shadowy Super Coder<br />

NFTs and DAO, Lifinity’s Flares NFTs, $CHEST is announcing its<br />

own Pirate NFTs.<br />

Pirate NFTs will play 2 fundamental roles in the $CHEST protocol,<br />

and will earn superpowers in the Treasure DAO.<br />

Were you listening ANON?<br />

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/665800258<br />

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SOL<br />

CLUB<br />

We have managed to wrangle a highly creative team away from their new<br />

project this week. Sol Demon Club.<br />

To begin with, let’s learn a little more about the core team. Who they are<br />

and what do they bring to the project?<br />

Our team consists of four members.<br />

Gage: Our Senior Developer has the most experience in terms of<br />

blockchain and NFT development. He has worked on some successful<br />

projects and has also released his own free mint project called<br />

Cryptolizers, which is an audio visualizer NFT.<br />

Yza: Is our acclaimed Artist who has given life to our project through her<br />

incredible display of talent showcased through every single Demon in<br />

the collection.<br />

BabyDoodles: Is our Junior Developer/Marketing manager who has been<br />

in the space for about a year and through his own personal account<br />

provided so much to the Solana NFT community and its development.<br />

Diabolical: Is our Community Manager/Lead Investor who has devoted<br />

all of his time and effort to build one<br />

of the strongest and most supportive<br />

communities throughout all of the<br />

Solana Ecosystem. He has been the<br />

glue that holds the project together<br />

and has provided tons of support to<br />

every single member of the team.<br />

Initially, Diabolical and Yza were<br />

working on their own separate oneof-one<br />

project called Mythos. They<br />

transitioned into forming the fourmember<br />

team after an encounter<br />

between BabyDoodles and Diabolical<br />

ignited the torch to develop a Solana<br />

NFT project. They were old college<br />

friends that just happened to meet<br />

at the right place and the right time<br />

and started talking about NFTs and<br />

crypto and everything just fell into<br />

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place leading to the creation of the<br />

Team and the Project.<br />

Now about the Demons. How did<br />

the idea come about and why tie it<br />

to the manga?<br />

Diabolical and BabyDoodles were<br />

the ones to come up with the idea<br />

of a demon-themed NFT collection.<br />

They approached Yza with the<br />

concept of a demon-themed<br />

collection and instantly loved the<br />

idea. Initially, we chose the theme<br />

for its aesthetic. Over time, we<br />

realized that we wanted meaning<br />

and substance behind our theme.<br />

We decided to allow our community<br />

to define what a Sol Demon truly is.<br />

Their answers ultimately connect<br />

with the purpose and goal of our<br />

manga.<br />

The idea for the manga came<br />

about from having our usual<br />

fireside chats in our discord. Some<br />

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community members discussed how they enjoyed manga and thought<br />

it would be interesting if we were to create one. Thus, we agreed that<br />

it would be an idea we would want to pursue and thought it would be<br />

interesting to intertwine our NFT collection with a story.<br />

Sol Demon Club had a fairly ‘stealth’ launch. I only came across it by<br />

accident one evening. What do you think will make Sol Demon Club<br />

stand out and stand the test of time?<br />

Sol Demon Club stands out from other NFT collections for multiple<br />

reasons. Firstly, the art in our collection is by far one of the best that<br />

Solana has to offer. We wanted to create a generative series with a<br />

unique style and aesthetic. We hope that our art catches the audience’s<br />

attention due to the time and care spent to make each asset. Secondly,<br />

community members have told us that our discord differs from other<br />

discords due to how engaged and welcoming we are with the community.<br />

We have built not only an NFT community but have built strong lasting<br />

relationships with each of our community members.<br />

Sol Demon Club will stand the test of time because of our team’s<br />

commitment to engage with our community daily. Additionally, we have<br />

agreed to build upon Sol Demon Club long-term. The more we work on<br />

the project, the more willing we are to create and provide more utilities<br />

for our community. We have very ambitious goals planned for these<br />

upcoming months.<br />

You have a very ambitious roadmap<br />

on your website. Quite a lot of<br />

offerings for your holders. I would<br />

like to focus on ‘Manga released<br />

weekly’ for a moment. What exactly<br />

is your team aiming to produce in<br />

this space?<br />

Our team’s goal is to release<br />

content about our manga series<br />

once per week. We hope to keep<br />

the community engaged as much<br />

as we can by doing this. We want<br />

to be as consistent as possible<br />

for our community members while<br />

providing as much artistic content<br />

as possible. Ideally, we would like<br />

to release a chapter of the manga<br />

consistently, but that could be a<br />

possibility once we grow our project<br />

and team.<br />

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Additionally, we plan to involve our<br />

community as much as possible<br />

and occasionally give them control<br />

of what occurs in the manga.<br />

Your 2nd Season drops alone are<br />

incredible. Can you talk a little about<br />

your vision for your community with<br />

the second season?<br />

Our vision for our community<br />

with the second season includes<br />

creating our type of card collection.<br />

Essentially, we will still tie our demon<br />

theme into this upcoming collection.<br />

This card collection will also consist<br />

of a limited number of special<br />

one-of-ones. We plan to make this<br />

collection even more exclusive than<br />

our previous one.<br />

Holders of the first collection will<br />

mint this at a discounted price<br />

compared to non-holders. The ideation process for this card collection<br />

is still in effect as of right now, so we cannot share all the specifics.<br />

We will announce updates and sneak-peeks to this new collection as<br />

progress occurs.<br />

With a 666 limited supply your project must be close to a complete mint.<br />

Where can Shill readers go to buy from mint or secondary? What should<br />

a minter do after buying a Sol Demon?<br />

Shill Readers can go to our website: https://www.soldemon.club/ to<br />

Mint a Demon NFT for only 0.66SOL and can find us on Magic Eden<br />

after January 23rd.<br />

After a minter buys a Sol Demon, we recommend that they join our<br />

Twitter and Discord. We will have a verification system in place in our<br />

discord for SDC Holders. Twitter: https://twitter.com/soldemonclub ;<br />

Discord: discord.gg/4dqnF4e8FB<br />

Exciting times ahead for the Sol Demon Club holders. I would like to<br />

thank you for your interview today with #Shill zine. I am sure there are<br />

things we may not have touched on but by joining the Discord people can<br />

find out more.<br />

Thank you so much for the Interview #Shill zine! It was an incredible<br />

experience and an honor to be part of a Shill Zine <strong>Issue</strong>!!<br />

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