Animated NFTs
A lot of NFT projects talk about being the ‘next Disney’
Well… they’re going to need animation!
We’ve seen some breakthrough animated NFT projects recently:
Invisible Friends
Space Doodles
DeeKay motion
Let’s go deeper and meet the web3 animators
Invisible Friends
It’s easy to see why this blew up.
Invisible Friends are instantly likeable and created by one of the best animators in the industry.
5,000 invisible characters
Created by Markus Magnusson (@Motionmarkus)
Part of the Random Characters Collective
Here are some of the coolest in the collection.
Invisible Friends 1/1s
There are five ultra rare 1/1 friends.
Water
Transparent
Ghost bones
Chalk outline
Beating heart
What are they holding?
These are some of the coolest traits.
Diamond hands (11)
Burning computer 15
Crocodile (19)
Radioactive bucket (20)
Vibes (46)
Rocket launcher (10)
Crystal ball (22)
Skull (29)
Other rare traits
Not financial advice book (18)
Rainbow suspenders (32)
Headphones (20)
Devil mask (2)
Brown backpack with balloons (8)
VR goggles moon (15)
Rainbow glasses (26)
Radioactive glasses (39)
Frog slippers (17)
Animation artist
The art and concept is all by Markus Magnusson.
Pro animator for 15 years.
Created doodles for the Google homepage.
Worked with Nike, Dropbox, more…
There’s a reason why most of the animators in this space look up to him.
1/1s
Markus has been active in the nft space since early 2021 with several 1/1s on Foundation.
Over-hyped?
There’s been A LOT of hype and discussion about the Friends.
My thoughts:
IF didn’t artificially create any hype here.
They didn’t over-promise anything.
I don’t even think there’s a roadmap.
Magnus posted some insane artwork that resonated with the community.
It took a life of its own in a frothy time in the market.
That’s all.
Space Doodles animated NFTs
Space Doodles is an animated add-on for all Doodles holders.
This is a game-changer because it doesn’t dilute the market.
I wrote more about this in our Doodles feature.
Cool Space Doodles
All the rockets have that classic, playful Doodles aesthetic.
Shrooms
Boomerang
Banana
Cloud
Doodle rocket
Horse
Bad idea
Big beep
Little beep
And some more…
Who’s the animator?
I told you not to sleep on Alfie Motion
He’s the lead animation director at Doodles.
I highly recommend you check out his personal work too.
DeeKay
I can’t do an article on animation and leave out DeeKay.
He makes playful, colourful animated 1/1s .
Destiny
After dropping a few simple NFTs, his work got deeper, more elaborate and … just … amazing.
Destiny is owned by Cozomo d’ Medici
The thing I love about NFTs is that it gives artists the time and space to explore their biggest ideas.
His most recent 1/1 is an intricate 30-second masterpiece called I Love NY.
Let’s Walk
DeeKay also created a series of NFT ‘walks’
There will eventually be a 100 different characters.
Each has a different edition.
Some are 1/1s, others are 20/20 or 30/30
A new batch just dropped.
Who else is out there?
The next obvious one is Imaginary Ones.
Another highly-anticipated project with an all-star team.
Slim Hoods
Slim Hoods are part of the same animation collective as Invisible Friends.
5,000 animated characters
Art by James Curran
Mood Rollers
Mood Rollers are also part of the Random Character Collective
5,000 animated rollers.
Art and animation by Lucas Zanotto
The black and white rollers are the rarest.
Clayboys
Clayboys is a small collection of 3D animated characters.
Collection of 43 different characters (so far)
Art and animation by @nguyenhut_art
Also working on 3D version of Invisible Friends
Tony Babel
Tony Babel makes INCREDIBLE 1/1s.
Vintage 30’s animation.
Dark Disney vibes.
Tony has also worked with Disney to make short loops.
Seerlight
Beautiful, mellow anime vibes
Seerlight is one of the best artists in the space.
Also part of the Capsule house project.
I just love everything about this artwork.
Mcbess
Mcbess makes super cool loops
1/1s on Foundation
Also makes music and owns a vintage store in London
Everfresh
Everfresh makes fluid, trippy animated loops
