Meet the artist behind Corporate World

This artist must of worked in some horrible work places as these is where his idea for this collection came from but don't take my word read what he has to say so lets meet the artist

Hi

Hello

How you today ?

I am doing great! Thanks for asking! How about you?

I am good . Did you do much today ?

Ah, well... I am just starting to work on Corporate World Trading cards. I got a bunch of stuff I need to do to promote it.

Of course so will that mean ur weekend will be all work and no play this weekend !

Haha. Yeah, sounds like it. Hopefully, I can get a bit of break after the Corporate World (Hell on Earth) launch.

What name you going by in NFT world ?

Jonezy

Is this a full time job ?

Well, I work as Flutter developer full time and I've been creating NFTs during the evenings and weekend.

Where you from ?

Philpinnes

When is it Corporate World dropping ?

The project will be dropping on 29th of May 2021, 12:00 PDT. 🙂

So this sunday ?

Yes, Saturday on the US side and Sunday here in the Philippines. Timezones are always tricky,

Of course so you work as a flutter developer does that help you with your NFT's ?

Hmm, at the moment not really, since I work at home due to the pandemic. But before when I was working in an office, you get to meet various personalities and hear office horror stories. That's where I get some of my inspirations for characters in the Corporate World series. Now, I get some inspiration by reading reviews about companies in the Internet.

Ah so that's why is your series being called Corporate World ?

It started when I was creating an NFT in Rarible where I wanted to do a mock comics cover. I found an old sketch that I made with a demon-like business guy holding a contract. So I thought, let's create a satire piece about the perils of working in a corporate job.

It turned out great! So I thought, I can create a trading card series and expanding the universe with additional characters. So I turned to AtomicHub/Wax because it seems to be a better choice.

You started on rarible and turned to WAX was that because of fees ?

It was at first. But then I learned that you can do lots of things in wax. For example creating packs and doing drops. It might also be possible in Ethereum blockchain. But there are tools that are readily available in Wax. It made it much more fun creating NFT collectibles.

I think WAX has a bigger following so will there be going to blending involved?

Yes there is. If you have 3 extra cards of the same character and rarity... you can "sacrifice"(blend) them and get 1 character card with a higher rarity.

Getting a Infernal Object though, you would need to sacrifice all 6 “Burning”(Mythic) cards.

And in the future, I'm considering creating a special character card that you can also get by blending.

Will they be sold seperatly and as packs?

Well, everything is still on the planning stage, but I am also considering that instead of blending, I will put a limit on the special cards and sell it as preminted drop.

So everthing is still in the planning how many cards have you ready for next sunday ?

Well there's 6 characters (with 2 variants), 6 rarities plus 6 infernal object cards. As you can see I am keeping the hell theme here hahaha. So that's about 78 cards in all.

Ok will all cards to be avaliable at launch?

yes all cards will be available

And are you thinking of a second set?

yes there will be a second set and probably some new character expansion packs. I got a ton of character ideas and some of them are already sketched.

So you sketch them before you create them into NFT's ?

yes, i do. I like to start my artwork using the traditional pencil and paper, then scan and ink/color them using Procreate or Photoshop.

Class love that

So do you have any of the orginal sketchs

yes I do.

would you like to see a sample?

Of course

This is a sketch of miss management.

And this is one of the Infernal Objects... the Moldy brown Bag

How long between thoughts to sketchs to finished NFT ?

It's variable... as you can see, the characters starts with a rough sketch. I sometimes adjust it once I scanned it. Sometimes I resketch it if I am not happy with the original sketch.

Of course and have you always been artistic ?

I have been artistic since I was a child. I usually would doodle and draw a lot. The process of creation is natural for me... it somehow frees my mind.

Where did you find out about NFT's?

I heard about it from a friend who does crypto and mentioned something about artist selling their art as NFTs. So I started researching about it. I just wished that I heard about it earlier. haha

Do you hold crypto as well ?

Not much. I wish I had started years ago.

Dont we all so before you came to wax did you release any NFT's on Rarible ?

i did release some NFT's in rarible and opensea. It's where I got started with NFTs. I sold some pieces, but with the rising gas prices, I am worried that collectors might not be buying much.

Of course

How do you feel about Collab's ?

Yeah, it would be interesting to do collabs with other artists if anyone would be interested to do so.

So your open to it is there any nft artists you would to Collab with ?

Yes of course! I do have to check my schedule when I don't have an ongoing project at the moment.

I do still have a full-time job and all. If only I can escape the corporate world... I'd be doing art left and right. haha

Is the long term plan is become a full time artists ?

Yeah, creating NFTs and promoting them feels like a 2nd job already... but, it's much more fun to do! I like it a lot.

Do you collect nfts or just create ?

If I see something and I can afford it, why not?

There are so many talented artists in the world and because of the NFT space, it opens up a new avenue to meet and interact with them.

Is there any artists you keep an eye out for ?

There's a lot... but here are some: @LittleMonst_1, @DustyPixels2, @ArtLucinda, @CartLadsNFT

There are more... but these are just a few examples.

I actually chatted to @LittleMonst_1 jake he is a lovely guy

yes he is. And he knows a lot of peeps in the comic book industry. I'm like wuuuut! 😄

Well his back ground is comics .

So your from the philpinnes i found there is a lot of artists from there is it in your culture to like art

Yes, I believe so. There are so many talented artists here... and some of them are doing WAX NFTs as well... There's Lumpia Gang and Cryptopups.

We have so many artist throughout history and contemporary artists as well. I just read the other day, there's this project to send a bunch of Filipino paintings to be sent to the moon!

Are you dropping any more promotion cards before your series drops ?

There's gonna be one more "Event Promo Card" but this time, I am going to make it whitelisted through a quiz. 😄

Oh smart move

I already placed the clues/answers on the Telegram group, twitter page, and site

Which of your nfts you have made is your favourite ?

In Corporate World, BeelzeBoss is the star (or main villain) so it's a natural choice. For my other projects, I love the "Undying Love" piece I did on Rarible. Another favorite is "Miss Contagion" in Opensea... I am thinking of moving her to Wax as well.

She would do really well on wax

Yes, I already have some ideas for other characters in that collection as well 😄

Is this a whole different set ?

Oh yes. I am brimming with ideas. haha

And you can see the art style for this one is different.

I think I should do this full tme haha

Oh yea think you should !!!

Have you got whitelisted yet ?

Yes, Corporate World is whitelisted. 🙂

What advice do you have for new artists?

My advice would be to learn about the platform, try it out and see what is possible. Then create your first NFT, promote it, then keep on creating and promoting until you succeed.

Oh and don't just make a pretty picture, add a bit of story or concept to it.

Haha I hope that makes sense 😄

Of course it does .

Tell us a random fact about yourself ?

I have made a mobile game last year. It's a simple match-3 game in IOS and Android. It was a dream come true haha

Did it do well ?

Not really. I didn't do much promotion on that. It's one of those things where I try and build something. My other app "Critterpedia Guide" did better though, but it's not a game... it's like a companion app for the Animal Crossing Game by Nintendo. Got a lot of downloads, but it's a free app. It did get a high rating on IOS. So that's something.

Wow must remember that if I ever want an app built .

Haha cool 😄

What you do for fun when ur working or working on your NFT's ?

I tend to focus on work when I am working I can't have any distractions or else I'd be like that dog from the movie Up.

But when I am not working, I would tend to sleep or watch an anime, cartoon or movie. If there wasn't any pandemic, I would go walking around the neighborhood to get a bit of exercise.

Where can we keep up with your project?

https://twitter.com/CorpWorld_NFT?s=09

Telegram https://t.me/jonezyartnft

My website http://corporateworld.cards/

https://neftyblocks.com/c/corpworldhel/

Any chance of a small drop for the readers ?

I can send you some promo A, B and C cards for your readers 4 of each

Before we I let you go do you have any nfts cards up for sale on atomichub at the moment ?

Only the ones on May 29th. Next week before that I'm looking into selling NFT sticker versions of the characters for maybe 1 or 2 Wax. I'll send you a link once it is up.

Of course when you hoping to have the link

The first batch of stickers are live. Tomorrow Or the next day I will be dropping some more

https://neftyblocks.com/c/corpworldhel/

A big thank you for your time and good luck on your launch please show him some love check out his website and til next time ......