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ARTISANT Newsletter - Monthly Community Updates
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ARTISANT Newsletter - Monthly Community Updates
Last updated
It’s been a looooooooooong while since our last Community update because it has been a non-stop NFT and fashion roller-coaster for us.
The last day of the thrilling year is the best time to look back and see what a great journey we had together in 2024 and outline new great adventures for 2024 🚀
LFG!
This year marked the biggest step forward for ARTISANT since we launched into space back in 2021. The biggest step forward. Ever. For now.
We opened mass minting for the magical ARTISANT fashion NFTs that the Community has been carefully collecting in their personal spaces on our platform since the end of 2022.
It happened in April 2023 - the mass minting rampage. And today, the Community has minted 44 000 fashion artworks as NFTs. Just reflect on this figure - 44 000 NFTs - not many (if any) of the digital fashion NFT projects can get anywhere near that.
All thanks to you, the best Community ever - sophisticated collectors, the most creative designers and artists, and some brands. From all around the world. We have set a perfect foundation to move on. And off we go to 2024 with grand plans in stock.
We will always remember who was here first. Who supported the project when there was nothing in place. Nothing but plans, hopes and fears. The first dose of early support and inspiration was when we launched the White Scroll of Eva collection. 100 unique 1-of-1 scrolls - holders got the first access to ARTISANT NFTs ever as airdrops.
Later on, when the minting was going full swing and after we introduced Scoring - the ARTISANT All-Time Mages rating was revealed. 100 of the most active and supportive Mages in the ARTISANT Community (https://collect.artisant.io/scoring/all-time).
Long story short, these 200 individuals (100 White Scroll holders and 100 Mages) form the ARTISANT OG gang.
You know who you are and rest assured you will be treated specially as long as ARTISANT lives on.
Shortly after launching mass minting, we established the ARTISANT Family Fund (https://opensea.io/ARTISANT_Family_Hub). A foundation to support collectors, add some fun into the process and cherish the community spirit among us.
Since April, 20 000 MATIC was given back to the Community - in the form of artists’ royalties for their incredible work, art, designs and creativity as well as Community NFT buybacks to ensure liquidity and some fun.
All throughout 2023, we’ve been adding new exciting features to enhance the user experience and meet the Community's expectations. Three major features to highlight:
1/ Burn & Redeem. First, we added another smart contract to govern the platform - the one that is responsible for Burning the NFTs.
Sometimes, the Community felt like there were too many NFTs being minted and we decided to give people more control over their collections. After mining NFTs, if for any reason people do not like it (wrong trait, rarity or got bored holding - whatever), they can just BURN it. And get MATIC and ARTI Stars as a reward.
2/ Mint for ARTI Stars. The first utility feature for ARTISANT platform currency was collecting assets for ARTI Stars. Community members can now collect special drops for ARTI Stars only and mint them for free.
3/ As a next step, we also introduced completely Free Mints (usually they are swiped away within a few hours).
The next grand breakthrough for ARTISANT was the introduction of the Scoring and Ratings system. Minting was made more exciting and fun than ever. We started the series fo bi-weekly and monthly Scoreclash - people were ranked in the chart based on the NFTs' traits, rarity and collecting and minting activity. The Champions got some very special prizes - like ARTISANT Majestic NFTs, Special NFT Rewards and … MATIC.
2000+ MATIC was given to the Champions among other cool loot.
At some point, we realised that daily minting as is was not the ultimate goal for ARTISANT, the Community and the crypto space. We outlined some BIG plans for 2024 and switched from Daily to Weekly fashion drops. This will give us more time and space to prepare for the next big release in 2024.
At the same time, the Weekly Drops are still a sweet catch for the collectors every Thursday.
And we can also switch back to Daily Drops anytime the Community or we will feel like doing so.
One of the December highlights for ARTISANT was working on turning our beloved fashion designs into cute 3D pixels in the Sandbox. We are preparing a collection of game avatars based on our iconic outfits. Expect to hear some more exciting news about it in 2024.
What next, what next? It is not always easy to answer this question, right? We have a vision for the future where we release the collection of ARTISANT Unique avatars.
Think of a special NFT collection with unique art based on ARTISANT storytelling and mythology. The pfp avatars BUT with dynamic metadata.
The idea is that you can use any ARTISANT NFT as an outfit for your avatar - like changing fashion for your NFT, as and when you wish. Magic.
External export into other metaverse spaces and games. Integration into physical realms as merch and brand collaborations. All the way to the Moon.
This is our biggest goal for 2024. Let’s make it happen together fam!
Three chapters of the ARTISANT Universe story that we released in 2023. Numerous airdrops. Website redesign. Fashion Playground space - where collectors can try on some of the outfits on their photorealistic avatars or Ave and Eva… We can go on forever :) It was some very special year.
And we are proud to have a fam like you. You are THE BEST Community ever.
Dream big, stay cool, keep it up and have an awesome 2024! Best wishes to each and everyone of you. Let’s keep on rocking hard.
Speak soon,
ARTISANT Team ❤️
