I am quite happy about this meet the artist as it came about making fun of them getting locked out of there twitter I had seen some of there NFT's but my god they are really great so to to learn more about them and there project I chat to Jose .
Hey . How you today ?
Fine. A little cold hahaha. 26 degrees C is cold for us
Oh god that's hot for me where you living ?
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Oh cool my first artist from there ?
I have 2 more buddies I can refer from here: KernelilloKP who is my all life friend and introduced us to NFTs and Galeria NFT who is also Ecuadorian. I'll pass you the collection links at the end.
Of course I have heard of Galeria alright .and IL happily take there links . Did you any thing exciting today ?
Not that exciting. We were doing math on our last drop. It was a little low week but that comes with the trade. Learning little by little what to do and what to avoid. Lessons learned XD
And we were planning our Sunday drop. That was the exciting part. It's our first pack. No idea how to do a pack but that's the challenge!
It's called BattleLOAF: Battle of Breadcrumbs hahaha
We work all week and make a single drop at the end of it. We may do a promo drop in the middle of the week. More than sure.
That's BattleLOAF .
Loving the battleLOAF .
Would you like a little backstory on us ?
Of course so is this a team project ?
Yes, it's my wife who is the artist and myself, the animator. We go way back (20 years). We've worked together for marketing, making advergames. I'm also a programmer . She does mainly kids book stuff, so this collection was a no brainer. I love her work and her .
Oh your a couple that's really nice and you go back 20 years who convinced who to get involved in NFTS ?
On April KernelilloKP told us about NFT's . After we ended grasping enough knowledge we launched our 1st card at the beginning of May. We haven't stopped working since then. He's such a good mentor and friend.
We've made 14 monsters and 3 Collabs.
Oh brilliant and how did you decide on your project and what it was going to be?
Like all things in couple life i think it was more of what we didn't talk than we talked. She showed me GrumpyREX with the RAWR! on it, we decided on a 2 frames animation and we later came up with keeping the RAWR! as our name.
The original GrumpyREX
Love that oh is really cute and what made you decide on the wax blockchain .
KernelilloKP was already in. His selling speech was about community, experience and low gas fees XD
But we learned it was a good call. The community is great (I don't know how many times we or anybody will state this) and the right amount of small so everyone can get to know each other.
And movements like the Cryptopup skins really help to join us more.
This last one is a topic for our Collab's hahaha
So you set up at the start of May and you have had 17 NFTs dropped do you find hard to create 2 NFT's a week ?
The beginning was a horse race. We created 10 of them in May and 3 of them are fully animated. Then we decided to do a weekly drop on June. Sometimes is hard to create, but given the right circumstances it comes out naturally. It's all about synch. Developing on the other hand is always hard hahaha. With weekly deadlines and the fear of not delivering behind your shoulder.
And is this a second full time ?
A second full time job?
Is this like a second full time job as you said your a programmer ?
Oh right. We decided to put all the eggs in this basket. We are not doing anything else, just NFTs.
Oh wow and how you finding just doing NFTs ?
A rollercoaster my friend. When that WAX goes down so do we hahaha . We have another project that we would like to retake and maybe include some NFTs in it. Let me share you a video...
Of course . And I know the pain of wax going down I remember when it was up at .27 cent 😥😥😥
We never saw that 😔
Luck you's
This is VB2, a game we were making. It stopped with the pandemic. It also seems logic to blend with some NFTs.
Wow that is quite a great game movement is fluid and the structure looks great I am hoping you have made some of the characters into NFTs if not I hope you plan to !!!
You got it. VB2 will be a series in the future.
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Oh is that an exclusive .
I've only mentioned on TG so yes. It's partially an exclusive .
Exciting and when you hope to get back to making it
When we have some economic stability mostly. At the moment we can't stop making RAWR! . If we nail one or two big sales then we can have both projects going. Maybe get some help. But we are loyal to WAX. We sell in WAX (except for that last 4th of July one. We put that at $1 USD for comic relief purposes)
That's great I hoped it sold out . Would you not think of doing the NFTs of the characters to fund production ?
Right. We have to do this the right way. Still is something to decide how and when. But the NFTs are a go. On a completely unrelated matter...
We are really grateful for all the love from special people in the NFTs space for different reasons. I'll name them in no order in particular hahaha: Thor from Hivemind, Nick Kusters, ChrisCat Creations, CryptoStache, Apppllleee, NAV321, Anders, DSG-5T0RM7R00P3R, Zeus collector, Mr Gailbraith, Terry Cruise, M.O.R.B.S., Jonezy, Lesley (QUEEN), Ryu Kiyoshi, Lumpia hahaha the list goes on and on and on. That's a lot of names XD
And you Crackers!
Would you believe I only talked to Ryu the other night and have talked to a lot of the others you have named some great artists there and thank you for naming me.
As I said, we are a small, cohesive group
Yes small lol
Let me find a quote from the 4th of July NFT thanks note...
"Cool thing about NFTs is that we all belong to a borderless community."
Couldn't agree more . I know RAWR is the main project at the moment what has been your favorite NFT to create ?
We both agree that RiciNA is an all time favorite of ours and the remake of GrumpyREX too
But as our children we have to say all of them LOL
Our most elaborate one is the CryptoStache collab. It took us 2 weeks while we were making RiciNA and GrumpyREX
Wow they are all amazing seriously can I ask what is the process in making them?
Brainstorming , some references here and there to catch the essence . (Preproduction) . If we haven't decided on something then it comes back at us on the production phase.
The CryptoStache Collab really took us 2 1/2 weeks, but we had to return to the drawing board.
And what programs do you use for creating the NFT's ?
Illustrator and After Effects. Some Photoshop from now and then, but not that much.
And is there ever arguments in which the NFT's should be designed ?
Yes, those are super important. We can't put out something we haven't agreed on. But for the most part is about the storytelling. Design is 100% my wife and animation is my department hahaha
Awh so its 50/50 work load .
Depends. The Secret Agent Stache was mostly design, because it was frame by frame. TreeTOAD on the other hand included some particles and I had to research the program . In the end you could say is 50/50 .
I know you have 3 Collab's are you always open to them ?
Yes we are. We have some in line. Want to be a little less work to get into them .
Can you mention any names ?
AtomiKings and Lumpia . From the top of our head .
Lumpia I love there work . Is there an artist you would love to work with ?
We always had an affinity with Jonezy's work.
Jonezy and corporate world is a really exciting project .
Sure they are. And they are part of the WAX Arena.
This is how we met with Jonezy. Some common sympathy for demons XD
Ha ha ha . How do you like to interact with the community ?
Twitter seems to be more effective for broad communication, but for one to one Telegram always wins. We are still getting the hang of Discord. We occupy 3 spaces there: The Online Inn (Frazel) , Hivemind (Thor) and Jonezy's one
I am in the online Frazel is so helpful to new artists .
Really helpful. And finds time in that busy schedule to do it.
I know. Have you looked at other markets for your NFT's ?
No, we haven't . It's like we incorporate one new thing per week. This week is packs, next week who knows. May be other markets hahaha
We would like to be part of WAX Arena and Immersys.
Of course have you looked at rplanet ?
Not R-Planet, no. Oh, and M.O.R.B.S. is organizing WAX-A-PALOOZA . Next month i believe. Gotta be looking for that one.
I have a stand there and so does my gf she is NFT artist .
So cool. It's really calm to walk there right now. The stereophonic sound of the birds XD
We want to attend as VB2 XD
Chilling as VB2, our game 3d mascot https://uploads-prod.reticulum.io/files/fbd70fee-49bf-422b-af5e-f0f9ad203e21.png?token=885098c7c870e9fb1f76b27524b86ca9
Maybe with our arms down hahaha
I have been on once I really have to get my stand ready my gf stand is cartoonfami1
The one at the entrance, right hand side
Think so . Do you have a stand there ?
Not a stand but we have 3 billboards. You can see them when you enter so it's a cool spot
Oh brilliant I think its a great idea to help artist . All my art is Collab's lol well the artist just put my logo on there great artwork
Yes, and those have the links bellow the billboard. You can take pictures, put emoticons, chat, talk. All great stuff. You can even draw on a wall. I saw somebody doing that the other day.
Nifty put a lot of work into it
Every day you enter there's a new thing. Kudos to Nifty!
Is NFT's big in Ecuador ?
Not at all. We've seen the occasional interview here and there . I've been trying to get some friends on board and Galeria NFT has some Ecuadorian artists doing stuff.
Of course I think NFT's are still quite new ?
And explaining to the non believers is hard
Oh I know what about crypto do you hold any other than wax ?
WAX, CAIT, TLM and Aether. Nothing outside of WAX.
Oh really .
Axies sounds interesting and expensive and some hod'ling on Monster Cadet stuff
Everythings seems expensive till you make profit and you have to spend money to make it.
I imagine. specially when the beginner's gate is aprox $500 USDT
Yes but 500 today could 5000 in a year .
Exactly. Make those birds soar
What advice do you have for new artists?
Talk with more experienced people if they got the chance. My #1 advice would be to contact Thor from Hivemind. See a lot of video tuts on the subject: Nifty, CryptoStache and Anders (anyobservation) YT channels have gotten us out of some pickles in the past. And overall, try to have some fun. if not it's worthless.
Its great there is many helpful people in the community !
Right, so many guide figures that teach with example. And if some friend starts telling you of this thing called NFTs , Give it a chance. XD
How does your family feel about your NFT creation ?
Both my wife's brother and my brother are very supportive about it.
That's brilliant . Tell us something random about yourself ?
Our age may be random hahaha. 45. But we feel much younger! . We would really like to travel to things like Shitcoin when this pandemic thing ends
Makes you feel better I am only a few years behind you lol . I would love for a big huge convention of NFT artist as well . What do you and your wife do for fun when yous aren't creating ?
Hibernate hahaha. We are still waiting for our vaccines.
Oh really I should book myself in lol
hahahaha
Where can we buy your NFT's ?
This is the primary store: https://neftyblocks.com/c/rawrtrading1 .
Also on secondary store as rawrtrading1
But we don't sell directly on secondary, Mention just to help resellers XD
Where can the community reach out to you and see your latest news ?
The first and more personal scoop is on TG: https://t.me/rawrnft . The general one is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CardsRawr .
And our homepage is https://raw-r.com/
We also did some promo videos but we are doing them less and less for time reasons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkVN8CA3En8L1M0xn-aKxQ
Oh did you get your old twitter account back ?
Nope
What happened
We usually had our account with problems. That was normal. We just had to do an SMS verification and we were good to go. But then the SMSs stopped being sent. And we couldn't verify for a long time and it closed.
It has happened to me to .
It sucks. And you can't do anything about it.
I know . Any chance of a drop or competition for the readers ?
Sure. I can send you something later for a competition. Fun! Just sent you stuff from our current drop and from our previous one . Shuffle as you see fit, sir!
Oh excellent so before we finish up I am so glad you took the time to chat to and I will definitely see you at WAX-A-PALOOZA is there anything else you would like to say to the reader ?
BTW RAWR! means I love you in dinosaur hahaha .
That we are always happy for new collectors that give us the chance to be in their inventories. An advanced welcome to the RAWR! family.
And the usual suspects that support every drop too. A special place in our hearts.
Right Guys I have 5 NFT's to giveaway from the brilliant collection they have I am going to give 2 away here so leave your WAX address and 3 away on twitter check the link below and go follow these guys I am really excited to see what they can do with there and so happy they took the time to chat to me .
https://twitter.com/Crackers832/status/1412458563826552838?s=19
Twitter competion link above
xrtb.wam 😅❤️