SHILL Issue 34

#SHILL 

SOLANA NFT/DEFI/TWITTER COMMUNITY 

ISSUE #34 

0.025 ◎ 

KEEZerfeld 

Shill scores an interview 

with the master 

Degenpoet 

nfthrilling takes a deep 

dive into the legend 

amigus social club 

Gitochi gives us the 

lowdown on this project 

Alphadao 

linkkzzy is not just a 

pretty face

TheFallenSol 

THIS 

In 

ISSUE 

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FROM THE EDITOR 

So much to write. So little space. 

DegenPoet Interview 

NFThrilling gets down and deep 

with DegenPoet in this new series 

of interview (italiano) 

PROBABLY NOTHING 

Dropping, holding and hoping 

AMIGUS Social Club 

Gitochi takes us into South 

American Solana projects. 

(espanol) 

AlphaDAO 

Keeping up the alpha with this 

exclusive#ALPHA. 

56 KEEZERFELD 

Interview with the one of the 

most exciting artists on the 

scene. 

68 

URS Crowns 

If you haven’t already...make 

it a priority! #ALPHA

the 

from 

EDITOR 

BOOM! Issue 34, 17 weeks running. #Shill is entering week 18 with 

issues 35 and 36. You have so much to catch up on #anon! 

These last few days have been darn hectic. With the value of $Sol 

dropping below $100usd it seems that the public has become a little 

more ‘loaded’ driving demand for NFTs UP! Just remember which 

projects are the bluechips, have been around for months and have a 

strong, active community. #Justsayin 

Chest finance has rolled out its NFT and sold out within a minute 

of launching on Magic Eden. The NFT allows the holder to receive 

a proporational share of 12% CHEST tokens at the IDO. I am sure 

there are many minters who don’t know what the f*k they are doing 

and will dump as soon as they realise that they don’t understand the 

utlity behind the NFT. (The distribution will be linearly vested over 1 

year, with a bonus reserved for those who hold for the entire year.) I 

have a water spray bottle for your paperhands! 

On 26 and 27 January the URS launched a pressale and public sale 

of their ‘crown’ series. Both sold out within minutes even thought 

he mint price stood at 5Sol. I was thinking to myself as Bu was on a 

teams space run by SolBigBrain that it wasn’t necessary at all. The 

project can actually stand on its own. Proudly. Those that do NOT 

know of the URS will scramble to get on board. This NFT actually HAS 

utility. Each ‘crown’ is entitled to one (1) curated piece of artwork per 

month for the next 7 months. In essence you get a crown+7 pieces 

(8 in total) for 5Sol. Pieces that individually fetch 10Sol and upwards 

on auction spaces. Owning a crown is akin to owning the key to the 

treasure chest. We did give you ALPHA on this. 

Last issue (33) I included translations of a few pieces in the zine. In 

this issue (34) #Shill has onboarded 2 talented people from across 

the planet. NFThrilling, based in Italy, passionate about the space 

and one of one artists is holding 12 interviews with 12 artists (in 

English). NFThrilling is then producing an Italian piece AND an 

English piece for #Shill. I read them both and personally prefer the 

Italian piece!

#Shill has also onboarded Gitochi from Venezuela. He is involved in 

the general NFT scene and is looking at Solana projects with Spanish 

backgrounds. His first piece is looking at Amigus. If it wasn’t for his 

interview I would never have known about the project. 

#Shill has a 3rd writer putting together some interviews all the way from 

the UK. A bit snowed under with IRL work at the moment. When their 

piece is ready I will formally introduce them to the readers. 

All this while being FREE! 

#Shill joined the AussieDAO this week. Long time coming. I found it 

pretty surprising that fellow Australians had never heard of #Shill zine. 

#Shill is still stuck in a little bubble withing a bathtub full of bubbles! 

Whenever you retweet about #Shill zine it is opening the door to a new 

community member. Maybe @SolanaFND could give us a plug? 

Whatever the case may be, 34 issues are at your fingertips available 

whenever you like. Free. In essence, an archive of the Solana ecosystem 

history over the last 4 months. 

As long as the content continues, the NFTs are developed, the 

marketplaces keep churning and the ALPHA is real, #Shill will still be 

publishing this zine. 

Free NFT opportunity if you read the interview carefully! 

Finally, I had to make a last edit this issue after @superjimmer tweeted 

today. Want to help #Shill zine AND own a piece by an up and coming 

photographer? (see page44) Jim is donating 33% of the winning bid of 

this NFT to #Shill zine. I know right? This Solana community is KING! 

Enough said. You know the drill. Let’s f go! 

Pixeltoy 

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lackPavoNFT

Interview with 

NFThrilling 

DegenPoet 

Ciao @degenpoet, questo tuo NFT mi emoziona.. qualcosa di @NFThrilling.. potresti descriverlo, 

per iniziare.. 

“Dopo un paio di mesi di 

Solana NFTs, ero così 

sopraffatto che ho lasciato. 

Sentivo di vivere tre vite: il 

mio lavoro IRL, la mia vita a 

casa con mia moglie e fare 

twitter + nfts 24 ore su 24, 7 

giorni su 7. Durante un 

viaggio a casa da mia madre 

per il Ringraziamento 

(guidando da Chicago 

all'Arkansas), ho inveito su 

Twitter di come nessuno 

volesse comprare poesie e ho 

cancellato il mio account. 

Dopo ero completamente 

distrutto. Mi sentivo come se 

avessi appena perso qualcuno. 

Poi, c'è stato un sacco di 

incoraggiamento su Twitter, 

ho finito per sentirmi in colpa 

per aver mollato. Ho capito 

che dovevo tornare. Non ho 

mai avuto un supporto simile 

per la mia arte prima d’ora. Quindi volevo fare due cose: tornare con poesie più grandi di qualsiasi 

cosa avessi fatto prima e onorare le persone che mi hanno aiutato a risollevarmi in questo viaggio nei 

Solana NFTs. Allora ho realizzato un totale di 7 “Poems-in-Shapes". Il teschio rosa è stato ispirato 

dalla forma di Candy Skulls di @pinkskullqueen, scritta mentre ero in Arkansas. La poesia esplora 

l'idea che tutti noi percepiamo\processiamo la realtà in modo diverso: questo è in contrasto con 

l'allineamento a un linguaggio comune per descrivere oggetti che possono essere esperienze del tutto 

uniche da un individuo all'altro. Il mio blu è il tuo rosa. Il mio acido è il tuo dolce”. 

Nell'universo della crypto e dell'arte NFT, l'anonimato è di moda, cosa ne pensi e come ti avvicini 

al pubblico? 

“Non ho paura del doxing ma semplicemente non voglio far coincidere la mia identità e quella di 

artista. Sono qui per creare un po' di fantasia e iperbole. C'è libertà in un thug/monkee/ecc. A volte 

condivido pezzi vulnerabili e non posso farlo con la mia faccia IRL dritta. Voglio risiedere in uno 

stato di gioco eterno come quello di un bambino che dipinge, ma con la consapevolezza e la crescita 

che arrivano con il tempo. E comunque sono Matthew, iniziali MDS”. 

Ok, iniziamo davvero.. se dovessi descriverti, in poche ma essenziali parole, cosa diresti? 

“Poeta distratto, fanatico dei dati, malinconico, dall’onestà imbarazzante, eremita ambizioso”. 

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Nell'arte NFT, quali sono le tecniche che ami, quelle che ti caratterizzano e quelle in cui vorresti 

cimentarti? 

Scansione dell'inchiostro della macchina da scrivere. Scansione della grafia. Cornici gif di Photoshop, 

realizzate cancellando le lettere. Utilizzo dei bordi di un'illustrazione per imporre un'interruzione di 

riga. Mi piacerebbe fare più Illustrator per il testo e i tracciati vettoriali delle scansioni, oltre a 

sperimentare le animazioni di After Effects. 

Quanto tempo dedichi all'arte. Sei stato “sempre” un artista o ti sei reinventato. Quando hai deciso 

di dedicarti all'arte e perché. Quali sono stati i tuoi primi passi nel mondo dell'arte. Quando hai 

iniziato a percepirti come Artista? 

1-6 ore al giorno sono state dedicate all'arte tutti i giorni dal 1 settembre 2021. Si dedica molto tempo 

alla preparazione per scrivere: fumare erba, ascoltare musica, aspettare di essere tranquillo, leggere 

altre poesie, avere un'idea, entrando nello spazio con la testa giusta... quindi scrivere. Poeta da quando 

ero al liceo, circa 15+ anni. Iniziato riscrivendo i testi delle canzoni Disney e scrivendo lettere d'amore 

alle ragazze. Alcune pessime canzoni emo rock. Ho conseguito la laurea in Scrittura Creativa: Poesia 

presso il College, AR. Ho conseguito una specializzazione in Poesia a Chicago. Ho lavorato come 

insegnante di inglese per un anno. Ho smesso di scrivere poesie (quasi zero assoluto) per 7+ anni 

dopo la scuola di specializzazione. Ho lavorato in Ingegneria di Database e Business Intelligence 

Reporting. Nel settembre del ’21 ho iniziato a scrivere "poesie gmoot"... da allora ho scritto oltre 400 

poesie. È come una media di 2,8 poesie al giorno. Incredibile rispetto a un paio di poesie a settimana 

(come cavarsi un dente) nella scuola di specializzazione. Sto uscendo dal mio sballo di Solana (forse) 

solo ora. Highschool: 101 cose in inglese, copia dei testi di canzoni emo\punk, giornalismo, 1 lezione 

di scrittura creativa. College: Tuffo profondo dentro E.E. Cummings, Octopus Books, Surrealism, 

forme di poesia tradizionale, Shakespeare, ho anche scritto un libro intitolato “Birdsongs”. Grad 

School: poeti contemporanei, ho scritto "Sad About Waves" (poi pubblicato su Solana) e "Hardhead 

Catfish", ho fatto letture e collaborazioni, sono editore per Columbia Poetry Review. Solana: poesie 

ispirate agli NFTs (gmoot, Jelly Beasts, Lotus Gang, ecc.), collaborazioni con artisti 1/1, poesie in 

forme, poesie animate, poesie per macchine da scrivere.. 

Vorresti raccontare brevemente dove nasce il tuo lavoro artistico. Com'è il tuo ambiente di lavoro. 

Lo cambieresti e come? 

Nasce dall'ascolto di musica (soprattutto hiphop), dalla 

lettura di altri poeti, dal perdermi in un dipinto, da un'ondata 

di emozione cruda o semplicemente dall'iniziare con 1 

parola o frase per riprodurre il suono. Lavoro in casa con 

un MacBook Pro e finalizzo il lavoro in Photoshop. Scrivo 

su quaderni fisici, ma principalmente l'app Notes. Scrivo 

sulla macchina da scrivere nella foto sotto nella mia sala da 

pranzo. Mi piacerebbe uno studio più grande con una 

scrivania dedicata per la macchina da scrivere e uno spazio 

dedicato al computer. Tutto più pulito e robusto di quanto 

non sia ora. Un giradischi carino. Scaffali con diverse 

macchine da scrivere (una con carattere sans-serif). Un 

cavalletto in un angolo di una finestra per dipingere. Un 

giorno: lo studio di poesia. 


Come crei le tue opere. Qual è l'ispirazione per te. Cosa provi mentre crei. Qual è, se c’é, il 

messaggio implicito nelle tue opere/collezioni. Vuoi trasmettere qualcosa. Se si, cosa? Vorresti 

descrivimi, in poche parole, un tuo lavoro a tua scelta? 

Ho trovato alcune corone che mi sono piaciute su Google. 

Quindi, ho disegnato qualcosa come 10 corone su carta 

fino a quando non ne ho realizzata una che mi piaceva, e 

poi riempiendo 

la corona con 

una poesia 

dattiloscritta. 

Nel frattempo, 

completamente 

gasato dal fatto 

che Roddy 

Come vedi gli NFT in 3/5/10 anni? E tu? 

Ricch suonasse 

e cantasse 

insieme, 

mentre ero da 

solo a casa mia. 

Ho scansionato 

il risultato, ho 

dipinto 

l'interno di 

nero, ho invertito il colore del testo e boom! La poesia 

stessa cattura la nuvola di pensieri che è venuta fuori 

quando ho pensato alle corone: re, regine, i pilastri 

triangolari di una corona, i gioielli che li incrostano, come 

ci si sente ad indossare la responsabilità del governo... 

Skin di gioco. Biglietti per eventi. Molte esperienze mobili in-app. Si spera una rinascita per l'arte, 

nel senso che alcuni artisti possono guadagnarsi da vivere grazie a NFT che non avrebbero mai potuto 

fare prima. Questo denaro per l'arte porta più persone a diventare artisti e artisti esistenti in grado di 

dedicare più tempo alla loro collaborazione artigianale ++ con un gruppo di artisti altamente 

diversificato. Questa zuppa può generare un'esplosione di creatività e una cultura guidata dall'arte. 

Me? Riuscire a vivere di poesie? Ma penso che sia un brutto obiettivo a cui puntare. Semplicemente 

padroneggiare la mia arte.. 

C'è qualcosa che desideri davvero e che speri di poter realizzare nei prossimi anni anche grazie 

alla tua arte? Qual è il tuo sogno o aspirazione più grande. E nel presente, cosa ti eccita. C'è 

qualcosa che vorresti e che ancora non hai (a parte una lambo ovviamente)? 

Voglio creare poesie che siano innegabili. Dal testo-come-immagine, al contenuto, alla musica e al 

processo dietro la poesia, sarebbe significativo. Vorrei raggiungere questo obiettivo con nient'altro 

che parole e lettere. Per me è importante padroneggiare la poesia NFT come forma tipografica e non 

per migliorare l'aspetto con le immagini. Ho collaborato molto con artisti visivi e lo farò ancora, ma 

il mio vero obiettivo è padroneggiare sempre le parole. 

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Cosa ne pensi delle varie blockchain e delle relative NFT. Ethereum, Solana e poi.. è una 

competizione sportiva, una guerra fino all'ultimo colpo o un matrimonio non ancora annunciato? 

Cosa determina la tua preferenza tra una catena o l'altra? Cosa consiglieresti a un artista che 

desidera mintare il suo primo NFT? 

In ordine di capitalizzazione di mercato. 1. Bitcoin (lo adoro) 2. Ethereum (l'ho mintato, troppo 

costoso per 400 poesie, niente contro per fare arte se te lo puoi permettere) 3. Binance (scammy?) 4 

+ 5. (Scuderie fresche). 6. Cardano (Charles è scammy) 7. Solana (cool artist community, 

exchangeArt, holaplex, basi costi per imparare & sperimentare, puoi fare decenti $)… Il resto? Più 

bassa capitalizzazione di mercato/ potenziale più basso in questo momento... felice di muovermi se 

qualcosa supera Solana in capitalizzazione/funzioni. Tezos è fantastico (un sacco di artisti 

incredibili), ma #45 per Market Cap ... e sembra che gli artisti facciano meglio 1/1 in termini di prezzo 

su Solana.. 

Quali artisti NFT (se presenti) hanno influenzato il tuo stile. Chi è il più talentuoso. Il più 

intelligente. Il più creativo. Uno ancora sottovalutato. Mi consiglieresti il prossimo artista 1: 1 da 

intervistare. Hai una domanda che vorresti fargli? 

Come ho scritto sopra i pezzi di Peanug (@peanug420) + Pink (@pinkskullqueen) mi hanno ispirato 

a provarci vedendoli fare arte NFT. Pink è stata una delle prime persone con cui ho scritto DMs e mi 

ha incoraggiato a scrivere. Abbiamo anche condiviso alcune poesie sul flusso di coscienza che hanno 

ispirato un'intera onda. Jooski (@64jooski) è stato uno dei primi altri poeti che ricordo, ora fa 

principalmente (incredibile) arte visiva + haiku con foto. 

CelestialBody (@celestialbody) è una tipografa + regina della poesia. Lei fa il tipo di lavoro per cui 

morirei. Le chiederei “Chi è il tuo poeta preferito? Chi è il tuo rapper preferito?”. Sarà fatto! 

ChîLLm◎nMD (@0xchillm0nMD) ha inventato il mio handle di Twitter e il nome OG "Degen Poets 

Society", anche con la serie di poesie "Pump it up Peanug”. Glitchstoke (@glitchstroke) è sempre 

fonte di ispirazione // twittando // nelle interruzioni di riga, e la sua arte è incredibile e abbiamo 

collaborato un paio di volte. Dato (@dato_art) è stato il mio ultimo partner di collaborazione. 

Abbiamo scritto alcune poesie insieme. Ha fatto un lavoro incredibile disegnando un poster con tratti 

(come il conteggio dei personaggi) sull'immagine. Ammiro davvero la sua scrittura e il suo lavoro 

visivo. 

Che consiglio daresti a qualcuno che volesse seguire la tua strada. E ai collezionisti che vogliono 

avvicinarsi al mondo NFT? 

Concentrati sulla creazione di collezioni di qualità e coerenti. 

Rilascia lentamente, utilizzando le aste per la scoperta dei prezzi. Per far crescere il tuo seguito, 

interagisci il più possibile con la community di nft su Twitter. Idealmente, trova 

collezionisti/amici/“balene” che ti aiuteranno a commercializzare il tuo lavoro. Suggerirei vivamente 

che mentalmente il tuo obiettivo non dovrebbe essere quello di fare di questo una carriera, fino a 

quando non sarà molto chiaro che potresti sostenerti finanziariamente a lungo termine. Andare al 

100% negli alti e bassi di una vita degen non è salutare. Consiglierei di ancorarlo con un vero lavoro 

e amici, ecc. Può consumarti. Pensalo come un modo per pubblicare, condividere e goderti l'arte, non 

come una carriera. Ci sono veri e propri lavori NFT/crypto con stipendi... la vendita di opere d'arte 

1/1 come singola persona (non come azienda con una squadra) può essere molto dispendiosa in 

termini di tempo e stress. Vacci piano. Divertiti. 


Ok, un ultimo giro! La tua miglior qualità. Il tuo peggior difetto. Il miglior libro o quello che ti ha 

cambiato la vita. Il miglior film di tutti i tempi. La "pittura" IRL che ti piace di più. L'ultima volta 

che ti sei ubriacato. Se potessi trascorrere una giornata con un artista (anche del passato), chi 

sceglieresti. E dove lo porteresti? 

Migliore: onestà. Peggiore: ego. Libro: Scary, No Scary di Zach Schomburg….Le cronache marziane 

di Ray Bradbury…..Harry Potter…Artemis Fowl…un diario che la mia bisnonna mi scrisse quando 

ero bambino. Film: direi Baseketball, ma è difficile perché non voglio mai rivedere i film. Pittura: 

una volta ho visto un Rothko e mi ha tormentato. Una di quelle arti che chiami stronzate finché non 

la vedi nella vita reale. Ubriaco: lo scorso fine settimana io e mia moglie abbiamo mangiato sushi e 

martini a Park Ridge. Prima volta a Park Ridge e mi è piaciuto molto, fantastiche luci di Natale. 

Bevuto di più quando siamo tornati a casa. Decisamente ubriaco. Ho giocato a questo gioco di carte 

chiamato Splendour. Sempre Martini extra dry, extra dirty, fatti con il gin. Mi ubriacherei con Walt 

Whitman, cercando di convincerlo a sfogarsi sugli alberi e ascoltando e basta. 

L’intervista è finita. Mi sono emozionato. Grazie. Un’ultima cosa. Lo faresti un NFT ispirato a 

questa intervista? Se si, farà parte della prima collezione intitolata “#openheARTist - self portrait” 

perché l’arte è nel cuore dell’artista, e non deve mai essere chiusa. 

To Be Continued #openheartist 

EventsGrape 

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Hi degenpoet (@degenpoet) when I saw this piece of work of yours I got an emotion .. what I call 

@NFThrilling vibe .. could you describe this beautiful work, before starting … 

“A couple months into Solana NFTs, I was so overwhelmed that I quit. I felt I was living three lives: 

my IRL job, my life at home with 

my wife, and doing twitter + nfts 

24/7. On a trip home to my 

mother’s for thanksgiving (driving 

from Chicago to Arkansas), I 

ranted on twitter about how no 

one wanted to buy poems & 

deleted my account. I was totally 

wrecked afterwards. I felt like I had 

just lost someone. Then, there was 

tons of encouragement on twitter, 

I ended up feeling guilty for 

receiving. But I knew I was going to 

come back. I never had support 

like this for my art before. So I 

wanted to do two things: 

1. Come back with poems greater 

than anything I had done 

before, 

2. Honor the people who help lift 

me up on this Solana NFT 

journey. 

I made a total of 7 “Poems-in-Shapes.” The pink skull was inspired by the shape of Candy Skulls by 

pinkskullqueen, written while I was away in Arkansas. The poem explores the idea that we all 

perceive\process reality differently—this is at odds with aligning to 1 common language to describe 

objects that may be entirely unique experiences from one individual to the next. My blue is your 

pink. My sour is your sweet”. 

Let's begin .. in the crypto and NFT universe (as in traditional art, Banksy docet) anonymity is 

widespread, what do you think abt it and how do you approach the public? 

“I’m not afraid of doxxing, but I don’t want it to be my identity as an artist. I am here to create some 

fantasy & hyperbole. There is freedom in a thug/monkee/etc. I am sharing vulnerable pieces 

sometimes & can’t do that with my straight IRL face. I want to reside in an eternal state of play like 

a child painting, but with the awareness & growth that comes with time. Btw i’m Matthew. Initials 

MDS”. 

ok, let's really begin .. If you had to describe yourself, in a few but essential words, what would 

you say? 

“Absent-minded poet, data geek, wistful, embarrassingly honest, ambitious hermit”. 


In NFT art, what are the techniques you love, the ones that characterize you, and the ones you 

would like to try your hand at? 

“Scanning typewriter ink. Scanning handwriting. Photoshop gif frames, made by erasing letters. 

Using the borders of an illustration to enforce a line break. 

I’d like to do more Illustrator for text and vector tracings of scans, as well as experiment with After 

Effects animations”. 

How much time do you dedicate to art. Have you “always” been an artist or have reinvented 

yourself. When did you decide to devote yourself to art and why. What were your first steps in the 

world of art. When did you begin to perceive yourself as an Artist? 

“1-6 hours per day has been dedicated to Art everyday since Sept 1, 2021. A lot of time is spent 

preparing to write: smoking weed, listening to music, waiting until it is quiet, reading other poetry, 

coming up with an idea, getting in the right headspace…then writing. 

Been poeting since I was in high school, about 15+ years. Started by re-writing lyrics to Disney songs 

& writing love letters to girls. Some bad emo rock songs. Got my undergrad in Creative Writing: 

Poetry from College, AR. Got an MFA in Poetry in Chicago. Worked as an English teacher for a year. 

Quit poetry (almost 0 writing) for 7+ years after grad school. I worked in Database Engineering & BI 

Reporting. Started writing “gmoot poems” in Sept ’21…I’ve written over 400 poems since. That’s 

like 2.8 poems per day average. Mind-boggling in comparison to a couple poems a week (like pulling 

teeth) in grad school. I’m just coming off my solana high (maybe) now. 

Highschool: English 101 stuff, copying emo\punk song lyrics, journaling, 1 creative writing class. 

College: Deep Dive into ee cummings, Octopus Books, Surrealism, Traditional Poetry forms, 

Shakespeare, wrote a book called “Birdsongs”. Grad School: Contemporary poets, wrote “Sad About 

Waves” (later published on solana) and “Hardhead Catfish”, did readings & collabs, editor for 

Columbia Poetry Review. Solana: NFT-inspired poems (gmoot, jelly beasts, lotus gang, etc.), collabs 

with 1/1 artists, poems in shapes, animated poems, typewriter poems”. 

Would u like to briefly tell where your artistic work comes from. What 

is your work environment like. Would u change it and how? 

“Comes from listening to music (hiphop mostly), reading other poets, 

losing myself in a painting, a surge of raw emotion, or simply starting with 

1 word or phrase the playing off the sound. 

I work around my house on a MacBook Pro & finalize work in Photoshop. 

I write in physical notebooks, but Mostly the Notes App. I write on the 

typewriter pictured below in my dining room. 

I would love a larger office with a dedicated typewriter desk & dedicated 

computer space. Everything cleaner & sturdier than it is now. A nicer 

record player in the office. Bookshelves with multiple typewriters (one 

with a sans-serif font). An easel in a window nook to paint. Someday: Poetry Studio”. 

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How you create your works. What is inspiration for you. What do you feel while you create. What 

is (if any) the implicit message in your works / collections. Do you want to convey something. If 

so, what? Would you like to describe, in a few words, one of your works of your choice? 

“Found some crowns I liked from google. Then, I drew 

like 10X crowns on paper until I made one I liked, filled 

in the crown with a typewritten poem. Meanwhile, 

totally 

gassed up on 

Roddy Ricch 

blasting & 

singing 

along, alone 

in my house. 

I scanned 

the result, 

painted the 

inside black, 

inverted the 

text color & 

boom! 

How you see the NFTs in 3/5/10 years. And yourself? 

The poem 

itself captures the cloud of thoughts that came out when 

I thought about crowns: kings, queens, the triangle pillars 

of a crown, the jewels encrusting them, what it feels like 

wearing the responsibility of rule…”. 

“Game skins. Event tickets. Many in-app mobile experiences. Hopefully a renaissance for fine art— 

in the sense that some artists can make a living off of NFTs that could never have before. This art 

money, leads to more people becoming artists & existing artists able to dedicate more time to their 

craft ++ collaboration with a highly diverse group of artists. This soup can breed an explosion of 

creativity & an art-driven culture”. 

“Me? Able to live off of poems? But I think that’s a bad goal to aim for. Simply mastering my craft”. 

Is there something that you really want and that you hope to be able to achieve in the next years 

also thanks to your art? What is your biggest dream or aspiration. And in the present, what excites 

you. Is there something you would like and still don't have (apart from lambo of course)? 

“I want to create poems that are undeniable. From the Text-As-Image, to the content, to the music 

& process behind the poem would be meaningful. I’d like to achieve this with nothing more than 

words & letters. It’s important to me to master the poem NFT as a typography form and not boost 

the appearance with images. I’ve collaborated a lot with visual artists & still will, but my real goal is 

to always master the words”. 


What do you think of the various blockchains and related NFTs. Ethereum, Solana, and then .. is it 

a sports competition, a war to the last blow, or a marriage not yet announced? What determines 

your preference between one chain or the other? What would you recommend to an artist wishing 

to mint their first NFT? 

“Coins in Market Cap Order: 1. Bitcoin (love it) 2. Ethereum (I mine it, too expensive to Try Out 400 

poems, nothing against it for art if u can afford) 3. Binance (scammy?) 4 + 5. Stables cool. 6. Cardano 

(charles is scammy) 7. Solana (cool artist community, exchangeArt, holaplex, cheap to learn & 

experiment, make decent $)… Rest? Lower cap Lower potential right now….happy to move if 

something passes solana in Cap/Function. 45. Tezos is cool (tons of incredible artists), but #45….and 

seems like artists do better 1/1 price-wise on Solana”. 

Which NFT artists (if any) have influenced your style. Who is the most talented. The most 

intelligent. The most creative. One still underestimated. Would you recommend the next 1: 1 artist 

to interview. Do you have a question you would like to ask him/her? 

“I wrote on top of Peanug (@peanug420) + Pinkskullqueen (@pinkskullqueen) pieces, they inspired 

me to try it by seeing them do NFT art. PSK was one of the first ppl I DM’d with and encouraged me 

to write. She also shared some stream-of-consciousness poetry that inspired a whole wave. 

Jooski (@64jooski) was one of the earliest other poets I remember, does mostly (incredible) visual 

art now + haiku w/ photos. 

CelestialBody (@CelestialBody) is a typography + poetry queen. She makes the kind of work I would 

die to make. (Who’s your favorite poet? Who’s your favorite rapper?). Will be done! 

ChîLLm◎nMD (@0xchillm0nMD) came up with my twitter handle & the OG name “Degen Poets 

Society,” also came up with the “Pump it up Peanug” poetry series. 

Glitchstoke (@glitchstroke) is hella inspirational always // tweeting // in line breaks & his art is 

amazing & we’ve collabed a couple times. 

Dato (@dato_art) was my last collab partner. We wrote some poems together. She did an incredible 

job designing a poster with traits (like character count) on the image. Really admire her writing & 

visual work”. 

What advice would you give to someone who wants to go your own way. And to collectors who 

want to approach the NFT world? 

“Focus on creating quality & cohesive collections. Release slowly, using auctions for price discovery. 

To grow your following, engage with the nft community on twitter as much as possible. Ideally, find 

collectors/friends/champions that will help you market your work. Would strongly suggest that 

mentally your goal should not be to make this a career, until it’s Very clear you could financially 

support yourself. Going 100% into the ups/down of a degen life is not healthy. I would recommend 

anchoring this with a real job & friends etc. It can consume you. Think of it as a way to publish, share 

& enjoy art—not as a career. There are proper NFT/crypto jobs with salaries….selling 1/1 art as a 

single person (not as a company with a team) can be very time-consuming & stressful. Tread lightly. 

Have fun”. 

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Ok, one last lap! Your best value. Your worst flaw. The best book or the one that changed your 

life. The best movie of all time. The IRL “painting” you like best. The last time you got drunk. If you 

could spend a day with an artist (even from the past), who would you choose. And where would 

you take it? 

“Best: honesty. Worst: ego. Book: Scary, No Scary by Zach Schomburg….Martian Chronicles Ray 

Bradbury…..Harry Potter…Artemis Fowl…a journal my great grandmother wrote to me when I was 

a baby. Movie: I used to say Baseketball, it’s hard cause I never want to re-watch movies anymore. 

Painting: I saw a Rothko once & it haunted me. One of those arts that you call bullshit on until you 

see it in real life. Drunk: this past weekend my wife and I had sushi & martinis in Park Ridge. First 

time in park ridge & loved it, great Christmas lights. Drank more when we got home. Definitely 

drunk. Played this card game called Splendor. Martinis always extra dry, extra dirty, made with gin. 

I would get drunk with Walt Whitman, try to get him going on a rant about trees, and just listen”. 

The interview is over. I got excited. Thank you. One last thing. Would you make it an NFT inspired 

by this interview? If yes, it will be part of the first collection entitled "#openheARTist - self portrait" 

because art is in the heart of the artist, and must never be closed. 

To Be Continued #openheartist 


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Let that sink in. 


AMIGUS 

Social Club 

Gitochi2 

Para empezar, siempre es importante hablar de los miembros del 

proyecto, ¿Quienes son? ¿A que se dedican? ¿Cómo llegaron al 

mundo de NFT y porque decidieron emprender en el? ¿Aporte de 

cada miembro al proyecto? 

Julián Medina C 

Soy un apasionado del diseño y la tecnología. Desde hace algunos 

años me dedico a la venta de bienes raíces de ultra lujo en el estado 

de Jalisco, México. Vendedor por excelencia; desde muy chico inicié 

mi camino en ventas, he vendido de todo, desde panes, comida, 

ropa, productos de imprenta, celulares, coches, hasta residencias. 

Inversionista activo de CRYPTO desde 2016, y por ahí del 2020, 

escuché por primera vez del mundo NFT, pero la verdad es que no 

me involucré mucho porque estaba muy confuso para mí todavía, 

pero a medida que fue pasando el tiempo, fui entendiendo más 

el ecosistema y sobre todo qué problema solucionaba, fue ahí 

cuando todo me hizo click! A partir del 2021, empecé a investigar 

más a fondo del tema, buscando gente involucrada, proyectos y 

aplicaciones innovadoras. 

Decidí emprender en NFTs porque estoy convencido que mis socios 

y yo tenemos un proyecto bien estructurado y con mucho potencial 

de crecimiento, y que es algo que todavía no existe en Latinoamérica. 

Yo soy el responsable del desarrollo visual y de marca de Amigus 

Social Club. En pocas palabras, yo me encargo de que todo se vea 

bonito. 

En cuanto a Amigus, ¿cómo surgió la idea de amigus social club? 

“La idea de amigus surgio directamente del nombre de Gus Marcos, 

socio fundador. Recuerdo que habíamos salido de un meet con Gus 

y estaba hablando por teléfono con Julián para sacar el nombre de 

la colección. Se nos ocurrieron otros nombres pero eran horribles: 

Gusitos, Gusfrens, NFT México... haha pero son horribles cierto?... 

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De repente, Julián exploto en el teléfono diciendome: “AMIGUS!!! Ese 

es!!!”. Me hizo clic instantaneo. No lo pensamos más y decidimos 

nombrar el proyecto como AMIGUS.” Dijo Ali Pizra. 

¿Qué son los Amigus? 

AMIGUS SOCIAL CLUB es una comunidad NFT de 6,888 miembros 

exclusivos que viven en la blockchain de Solana. El arte de cada pieza 

NFT es único y esta diseñado por talentosos artistas mexicanos. 

Cada uno es un coleccionable digital que ofrece utilidad a los 

dueños y desbloquea distintos beneficios según los assets de cada 

coleccionable. 

AMIGUS SOCIAL CLUB es un proyecto community-driven que 

representa la sinergia entre el mundo tradicional de Real Estate 

y la revolución tecnológica de crypto. Al mezclar estos mundos, 

nuestra visión es que Amigus Social Club se convierta en la primera 

colección que tenga un respaldo REAL en LATAM. 

En qué se diferencian los Amigus Social Club, en otros proyectos de 

NFTs? ¿Por qué deberían comprarlo/invertir? 

“La respuesta corta sería: debería comprarlo porque no quiere 

quedarse fuera hahaha”. Menciona Ali. 


“Más allá de todos los beneficios que daremos a nuestros holders, 

la respuesta a esa pregunta es nuestra comunidad. Liberamos el 

servidor de Discord hace apenas 4 días y el recibimiento que hemos 

tenido por parte de la comunidad es asombroso. Incluso, al día 

siguiente de liberar la discordia, la comunidad se organizo para 

hacer una fiesta. ¡La pasamos muy bien esa noche! Pero eso no es 

todo, lo mágico de todo es que fue virtual. Además, ese día tuvimos 

concursos y dinámicas para ganar accesos en nuestra whitelist.” 

dijo Ali. 

“Otro motivo de porque debería unirse a Amigus Social Club es 

porque representa una fuente de ingresos pasivos para usted. Uno 

de nuestros planes en el roadmap es construir un ecommerce de 

Amigus, y un porcentaje de las ganacias de esa tienda será repartida 

hacia nuestros holders. No querra perderse eso.” Agrego Ali. 

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En su twitter comentan, que será el primer NFT en méxico con 

utilidad, esto quiere decir que si existe algún residente de otro país 

latinoamericano, ¿no tendrá la misma utilidad fuera de este? 

“Actualmente en nuestra comunidad de Discord tenemos personas 

de todo el mundo. En mi opinión, el futuro que promete blockchain no 

tiene barreras ni reconoce fronteras. Nosotros también apuntamos 

en esa dirección.” ”La razón por la que mencionamos que nuestros 

NFT tendrán utilidad en México es porque vemos a México como 

la capital de Amigus. Una vez que hayamos completado nuestro 

roadmap 1, tenemos planeado expandir nuestras utilidades a todo 

Latinoamerica y después, USA.” 

¿Tienen alguna fecha u trimestre donde les gustaría lanzar su 

colección? 

“Si, lanzaremos la venta pública antes de finalizar el Q1 de este año. 

No se lo puede perder”. 


Sabiendo que la comunidad latinoamericana tiene muy bajo 

conocimiento en NFTs/Crypto, ¿cual es la estrategia para que estas 

personas con conocimientos nulos, entiendan que hay detrás de 

todo ecosistema e inviertan en su proyecto? 

“No tenemos una estratagia persé ni una hoja de ruta mágica. 

Nuestro plan es bastante simple: Educar a las personas que quieran 

comprar un Amigus. En estos días estaremos lanzando una sección 

de tutoriales en nuestro Discord para ayudar a las personas que 

recién entran al ecosistema NFT”. 

“Mucha de nuestro compromiso en este momento esta en 

evangelizar esta tecnología y cultura. Estamos comprometidos 

con eso. De hecho, los mismos miembros de la comunidad han 

entendido a la perfección nuestro mensaje y puede hacer la prueba 

usted mismo. Lo invito a que se una a nuestro servidor y comente 

en el chat #general que usted es nuevo... Verá que los amigus se 

pondrán a su servicio y resolverán todas sus dudas.” 

¿Tienen algunas metas a largo plazo de aquí a uno o dos años? 

¿Cuáles son? O ¿Cuáles son las que más desean lograr? 

“Si. Una meta a mediano-largo plazo es empezar nuestra incursión 

en el metaverso. Estamos comprometidos con aportar nuestro 

granito de arena para que el Real Estate tenga vida en el metaverso 

y este vinculado a la vida real” 

Para finalizar, gracias se aproximan momentos asombrosos para la 

comunidad latina y mexicana, les deseamos el mejor de los futuros 

en su proyecto y que les 

vaya como tanto desean. 

¿Les gustaría añadir algo 

que no se haya discutido 

anteriormente? 

“Gracias a ustedes por 

el espacio, estamos 

emocionados de ver a los 

amigus en la primera fiesta 

privada que tendremos para 

miembros exclusivos” 

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To begin with, it is always important to talk about the members of 

the project. Who are they? What do you do? How did you get into the 

world of NFT and why did you decide to undertake it? Contribution 

of each member to the project? 

Julian Medina C. 

I am passionate about design and technology. For some years I have 

been selling ultra-luxury real estate in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. 

Seller par excellence; From a very young age I started my path in 

sales, I have sold everything, from bread, food, clothing, printing 

products, cell phones, cars, to residences. 

Active CRYPTO investor since 2016, and around 2020, I first heard 

about the NFT world, but the truth is that I didn't get very involved 

because it was still very confusing for me, but as time went by, I 

understood more the ecosystem and above all what problem it 

solved, that was when everything clicked for me! Starting in 2021, I 

began to investigate the subject further, looking for people involved, 

projects and innovative applications. 

I decided to undertake NFTs because I am convinced that my 

partners and I have a well-structured project with a lot of growth 

potential, and that it is something that does not yet exist in Latin 

America. 

I am responsible for the visual and brand development of Amigus 

Social Club. In short, I make sure everything looks pretty. 

Regarding Amigus, how did the idea of amigus social club come 

about? 

“The idea of amigus arose directly from the name of Gus Marcos, 

founding partner. I remember that we had left a meet with Gus and 

he was on the phone with Julián to get the name of the collection. We 

came up with other names but they were horrible: Gusitos, Gusfrens, 

NFT México... haha but they are horrible, right?... Suddenly, Julián 

exploded on the phone telling me: “AMIGUS!!! That is!!!". It instantly 

clicked for me. We thought no more and decided to name the project 

AMIGUS.” Ali Pizarro said. 

What are the Friends? 

AMIGUS SOCIAL CLUB is an NFT community of 6,888 exclusive 

members living on the Solana blockchain. The art of each NFT piece 

is unique and designed by talented Mexican artists. Each one is a 

digital collectible that offers utility to owners and unlocks different 

benefits depending on the assets of each collectible. 


AMIGUS SOCIAL CLUB is a community-driven project that represents 

the synergy between the traditional world of Real Estate and the 

technological revolution of crypto. By blending these worlds, our 

vision is for Amigus Social Club to become the first collection that 

has a REAL endorsement in LATAM. 

How are the Amigus Social Club different from other NFT projects? 

Why should they buy/invest it? 

"The short answer would be: you should buy it because you don't 

want to be left out hahaha." Ali mentions. 

“Beyond all the benefits that we will give to our holders, the answer 

to that question is our community. We released the Discord server 

just 4 days ago and the reception we've had from the community is 

amazing. Even the day after discord was released, the community 

organized a party. We had a great time that night! But that's not all, 

the magic of it all is that it was virtual. In addition, that day we had 

contests and dynamics to gain access to our whitelist.” Ali said. 

“Another reason why you should join Amigus Social Club is because 

it represents a source of passive income for you. One of our plans in 

the roadmap is to build an Amigus ecommerce, and a percentage of 

the profits from that store will be distributed to our holders. You don't 

want to miss that." Ali added. 

On their twitter they comment, that it will be the first NFT in Mexico 

with utility, this means that if there is a resident of another Latin 

American country, will they not have the same utility outside of this 

one? 

“Currently in our Discord community we have people from all over the 

world. In my opinion, the future that blockchain promises is barrierfree 

and borderless. We also point in that direction.” ”The reason why 

we mention that our NFTs will be useful in Mexico is because we 

see Mexico as the capital of Amigus. Once we have completed our 

roadmap 1, we plan to expand our utilities to all of Latin America and 

then the USA.” 

Do you have any date or quarter where you would like to launch your 

collection? 

“Yes, we will launch the public sale before the end of Q1 this year. 

You can not miss it". 

Knowing that the Latin American community has very little 

knowledge of NFTs/Crypto, what is the strategy for these people 

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with zero knowledge to understand what is behind the entire 

ecosystem and invest in your project? 

“We don't have a per se strategy or a magic road map. Our plan is 

quite simple: Educate people who want to buy an Amigus. These 

days we will be launching a tutorial section on our Discord to help 

people who are just entering the NFT ecosystem. 

“A lot of our commitment right now is evangelizing this technology 

and culture. We are committed to that. In fact, the community 

members themselves have fully understood our message and you 

can try it yourself. I invite you to join our server and comment in the 

#general chat that you are new... You will see that the friends will be 

at your service and will answer all your questions.” 

Do you have any long-term goals one or two years from now? Which 

are? Or which ones do you most want to achieve? 

"Yes. A medium-long term goal is to start our foray into the metaverse. 

We are committed to contributing our grain of sand so that Real 

Estate has life in the metaverse and is linked to real life” 

Finally, thank you, amazing moments are approaching for the Latino 

and Mexican community, we wish you the best future in your project 

and that it goes as you wish. Is there anything you would like to add 

that hasn't been discussed before? 

“Thanks to you for the space, we are excited to see the friends at the 

first private party we will have for exclusive members” 


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Pixeltoy 

AlphaDAO 

an open opportunity 

Three weeks out after the sell out of Alpha DAO:Pocket Rockets the project 

has been grinding away with an active team. Tell us a little bit about the 

team and what they bring to the project. 

Yea, so it’s been a journey from building, to mint, to sell out. I can see with 

absolute confidence I’m blessed to have a team with such great knowledge 

and abilities around me. For those wondering we consist of 6 team members, 

board members, and intend to expand this to about 9-13 as we grow. 

Ansel was the co-founder alongside me and works as our main dev 

experienced in metaplex, rust and so on. 

We have myself, Linkkzyy, and Toly who works mainly as marketing advisors, 

shitposters, creative direction, nft analysis. 

Techy works in UI/UX and has delivered some of the most enjoyable user 

experiences on Solana alongside the brand development of the faces you 

see every day! 

Lastly we have Bryce and Lauren both of which also assist in marketing, 

creative direction, nft analysis, networking. 

Bryce is the resident boomer and thus, the crypto gigabrain. 

As the project was building out the team partnered with some major 

projects including MoonRank and Proof of Consciousness. What can 

AlphaDAO members look forward to seeing in 2022? 

We don’t want to leak too much in the public eye because we want to reward 

our holders for their conviction. But 2022 is shaping up to be a big year for 

NFT’s and we intend to pioneer this. 

Moonrank has always been a dear friend of mine and someone I deeply 

respect and admire in the space so I couldn’t NOT partner with his service. 

Proof of Consciousness was honestly only the start for us this year after 

Angomons success, recently we assisted with the dev work for Botborgs 

launch, partnered with SolApe Finance, and are heading towards our launch 

for Plush Fight League. 

But we all love alpha, so here it is. 

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Our holders can look forward to a gated website and eventually a custom 

system designed by us, which will lock sections of websites behind NFT 

ownership. 

Right now we’re inspecting 

the possibility of building 

the boards launchpad. But 

a launchpad Built for 

pioneering the space, the 

projects launched through 

it would be those which 

innovate, those which push 

the boundaries, create new 

tech, new ideas. 

We also intend to begin arranging private AMA’s and interviews with some of 

the important figures, developers, VC’s and projects in the space. 

But that’s all the beans I’ll spill… Sorry team. 

The whole concept of AlphaDAO is a novel one that you have elaborated 

on in your medium explainer. How will the AlphaDAO advisory differ from 

others in the space that are established entities? 

This is one of my favourite questions. 

As of right now we see launchpads like Magic Eden taking 5-15% of mint and 

royalties for simple tech work, a twitter space and some promo. 

We see some people advising 11 projects at once as a single entity. 

So what makes us different? Better? More efficient? 

We’re humble. Every individual on our team has an independent strength and 

we tap into all these in order to assist projects fulfill their true potential. 

Unlike most services, we don’t take whatever is offered for money, we take 

what is doing something NEW for the space. 

Angomon, the first SOL NFT to have footage of a metaverse, PRE-mint. 


Plush Fight League, the first and best 3D platform fighter coming to 

Solana with an entire game studio behind it. PRE-Mint. 

Proof of consciousness, The first NFT on Solana to take the plunge 

into IRL integration. Functioning metaverse, PRE-mint. An IRL facility to 

hold events. PRE-mint. A legal entity and doxxed. PRE-mint. 

Our goal is not to give projects a mint-out on a platter, not to DO all the 

dev work for them, not to run their socials, not to run their discords. 

But to teach them how to do the dev work, how to market, how to gain 

interaction and assist them by giving them access to the network 

our team has. We work side by side and fairly intimately with the 

projects as best we can in order to help them grow and help them 

succeed independently POST- launch. 

Let’s talk about roadmap. 

The roadmaps are always a fun part of our discussion internally. 

We said this in the medium article but genuinely believe in the 

idea that we intend to pioneer space and we want our community 

to have a say in how we proceed with this. 

That means we could plan to do something, but before we get 

there it’s already been done. 

So the vision changes and we find something else the ecosystem 

needs built or assistance with. 

In-terms of rewarding our holders, airdrops are something we 

want to frequent, be it a big set of some art, some free stuff we’ve 

gotten, whitelists, if we see value in it you can bet it’ll go to some 

holders. 

Discounted services are definitely a big part of the future, eventually 

I believe our community will reach a point of knowledge and 

demand that holders having discounted access to our services, 

assuming their project pass’s our standards or innovation, will be 

amazing. 

But even further than that, services that affect everyday life, 

collaboration with a coffee brand to get cheaper coffee or 

free coffee. Things like this are MY biggest goal and dream 

with this project. 

January seems to be a big focus on building the 

integrity of the Discord. How does the team see 

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the Discord working as the project begins to pick up steam? 

I think we’ve definitely experienced some rocky terrain as we are an 

EXTREMELY long-term oriented project and many may have misassumed 

that when they minted. 

However, as time has passed and more knowledge has been shared, 

the sentiment has swiftly shifted and many community members 

are constantly offering ideas for improvement, things we can build, 

projects with potential and THIS is our true goal. 

We will continue to work and we will deliver, unfortunately time 

can always be a gap requiring a bridge, but through thick and thin 

Alpha DAO will always build. 

We’re still awaiting the completion of our Squads set-up, but 

we’re excited for the future and functionality of that service. 

For people sitting on the fence about getting in early on Alpha 

DAO what would be the best way to explain the pros and cons 

about joining up now? 

It’s simple to me. SOL’s sitting at $90 USD right now and the 

Pocket Rocket floor is sitting at 0.4-0.7 SOL. 

For 45-60 dollars, or 2-3 take-away meals you can enter a 

project with true ambition, real goals, and dedicated team 

members. 

Even if you’re not in this for the long-term, even if you’re a 

flipper, I’m not asking people to put faith in the art or faith in 

the value of Solana or a bet on the value of the floor rising. 

But rather faith in a team of experienced people, a team of 

dedicated people and a team that won’t be leaving. 

A bet worth $45-60 USD that will still be paying itself back in 

more ways than dollar signs for years to come. 

Linkkzzy, thanks for your time today. I am sure the #Shill 

readers have something to seriously consider given this 

interview and what AlphaDAO is offering. 

Follow @TheAlphaDAO on twitter 

and tweet at us about how you 

want to change the ecosystem 

for a chance to win an NFT. 


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an interview with 

Shill has managed to sit with such a talented artist in the Solana NFT 

space. Keezerfeld hails from Los Angeles and has been in the space 

for some time now. Grinding away. 

Keezerfeld, thank you for this opportunity. Can we start with 

‘Keezerfeld’ the monicker of your NFTs. What does it mean? WHO 

is Keezerfeld? 

Thank you for taking the time Pixeltoy, I’m a big fan of your zine and 

what you’ve managed to do for the culture of art on Solana. 

In terms of Keezerfeld the name, it’s a name that embodies my 

desire to continue to experiment and push the limits of my artistic 

expression. The name itself is sort of an amalgamation of a playful 

odd name and a more proper weighted sir name combined to 

create Keezerfeld, a balanced mix of playfulness and seriousness… 

although I prefer to go by Keez at times. 

Shill first came across your NFT series via a Twitter Spaces. I was 

intrigued by your story. Can you explain how you ended up in the 

NFT space? What led you to creating NFTs? 

I’ve been a large-scale thrash expressionist artist for quite some 

time. My art was so large though it made it challenging at times 

to get it out to the masses beyond small groups of collectors and 

spaces that would exhibit the work. When I first heard about NFTs 

over a year ago I was immediately intrigued and so I spent 6 months 

just sort of understanding them a bit more, experimenting with 

ETH, although I wasn’t too fond of ETH, I believe the gas fees are 

preventative of proper innovation and exploration as an artist and 

I also found it to be oppressive to collectors and fans who want to 

engage with the work. When I discovered Solana over the summer I 

knew I had to start minting my work on this blockchain …at least to 

start. And I haven’t quite left :)...more to come on this story below. 

Your artworks are physical pieces. You describe them as ‘thrash 

expressionist’. How long have you been developing your style and 

what can a collector expect from a piece? 

All my NFTs start as a large scale abstract physical piece. I’ll never 

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put out work that doesn’t start as a thrash expressionist painting. 

In terms of what thrash expressionism is, it’s something I’ve sort of 

coined as an expressionist style that goes a bit deeper in that I try 

to transfer energy into my work through manipulation of canvas and 

paint in very non-traditional ways. I never paint with paint brushes 

and only paint with tools, found objects, toys or thematic objects and 

make it a goal to apply paint through confident motion and let the 

chaos and mistakes continue to evolve until a piece is fully realized. 

I also manipulate the canvas and apply other experiments between 

paint and canvas to give each physical work its own style in which 

the viewer can truly feel the energy emanating from the work. In 

terms of my NFTS. I usually bring a painting into the digital space 

and at times will create a set of work in which I meticulously color 

calibrate 1 of 1’s that go into a set. The pieces are so large, have so 

much detail and so much latitude that I enjoy allowing folks to own 

alternate realities /colorways of the original. 

Your website, https://www.keezerfeld.com/, is a great landing page 

for the uninitiated. So much information. As Shill dug deeper it 

was apparent that you have been quite prolific in art. Looking at 

‘excerpts’ you have well over 9 collections/themes. 

Thank you I’m glad the work is resonating. My landing page is 

currently displaying “The legend of Keezerfeld” an 8 part drop I did 

from September -December of 2021. To continue the story of my 

foray into Solana…it was impossible to mint when I entered the 

space unless you had a dev team, everyone was obsessed with pfps 

and ‘utility’...I discovered Solsea and minted on it the first day it was 

available. As I was new to nfts in general I sold my 8 drops through 

a private email list called the ‘Keez List’ because I love the idea of 

taking this Discord-centric medium and putting it through the snail 

mail of web3…EMAIL…some people didn’t fully understand it but my 

collectors enjoyed the uniqueness of it all and the original collectors 

or #OGKEEZ as they’ve self-proclaimed … the series as a whole is 

an 8 part series composed of 8 original paintings, each 1 explores a 

different theme when I painted the originals that are tied to my life 

and the lives of those that collect them ( 1Time , 2Mental Models, 

3Physical Pain, 4 Overcoming weakness, 5 Friendship, 6 Pushing 

beyond, 7Love, & 8 Finality). I’m super grateful to all of my collectors 

that took a chance on me and this series in a time when not much 

art was filtering to Sol, I currently have collectors on 5 continents… 

which still blows my mind. 


Particularly striking are your TQC series of works. Confusion. Pain. 

A sense of feeling lost. How did these pieces evolve? 

Thank you for diving into these, this is a 9-part mural series I created 

over the first 9 weeks of the pandemic. When we were all locked 

down in our homes at the beginning, I had to change my painting 

style and what materials I could use because we were inside all the 

time. I found it important to sort of document every week of what 

was going on with our psyches during the lock down so we could 

look back and remember the initial couple months and how we went 

from normal to the new normal. I hope to display these 9 pieces IRL 

they are among some of my favorite works and they required me 

to really continue to shake up my style and push myself especially 

when there were shortages of materials I found myself just going to 

the pharmacy and working with crayons and whatever I could find at 

some points. There’s a larger story here to be told …. More to come 

on these soon! 

For those interested in collecting fine art NFTs where can yours be 

found and how can people be alerted to new pieces being listed? 

The best thing collectors can do is message me on twitter…interacting 

with my collectors is my favorite thing. My works these days can be 

found on Exchange.art 

I have a new series called “DEOS NOVOS” which is a super cool series 

, and really explores the rules laws and limitations that govern our 

lives in today’s modern society through the prism of Greek mythology 

…the original painting itself is a massive 5 ft piece where this eternal 

being really came through the imagery…the work is extremely rich. 

Folks can always reach out to me if they have questions on it. 

I look forward to putting out new work soon! 

DEOS NOVOS SERIES 

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Shill notes that you have been collaborating with other well-known 

Solana artists of late. How is this process working? 

It’s really amazing, some super talented artists have been hitting me 

up recently and so I’m super honored to find ways to collaborate. 

As a physical artist I never really gave much thought to collabs but 

digital and nfts has really democratized visual art in a whole new 

way so it’s super cool to where artists have taken my works - my first 

collab ever is with IIIso_wassup aka Ghostlord… I’m just a big fan of 

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his style and also his voice on twitter. I believe the voice of an artist 

especially in digital is also part of the essence of the work and I just 

find his to be really on point. 

Keezerfeld it has been a pleasure having interviewed you for Shill 

zine. I look forward to further pieces that you create and can only 

see great success for your art as the ecosystem expands. 

Thank you for exploring my work, super grateful to the community 

and my collectors for embracing it and I’m excited for what the 

future holds. 


Keezerfeld

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